Today I revived My Summer Bike!

This one’s a bit of a beast — a fixed gear touring gravel bike (?)
Cinelli Tutto frame, bought online in size M (I’m 5’8/172cm), and it needed a seat post with setback, a saddle with long rails scooted all the way back, and all the spacers to make it fit.
I guess I’m tall for Italian standards.

Mounted the widest tires it would take, the lightest rack I could find, and the bare minimum in accessories to make it kinda street legal.
It’s the silliest bike I ever built, and it makes me smile every single time I ride it.

    • superkret@feddit.orgOP
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      2 days ago

      They have 2 issues, though:
      Too many straps. You can roll them shut, then clip both ends down with a strap. There’s another strap going over the top.
      You have to secure them all every time you close the bag, or they’ll just fly around. Eventually I just cut the 2 on the sides off, cause it was too much hassle.
      And they have little plastic latches that lock the position of the rack mount in place.
      But sometimes they pop open when you remove the bag and the mounting point moves a little.
      Then when you try to pop them back into place, the plastic latch breaks off.
      After 3 years now both latches on both bags are gone and the mounting points can move around as long as the bags aren’t on the rack.
      Which isn’t really an issue, anyway.