rock Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 getting there.....no suspension and no gears....... http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/glenwood/ss_angle.jpg http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/glenwood/ss_cog.jpg http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/glenwood/ss_front.jpg
rock Posted March 31, 2007 Author Posted March 31, 2007 props so far to: homersimpsonbuckshotbridge cyclesbike hut rear wheel should be done on Monday......and some sinlge speed specific cranks wih a 33t chain ring soon !
Disc Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 Nice bike in a weird way.Are you a rock hopper?Well hope you have fun on it when its finished....
MintSauce Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 Pain.....lots of pain! Enjoy and remember what Bazz Luhrman said..... "Look after your knees! You'll miss them when they're gone!"
OcTaLL Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 Now all we need is track cycling to build a offroad banked track. Belville isnt far off with the cape town side bank being so rough.
buckshot Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 Mountain Bike Action online magazine (http://www.zinio.com/offer?issn=0895-0467&of=ZHNew) July '06 issue - Travis Brown's Single Speed Secrets:
Velouria Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 Good work Rock - now you just need to find a like minded individual, and you can enter the Epic, like those 2 crazy yanks I saw. Now that is hardcore.
buckshot Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 One Speed Wonders At the Absa Cape Epic, one of the overriding topics when it comes to ?tech talk?, is the discussion over lightweight versus full suspension bikes. There are many pros and cons for both. However, on the rocky climbs this year, dual suspension riders were reassured that they had made the right choice and hard tail users wished they could reverse theirs. Now imagine someone riding this bumpy route with no suspension at all, not even in the front and, to make it worse, using only one gear? A team at the 2007 Absa Cape Epic does just that. Team 23, One Speed Wonders, rides the entire race from Knysna to Lourensford on a single speed bike with no suspension at all. 46 year old Shaun Weber (RSA) from Cape Town and 49 year old Chris Wurster (USA) from New York, have never met before. The got in touch through the Absa Cape Epic online forum, when Shaun was searching for a partner for a single speed team. While Shaun prepared himself on coastal single trails for the Absa Cape Epic, Chris trained in Central Park during the week. To absorb the shocks experienced on the route, their bikes are equipped with fatter tyres that have less tread. Of course, they ride much slower than others, placing them between the 825th and 916th rank in the Men?s classification over the past seven stages, but they came to finish the race and not to win it.
Ivanb Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 We have a great single speed Q Ring. It will look so cool on your bike.38t remember 35t in deadspot and 41t in power stroke. for downhill and single speed
rock Posted April 2, 2007 Author Posted April 2, 2007 jeez....I saw the team name "one speed wonders" and I has hoping they meant they would just ride the epic at one constant (slow) speed - thats seriously tough going.....well done.
Guest Big H Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 16t rear what will you have upfront? One day you must order a Hope or Chris King singlespeed hub and have a wheel built with the same dish on both sides. They are the ultimate and power transfer will be optimum. The Yanks beleive a singlespeed should not have a freewheel at the back. Big H2007-04-02 05:51:45
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