My Chinese New Year holiday project involved customising Big Blue by changing its wheel size from 26" (36 spoke bombproof touring wheels) to 650B (or in plain language, the original wheel size of most adult bicycles, 27.5 inch) carbon road, 28 spoke, fancy hub, rolling road demons which weigh about half the originals. I have a suspicion that your levels of interest in this only fractionally exceed that of the boys and Ange, and thank the lord for that; I'm looking for early morning motivation and hopefully these provide it. Visually, it looks largely identical (should have taken a before and after photo) however, nothing changes a bike more than fancy wheels, and these in particular (a Chinese OEM manufacturer, larny carbon, hand built) provide a very different and much more lively ride. Delightfully, with a few modifications, I could even get the mudguards back on. The aging version of me has got quite attached to not having that vertical ass stripe that riding through anything wet without mudguards leaves you with. Hope your weekend is delightful.
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