The process of transition began when Fern gave me her dad's old bike. A no name lugged steel beauty with Columbus drop-outs and almost complete Zeus componentry. The Peugeot had always been a centimetre or two too large, but rode so beautifully that I made compromises; lowered the seat and attached a weenie stem. The last few weeks of it's commuting life were spent annoying the crap out of me with a mysterious creak coming from the front end. The no-name bike from Fern became my new commuter once parts had been swapped and the Pug became clutter. One good thing that came of the part swap was my discovery of a major crack in the fork as I removed the head set race, it was the cause of the creak and soon would have seen me in hospital!

Rick mentioned the fact that he was toying with the idea of a single speed for his mostly flat commute to work. I offered my assistance and here's what evolved. (BTW, it looks far more respectful with the seat at normal person height).

The replacement fork may be an interim, depends if we find a chrome fork that is suitable, otherwise it may see a trip to the local chrome-eriser (?).

All I have now is the years of memories........

........and the new beauty.