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Delightful Cycles is my opportunity to exercise the creativity and skills which go wasted in my day to day life in the legal profession.

Over the past 2 years DC has drawn all that I love together. It incorporates photography, cycling, creativity and getting my hands dirty. I enjoy breathing new life into machines that are dead or broken, and transforming them into something beautiful and useful. I enjoy the countless hours processing photos, uploading photos, creating webpages and eBay listings. Its my way of being part of the green movement, to get more people in Sydney, Australia and the world on bikes.

Thats all well and good. But what does it bring to you?

In short, getting lots more for much less. Delightful Cycles are more practical, prettier, better in quality and more value for money. Im an enthusiast, a connoisseur. The quality of a Delightful Cycle is nothing short of you’d expect from a professional bike seller, the only difference is that at this stage, I dont do it for the money. I dont charge by the hour. Thats not to say I dont appreciate money, I just dont make a living off of this. I do what I do because it makes me happy. There are only a few things that make me happier, or make me feel more privileged, than being involved in getting you on a bike.

That in the end makes you the biggest winner.

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10:14 pm - Thu, Nov 18, 2010

Joseph’s Apollo Mixte

This was built in the same way as Rachel’s Dream Bike. Joseph and I first found the Apollo Mixte, then after purchasing it we went on discussing how we will customise it to his preferences, again mainly through email.

This is what we came up with. 

  • Extra long, lightweight alloy fenders with a fluted profile
  • New alloy rear rack for use with panniers at a later stage
  • New gum-walled tyres
  • New clear/silver cable outer casings
  • New dark brown, leather touring saddle with springs 
  • New dark brown shellaced handlebar tape finished with twine
  • New seat post
  • Drop handlebars
  • Bar end shifter and aero brake levers with the cables going under the bar tape
  • New MKS touring pedals
  • Gold lug lining
  • Polishing and reusing the rest of the parts to keep the price down

And heres how it looks:

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