Tall-bike ready to go!

Been doing some bicycle work over the last weeks. Part of this was during a sick leave that didn't leave me constrained to the house. Working on bikes is just so satisfying, it has just the right amount of puzzle and a lot of routine and just focusing on getting conceptually simple things right.

The result is this beauty:

I'm particularly fond of the Frankensteined derailleur construction:

It only serves as a tensioner, we used an indexed derailleur for that and mounted it to a piece cut from a frame that's going to the scrapyard. The stack of washers and such that I used as spacer to get it in the right position is left to the imagination. 😇

So now I have the bike going with the right size of wheel (was 650 wheels when I got it, and I stupidly got new ones in before realizing this is actually a 26" frame) and internal gearing (3 speeds is enough to go to the local #criticalmass ) and I'll see if I install some EL wire or LED strips later. 😀

Now I just need to wait for my ankle to fully heal because yes, of course I already fell with this bad boy. Before anyone asks, the problem isn't mounting or unmounting, it's only what you do at rest. In this case I was actually leaning against a wall at rest, and lost balance due to sheer stupidity...

#tall-bike