MarinMartin
Marin Fan
After the recent devastating news about a good friend and a cycling inspiration I have sworn to enter as many cycling events as possible next year, make this year's rehabilitation worth the pain. As well as doing the two 24 hour races in his honour there are a number of smaller charity events I want to take part in (well a 52km off road ride is small compared to 24 hours 
) and I want to challenge myself by using an old bike with no suspension and lack of modern comforts to make it a real challenge. (Not sure how well that will go as I haven't ridden a retro bike for a few years now after my accident in 2017 but then it wouldn't be a challenge else). For anyone that doesn't know I've been struggling in the health department recently after an old nemesis reared its ugly face - not quite as ugly as mine - but after hearing the news about my friend I'm more determined than ever to beat it now. I'm back up to 15 mile rides so that's a start and physio is helping.
So I'm looking for a rigid frame and forks. I don't need anything super rare just something that I like the look of and hopefully I will be reasonably comfortable on. 20" frame although 21" should be ok as it will be doing longer rides so I'd rather have bigger than smaller and maximum budget is really £50 so not expecting anything special.
Anyone have anything that might fit the bill? Thankyou.
) and I want to challenge myself by using an old bike with no suspension and lack of modern comforts to make it a real challenge. (Not sure how well that will go as I haven't ridden a retro bike for a few years now after my accident in 2017 but then it wouldn't be a challenge else). For anyone that doesn't know I've been struggling in the health department recently after an old nemesis reared its ugly face - not quite as ugly as mine - but after hearing the news about my friend I'm more determined than ever to beat it now. I'm back up to 15 mile rides so that's a start and physio is helping. So I'm looking for a rigid frame and forks. I don't need anything super rare just something that I like the look of and hopefully I will be reasonably comfortable on. 20" frame although 21" should be ok as it will be doing longer rides so I'd rather have bigger than smaller and maximum budget is really £50 so not expecting anything special.
Anyone have anything that might fit the bill? Thankyou.
. To be honest I've been searching for a Bolinas Ridge in the purple and green. I love them, it was the first retro bike I ever had (hence the name). I bought it because it was cheap and I was clueless back then about sizes so when I came to ride it that's how I learnt that a 15" frame is way too small for me :facepalm: 
