In reference to several emails that I have recieved asking about the benefits of building your own bike, let me go over a few of the benefits of this. 1) Even though the frame is from another manufacture, it would be a one of a kind. 2) beyond popular belief you can actually in some cases save money, by doing a frame build up on your own. 3) It will be built to your exacting specifications. Again at some point, hopefully by the beginning of March 2007, I will have gotten this up on the site. Until then feel free to click on the links on this page and price out the bike of your dreams. The reason why I use Nashbar is because their frames actually come with no stickers on them what so ever, so you can come up with your coloring and labeling scheme for something truely unique. Thats why Nashbar is on this page and the How to page and Performance on the Commuting and Home pages. Two really good companies that I use in two totally different purposes.
May 11, 2007
Well thought I would do a little updating on how things are going. Well they are actually going quite well, down side to it is the fact that I don't have any photos of the bike builds. I am on my third build which is going to a former co-worker. Just like the the previous two I am just giving them away. Why you might ask? Well it quite simple really, I remember what it was like before I could even afford just $25.00 for a bike and I really wanted one. Sure there are those of us that can afford or even have the credit rating to go down and purchase a new top of the line bike, which there is nothing wrong with, but for the rest of us, well a free bike will be our first introduction or in most cases a re-introduction to cycling.
This build is different in the respect of I actually had enough spare parts to just "patch work" the thing together. It was a intially a Miyata Mountain bike, but the person who is getting this bike wanted a single speed cross, so thats what she is getting. I had a old pair of handle bars that came off of a cannondale road bike, which these bars are nothing like I have ever seen before in the respects that they have an additional hand hold off to the side of the drops...............weird, man where did I put that camera at? Any who, put a SR Crank on it and took off the big ring and left just the small 39 tooth chainring on there, still need to find two spacers for the ring bolts. Then took a set of XT wheels, trued them up and put a 18 tooth XT cog from an XT cassette, and then put an old put very functional set of XT cantilever brakes on them. Re-wrapped the handle bars and found a gel seat to throw on there, so now the only thing that this thing need is two chaing ring spacers, chain and spacers for the cog in the back and then the bike can be delivered, seriously hoping to find my camera before I deliver this one so that you guys can see it.
Will write more later
Later
Mezzy
May 13, 2007
Alrighty here are some photos of the Build up in progress, hope you enjoy
Again once this thing is completely done, it will be a single speed cyclo-cross bike, still need to find two canti lever brake yolks, because as you can see there not connect to the brake lever cables. Now I could also just put a cassette on the back wheel and connect the chain, haven't made up my mind yet, either way works, but the nice lady that I am giving this bike to, would probably like it to look like a single speed. So I don't know yet. How about those handle bars, aren't they interesting. From What I have been told, this was created by Cannondale that didn't last but maybe two model years. Personally I think they look cool.