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This is a 2005 Bike Friday Pocket Crusoe that I bought recently and overhauled.

It came with the wheelset - Rohloff Speedhub in the rear, Son Dynamo in the front, Velocity Aeroheat 406 rims. It also came with the Paul Motolite brakes and levers and a BF splittable H-bar.

I found the H-bar to be way too cramped, especially considering you have to fit your hand between the Rohloff grip shifter and the bar end. You end up riding with half your hand on the grip shifter the whole time. I swapped out that handlebar for an Ahearne / MAP bar with a little bit of sweep. I also swapped out the pre-2011 Rohloff triangular shifter with a new style Rohloff shifter. The old rubber grip was very worn down with most of the index numbers worn off. Rubber grip replacements for the old style shifter are no longer available so I replaced the whole unit.

First time working on a Rohloff. The oil change is easy but I also replaced all the cables and housing. Installing cables is a bit of a pain with Rohloff but I figured it out eventually. I also converted the hub from threaded to splined, replaced the cog and chain, and replaced the forged 130bcd Bike Friday crankset it came with with a new Da Vinci 110bcd crank (these are machined by White Industries).

Last thing to do is I'm going to build a small front rack for a rando-style bag. Then mount the Son Edelux headlight on that as well.

I have a wedding trip in September in Europe so I'm excited to bring this along.

Parc Technologique tram stop in the eco/industrial park in Saint Priest, outskirts of Lyon.

-~1990 Jean Paul Routens sportif

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- Tubing: Columbus Neuron, fillet brazed

- Stem: SR Royal

- Handlebar: Rene Herse Maes Parallel

- Bar tape: Blue Lug cotton

- Bar plugs: Hope Grip Doctor

- Brake levers: Shimano BL-R600

- Headset: RMS Epoch

- Shift lever: Dura Ace SL-7900

- Rear derailleur: Dura Ace 7800

- Seatpost: JPR 27.2

- Saddle: Berthoud Aravis

- Crankset: Rene Herse One-By 42t

- Bottom bracket: White Industries square taper titanium spindle

- Front brake: Dura Ace 7700 25th Anniversary

- Rear brake: Paul Racer Medium

- Cassette: SRAM PG-1070 12-28t

- Chain: KMC X10

- Hubs: Velocity Road Race

- Rims: Velocity Quill

- Tires: Fairweather For Traveler 700x28 (Panaracer)

- Size: 8.5D

- Height: 6"

- Last: 1977

- Leather: Seidel Oil Tan Black

- Outsole: Vibram 430 MV

My first Frank's. I own a few Nicks so was a little apprehensive about sizing, but going a full size down from Brannock for the 1977 last was spot on per Frank's recommendation. Lead time was 3 months on the dot.

I swapped out the stock cotton laces for some Nicks leather laces. The stock laces are sort of mediocre round cotton laces and we're also way too long for these boots, for some reason.

I walk around with a cart picking up trash as a hobby and literally never find anything valuable. Today I was picking by a bike path and saw something chrome in the grass. Not valuable by any means but definitely will come in handy for a project at some point.