The Salsa looks great. How's that tire combo working for you? A big Ardent up front looks like a good choice on a rigid, and the Nobby Nic should give some good grip on the technical stuff.
Going to find out today on my 2nd ride on it. So far I like them a lot, just like you predicted, the Ardent gives a lot of cush and rolls smooth, while the Nic sounds like a tractor tire on pavement and really buzzes a lot, but hooks up as good as anything I have ridden on the loose climbs. Stay tuned. I feel a good ride report is coming our way in the next few days.
This is my commuter bike. It's a 1997 Trek 950 steel frame (Made in the USA btw). Has an Origin8 crank, Sinz aluminum front sprocket, Wellgo MG-1 platform pedals, k carbon/kevlar handle bar, Bontrager "urban" wheels (I have no idea what the f### there called), I painted the frame white, fresh brake pads and I swapped the brakes around to be motorcycle style (front brake on the right). It's also fast and fun to ride. I can hop up/down curbs and go thru pot holes and not worry about a thing on this. It's my supermotard without a motor.
I saw the frame for sale cheap and couldnt turn it down but wasnt too sure what to do with it. After i thought about it i decided why not try a single speed to change it up from what im used to and get a different style of ride and i fun way to get around town this summer.. not as nice as most of the bikes on here but i still love it.. i need a new fork for it badly though:madman:
Yeah, that's an HBC ring hiding out behind the bashring. Also, finally found that the best gear combo is 32x20, because my drops can swing all the way forward.
Sick pic p nut. I got 32x20 right now too. I am still a little weak from all the years of being a FS gearie, but I think strength will come quick if I keep up the pace of this first week of having an El Mariachi. Got in almost 70miles this week on her. I like it a lot so far.
Finally stopped to get pics of my "Teal Terror" out on the trails.
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Also here's some bonus pics of the star thistle I got to play around with today. "Perforated" is probably the best way to describe my shins right now and I probably lost more blood to that stuff than to an average crash. It's amazing what I can still consider fun after the fact if it's something I did on a bike.
That thing would look so cool on my teal jeep, I want it. I could get a teal kit to go with it, people would laugh at me when I show up at the trail head. Awesome color choice, I did the same brown cockpit on my singlespeed.
Thanks! That bike was my ugly "under $200" beater but I got it powder coated locally for $70. If you ever want a teal bike of your own it's only as far away as the closest powder coater :thumbsup:
Thanks! They're ODI Cross Trainers that I got on closeout last year. I'm sure they're still available out there somewhere, and ODI seems to release different grips in the same brown every once in a while
FWIW they are a soft but fairly thin profile grip and I'm not convinced yet of their greatness for rigid riding yet.
Very nice, your photos on SmugMug really makes it obvious that from a purely aesthetic standpoint a silver chainring and chain looks so much better than the belt and cog system.
Pretty sure he has the redesigned belt system which costs even more but has a wider belt and center bulges in the pulleys.
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