Recently acquired this mid 80s (I think) custom touring bike made by Blücher, an in house brand for a Mascot Cycles in Victoria, Australia. Not a whole lot of info on this brand, I think this frame may be a sort of one-off as it seems like they mostly made road/racing bikes.
Picked it up on Craigslist from a guy who had a pretty sweet build going. I swapped the bars to the Salsa Woodchippers and replaced the V-brakes with cantis. I also added all of the accessories, the fenders were a bit tough to set up, wouldn’t fit through the fork with the 38mm Gravelkings so they had to be cut. 5 mounting points for the rack makes it incredibly sturdy, 1×10 drive train is simple but works well, and the snack bag, though ugly, is very useful to empty my pockets. This is basically my ideal city bike.
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That is one sexy bike. Purposeful. No nonsense. Looks much loved, and like it deserves it too. Congratulations.
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Recently acquired this mid 80s (I think) custom touring bike made by Blücher, an in house brand for a Mascot Cycles in Victoria, Australia. Not a whole lot of info on this brand, I think this frame may be a sort of one-off as it seems like they mostly made road/racing bikes.
Picked it up on Craigslist from a guy who had a pretty sweet build going. I swapped the bars to the Salsa Woodchippers and replaced the V-brakes with cantis. I also added all of the accessories, the fenders were a bit tough to set up, wouldn’t fit through the fork with the 38mm Gravelkings so they had to be cut. 5 mounting points for the rack makes it incredibly sturdy, 1×10 drive train is simple but works well, and the snack bag, though ugly, is very useful to empty my pockets. This is basically my ideal city bike.
That is one sexy bike. Purposeful. No nonsense. Looks much loved, and like it deserves it too. Congratulations.