KiwiBikez

This is my favourite bike.
It is the best bike I have ever owned and is a pure joy to ride.
It was produced by Reiker Cycles a small manufacturer based in Timaru NZ. It features an aluminium frame, carbon fork and Shimano 105 group set.
Whilst the sprinter is not Reiker’s top end race bike it is a nice package for my type of recreational riding and the quality of the frame building is very high indeed.
So far the Shimano 105 components have proved to be solid and reliable and with the amount of riding I get to do I expect they will last for a reasonable time.
I have at present ridden around 2000 Kms on this bike and it has never missed a beat… Wish I could say the same about the engine.

This bike was altered from a large mens frame to be a compact frame suitable for my teenage daughter.

The reasons for altering the frame are quite simple really, firstly I did it because I can and because although an older bike it was of quite good quality and the components were in good shape.

The head tube was shortened, the top tube removed, reshaped and fitted to the shortened seat tube.
The final stage was to bring the seat stays down to meet the seat tube, the ends were cut off and reshaped to make a good joint and the seat post clamp was re-attached.
A new coat of metallic blue paint… Some old transfers from a bike shop and the frame was starting to look pretty good.
The components are old Shimano 105 from back when the 105 group had a 6 speed cluster and downtube shifters.
Although the bike has only been used for short rides so far it performs really well and handles nicely.