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She wasn't sure about the crown, but she didn't mind the dress. She loved the cupcakes (made special for dogs!)!

This was a labor of love! I've had this 1981 Trek 610 for almost ten years, and I've ridden it a fair amount, but it was my least-favorite vintage Trek (I have three others):

First, specific to this bike, there was a small cosmetic dent in the seat tube, below the derailleur.

Also:

• This model had no water bottle bosses, so it required clamped-on mounts.
• It had no braze-ons on the top tube for the rear brake housing, and I hate those clips.
• It used a clamp-on cable guide for the derailleur cables.
• It required clamp-on shifters, which limits the shifters you can use (without ugly adapters).

So I decided to have our local custom bike builder, Rodriguez Cycles, add the braze-ons and repair the dent, as well as repaint the frame an absurdly sparkly rich purple designed to confuse vintage Trek enthusiasts.

I got decal reproductions from H Lloyd Cycles to finish off the frame.

Instead of vintage components, I used mostly modern components:

• Shimano FD-M371 Altus Triple Front Derailleur
• Shimano RD-M360 Acera Rear Derailleur
• Sugino XD-600T crankset with Shimano BB-UN300.
• Nitto seatpost, stem, handlebars and accessory mount
• Tektro R539 Road Brake Calipers (*)
• Dia Compe ENE Ciclo shifters (**)
• Dia Compe brake levers
• Velocity Quill polished rims
• Origin8 RD-2100 Rear Hub (keeping the 126mm OLD spacing)
• Vintage 6-speed Suntour freewheel
• Polished SON-28 hub dynamo and SON Ladelux headlight, and Busch & Müller μ (micro) taillight
• Chris King GripNut headset (***)
• R+E also added three cable guides to the fork for the dynamo wire

(*) This allows me to use 700c wheels with 32mm tires (running tubeless!). They fit perfectly in the frame, which was originally outfitted with 27" wheels. And, anyway, single-pivot sidepull brakes suck.

(**) I had the 11-speed version in this photo, but it pulled too much cable, so I swapped in the other version.

(***) This required milling the crown race mount from 27.0mm (JIS standard) to 26.4mm (ISO standard), which R+E noticed and performed for me.

It had its first ride on July 9th, and I've ridden over 1,000 miles on it since then!

Found on a busy multiuse trail in Auburn, WA. He tried to hide under my shoe. He was so freaking cute! I moved him into the bushes, so hopefully nobody will squish him and he has a better chance of not getting eaten by a bird!

Around a week ago, I realized I couldn't reach my profile page, but everything else was working.

It displayed the attached errors on the web and android app. Nobody else can view my profile either, on any platform.

Everything else is working. People can see my activities. I can view their profiles.

This is clearly a Strava bug, but I am frustrated that they will not look at it.

I spent a frustrating hour chatting with their chatbot, which asked me to do all the things I'd already done before offering "specialist assistance," which, naturally, never materialized.

Any suggestions on how to get someone at Strava to investigate their issue?

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