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Utterly gutted/raging with myself for leaving my Ortlieb messenger bag on the train but nothing irreplaceable in it and a bit of retail therapy at Lomo has helped. New bag also matches my @hiploklocks DX which is nice. #lomowatersports #drybag #messengerbag

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Coaster brake fitted to my #Hummus. I wasnt expecting the braking to be so good! A bit on/off but I think modulation will come. I'm keeping the front brake on for now, will see how much I can do without it first time I ride off road. #coasterbrake #coasterculture #klunker #humuhumu #singlespeed #kona

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Coaster brake fitted to my #Hummus. I wasnt expecting the braking to be so good! A bit on/off but I think modulation will come. I'm keeping the front brake on for now, will see how much I can do without it first time I ride off road. #coasterbrake #coasterculture #klunker #humuhumu #singlespeed #kona

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Tooled up and ready to weld. Love how Lidl have included shipbuilding as a possible use for the electrodes! #lidllife #weldlife #welding #ihavenoideawhatimdoing

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Another productive evening class. Finished off tigging chain and rod into a hexagram and migged up the holes in the chainstay of my Scot. Hexagram might become a front rack. #imadethis #welding #hexagram #occult #bicycle #flyingscot

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Trying to get bike tags but didn't realise someone got there first. #fixedbeers #gfgss

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Surly 1x1

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New inline post has improved the fit of my #surly #1x1 with the homemade bullmoose bars. Hike-a-bike'd up one side of Meikle Bin and smashed it down the fire track on the other today. #singlespeed #bullmoose #imadethis

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Custom front and rear light mounts for @eachann.gillies super noice ti Albannach. Front particularly challenging as the fork is only drilled at the rear. #imadethis #mechlyfe #metalwork #handmade #builtnotbought

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The lovely pink Bob Jackson paintjob is toast but the bottom bracket is finally out my Flying Scot and I can get on with repairing the rust holes in the chainstay. Happily there are no holes in the downtube. #flyingscot #mechlyfe #bobjackson #vintagebicycle #nervex

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Pompino in fixed wheel bruiser mode. #pompino #fixie #fixedgear #bigcitybruiserbike

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Pompino in fixed wheel bruiser mode. #pompino #fixie #fixedgear #bigcitybruiserbike

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Underseat lever for my Thomson dropper arrived from @yetiman01 yesterday so took the Hummus for a smash round Carron Valley today. #singlespeed #hummus #humuhumu #kona #thomsondropper #modifyeverything

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Not sure if you deserve a treat but have a bike that definitely does? Lots of Mechanical Vandal jewellery also makes great saddle hangers. #lasercut #fixedgear #fixie #singlespeed #cycling #bicyclejewellery #saddlehanger

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Bit of mud has takes the edge of that 'newness' of the paint. Missed the dropper, excited for the underseat lever to arrive so I can get it back on. #hummus #humuhumu #singlespeed #klunker

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Much better with the bars rawed. #klunker #steelisreal #singlespeed #hummus #humuhumu #kona

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Headset arrived this morning so got this rebuilt. The yellow on the bars has to go. #klunker #singlespeed #hummus #humuhumu