Single speed projects

[Cois]

This was this morning after its first 12km. Had a few bugs that I sorted out on my way to the office, and must say it is hard work getting up some of the hills. And going downhill is scary, but fun

[Tikkeltokkel]

Yes, I know this isn't going to be everybody's 'cup of tea', and I'm sure I'm going to get lots of comments about why I did this or that.

I've actually thought long and hard about if it was even worth posting pics, just to get ripped apart by someone who thinks they have better taste.

Be that as it may, this is my latest ss project that I completed a couple of weeks ago.

 

Before:

 

After:

 

 

This is a great build .... Mine will be done in a couple of weeks hopefully ... A 1989 Bianchi.

 

What was the total bulild cost .... I am seeing my cost going past where i like ... And i wanted to get a pro spray job too.

 

Can i ask a couple of questions.

What brake lever is that , i like the oddesey ones but dont think theyre available here.

Do you know which supplier sells bull horn bars ?

 

Your build is nicely out there....

[RocknRolla]

So after finally getting my fork I dove into the bike cupboard where i was collecting all my goodies for the SS build.

 

Low and behold I cannot find one of my chaintugs. i turned the whole room upside down, and it's nowhere to be found.

 

Any hubbers that has a spare chaintug for inbred laying about?

 

Pretty please?

[divernick]

You only need one.....

[RocknRolla]

You only need one.....

 

But isnt it better to have two?

 

I know I can get along without it...but I would prefer to have two.

[divernick]

I have only one on mine, but I do have a bolt-on hub. If you're using a QR, one tug will be fine, but use a good QR skewer like Shimano, not a cheapie.

[RocknRolla]

Thanx Nic,

 

Will run it with one in the mean time.

 

will also check out the LBS option.

 

PS.

 

My money is not serious enough for Mike's Bikes.

[jcmeyerSS]

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But isnt it better to have two?

 

I know I can get along without it...but I would prefer to have two.

I'm a weight weenie so only been running one Chain tug on my Drive-side for the last 4 years and never ever had an issue.

the weight saving was huge: went from 12346g down to 12313g. Makes a huge difference on the climbs. haha.

 

No seriously only used the one for years and no problems.

[RocknRolla]

one it is!

 

One gear

One Chaintug

on-One...

 

makes perfect sense....

[Gucci]

Almost finished

 

http://i1144.photobucket.com/albums/o484/GucciKit/IMG_2451_zps49ba2297.jpg

[Jigghead]

Hope this is the right thread for this question. I have a 26"er that has been gathering dust in my garage for some time. I am on a very tight budget to get this bike going as my first single speed.

 

I'm removing paint and leaving the bike and all bits I can as plain polished aluminium and using as many parts as I can from the original bike (cost issue).

 

My question is, not needing gears, I'm stuck with a lot of cable guides that were there for the gear cables. Is it going to be a problem if I just cut them off and sand smooth or is there something I'm missing?

 

This is my first project of this nature so I'm going in a bit blind here, any ideas would be much appreciated.

[divernick]

Hope this is the right thread for this question. I have a 26"er that has been gathering dust in my garage for some time. I am on a very tight budget to get this bike going as my first single speed.

 

I'm removing paint and leaving the bike and all bits I can as plain polished aluminium and using as many parts as I can from the original bike (cost issue).

 

My question is, not needing gears, I'm stuck with a lot of cable guides that were there for the gear cables. Is it going to be a problem if I just cut them off and sand smooth or is there something I'm missing?

 

This is my first project of this nature so I'm going in a bit blind here, any ideas would be much appreciated.

 

Cut em off but know the bike will never run gears again.

[Jigghead]

 

Cut em off but know the bike will never run gears again.

 

Cool, that's the plan.

[Wil6]

Say hello to my new steel 29er frame, hopefully getting it next week

 

The only problem at this moment is if I'm going to run it rigid or not....

[Ryanpmb]

Say hello to my new steel 29er frame, hopefully getting it next week

 

The only problem at this moment is if I'm going to run it rigid or not....

Rigid. Problem solved.

[NotSoBigBen]

Set myself a target to build a rat bike with stuff out of my garage (and from mates/lbs) that is safely rideable and spend under 100 ZA rondts ..... So far so good, spent about 75, still need chain, back brake outer, headset spacers. Have a chain just need to decide whether I try a magic gear or fit the chain tensioner I have.

 

Frame - my old TT frame, recently replaced with a carbon magafter

Bars - old Ritchey bars that have been shortened

Brake levers - from a failed road bike straight bar experiment

Seat - worn Merida seat off my MTB SSR

Crank - MTB crank that had the blades stripped off it

Front wheel - donated by LBS when they moved shop and were tossing some stuff

Rear wheel - built by my son when he was working at a bike shop during college holidays

Rear cog - bits out of a few stripped cassettes

Brake calipers - donated by LBS old Shimano 600

Tyres - from old spares in the roof

Tubes - repaired 2 previously punctured tubes that were lying around