Bought it as a complete bike. Just Surly's canned component list and I'll upgrade as needed. I spread the wear and tear over 5 bikes, so it should last a few years before I have to start replacing stuff. Pretty vanilla compared to some of the sweet rides in this thread. My first singlespeed mountain bike, but I've got a couple road fixies, so this was a natural progression.I think one could spend an entire weekend going through this one thread!
Some beautiful bikes in this thread! To bring the tone down a bit, there's my odd contraption, in full winter mode with the mudguards and lights.
Home built frame from super cheapo 1.2mm mild steel, 26" wheels, 22:12 gear ratio (now on 22:14 with 152mm cranks instead), cheapo eBay carbon forks, very high BB (almost level with hub axles), 65.5 head angle to try and stop me going OTB!
My new frame from IKEA arrived the other day though, looking forward to getting the time to get stuck in with it...
Are you having any chain length issues without the tensioner on your shocked bike? I have one on my Salsa Spearfish, but it doesn't look clean and I wouldn't mind losing it.
This came out well. 2019 Salsa Timberjack XL 21" converted to Boost. Vesper, ARC 35, Maxxis 2.6" (2.5"), 28t oval, 17t or 18t cog, Revive 185mm, Tandell 495mm with 49mm offset, 70x30 stem (same as a 61x6 mounted higher), 780mm bar w/40mm rise, Stamp 7 large, Volt chromoly narrow.
With a 130mm fork, this frame has slack angles and a high BBH so it converts nicely to a rigid SS, fits and handles great, I have six rides on it. Rides fine for aluminum, I can feel a bit of compliance when the back end is pushed downhill, it surprised me, I guess it's the rear triangle. Otherwise, rides like an alum frame, but not an overbuilt one.
Geo with 28/17 is roughly: 68.2 ht, 73.8 effective sta, 487 reach, 1198 wb, 314 bbh, 428 cs (425 w/18t).
It was important to me to not have a run of the mill looking paint job on a custom frame. Job done I reckon
I was really struggling for an interesting and unusual paint job and when I was just about to all hope and inspiration, came across the Prova anodized Ti frames. Gorgeous
I've been wanting to post her for a while. Just built her up last week, I had the frame hanging in the garage.
1984 Diamond Back Mean Streak, converted to a SS/FG. Ratio is 36x17 fixed, 36x18 free. Fully rigid, lugged steel!
I came across this bike when I visited a friend's house. He just had the original bike with original SunTour components hanging on his garage wall, covered in cobwebs. I fell in love with the lugged frame with its horizontal dropouts, and had to buy it from him. Got the bike from him for 40 bucks. Immediately set out to build it up as a fixed gear/singlespeed. I had to respace the rear triangle using sheldon's method to accomodate a 135mm rear hub. I found some cheap Campagnolo Contax rims on ebay and laced them to some shimano deore hubs myself, then I got a cheap SS spacer kit and a VeloSolo disc 3/32" bolt-on cog. Otherwise, the bike was mostly built using parts I just had laying around. By the grace of the singlespeed gods, I ended up with a perfect chainline from front to back, with no spacers for the disc cog. Hella flush. I had the rear hub rebuilt with a solid axle and track nuts, because QR skewers just weren't cutting it on the polished stainless dropouts, and were sliding around. I'm planning on putting a rear brake on her for riding freewheel, but I'm waiting on some cable. Also probably going to switch out the saddle and grips for something a little more mountain bike appropriate.
This bike handles like a champ. It's not exactly the most nimble bike around, it has a huge fork trail and a retardedly long wheelbase, the longest of any mountain bike I've ever seen, as well as super slack seat and head angles. Check out the chainstays on this baby! Freakishly long, 480mm c-c from bb to rear axle, so much room between the seat tube and the rear wheel that you can fit your arm between them. However I get the feeling this makes it a joy to ride on the trails, as it is super stable and predictable on the dirt and very comfortable and compliant. It also has front and rear rack and fender mounts, if I ever wanted to do mountain touring, which is pretty awesome. Steel is real, so it's comfortable enough to ride all day. Lovin' this bike.
Video of riding my SS Salsa El Mariachi at the recent single Track Mind round at Mount Annan in Sydney Australia. This was an 8 hour endurance event which i did as a pair. We did 14 laps of 9km and came in 10th out of 36 in male pairs (most people had gears though)
1994 Rhygin Ra, converted to single speed in 2012 by Circle A Cycles:
Specs:
Frame: 1994 Rhygin Ra, 2012 Circle A Cycles Seat and Chain Stays
Fork: White Brothers Loop
Hubs: Chris King
Spokes: Sapim CX-Ray
Rims: ENVE XC
Quick Release (Rear): Cook Bros. Racing
Tires: Continental Trail King 2.4
Pedals: Shimano XTR
Crankset: White Industries ENO
Chainring: White Industries 34T
Chain: SRAM
Cog: Chris King 18T
Bottom Bracket: White Industries Titanium
Handlebars: Black Sheep Titanium
Grips: ODI
Stem: Firefly Titanium
Headset: Chris King Titanium NoThreadSet
Brakes: Avid BB7
Brake Levers: Paul Components Love Lever Compact
Saddle: Sella Italia SLR
Seat Post: Firefly Titanium
Head Badge: Jen Green
Place of Origin: Charlestown, MA / Providence, RI
That is really nice!! I could look at that all day!
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