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Old 10-06-18, 03:36 PM
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Thanks Tim

It's an old Apollo that came FG but with no saddle, post, bars or pedals.




It has some nice rims (Alexrims RPD 15 with flip flop rear) and road tires that I knew were worth more than the $40 I paid but decided to keep it instead of flipping.

Years ago my buddy went FG and I nearly killed myself trying his bike out on the road so I decided to take it easy at first this time and make it a gravel/dike bike where the ground is flat and there is little traffic (I have many Km's of dikes near my house). I swapped out the road tires for these gravel oriented ones which also roll very well on pavement, added the rest from my bins and decided to stop there as I like the clean aesthetics.

Have to say, it is my favorite bike at the moment - really digging the purity of the riding experience and I'm getting better at developing the skillset.

Also fun to go a little retro sometimes.

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