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After getting unceremoniuosly busted by the wife after sneaking down to the garage to work on the project after we had gone to bed, I gave it a couple of days thought. I realized that I just needed to lay down the law and in no uncertain terms lay it on her that a man's garage is his castle, so I did. Boy, I sure felt better, and I think she would have understood had she been awake when I explained it to her. Anyway, the backup/parts/budgetlight bike is done. I had some camera probs but still got off a few shots.
22" Access frame from Supergo
Used the Vuelta levers from my Mag V-brakes
Needed a 5 bolt compact to run a roadie drivetrain, so I picked up a Kooka cheap on Ebay. I took off the worn red anodizing with oven cleaner (a pain in the rear). I still have to clear coat them.
I used an Ultegra rear der because it was just as cheap as XT but alot lighter. I could hardly find anyone with an Ultegra 12-27 or SRAM 12-26 cassette in stock, and those that did wanted nearly $60 for one. Jenson had the Dura Ace 12-27 in stock for $93, so I splurged, my only real anomoly in the "budget" department.
Finally, a home for the back up Noleen.
Anyway, it holds the spare parts and gives me a bike for bikeless buddies to ride with me. I took it out this morning for a ride, the only difference being that I used my spare Karma DTC's instead of the Minotaur and Fast Fred so I could compare more closely to the Epic. I had the lightweight tires just laying around, and I didn't want to waste my Karmas on a tooling around bike. I will pick up a larger volume set to use with it, maybe trying the Python Airlights again, so the final weight of the bike will be a tad heavier, but still sub-22 lbs.
I'll follow up with the specs:
22" Access frame from Supergo

Used the Vuelta levers from my Mag V-brakes

Needed a 5 bolt compact to run a roadie drivetrain, so I picked up a Kooka cheap on Ebay. I took off the worn red anodizing with oven cleaner (a pain in the rear). I still have to clear coat them.

I used an Ultegra rear der because it was just as cheap as XT but alot lighter. I could hardly find anyone with an Ultegra 12-27 or SRAM 12-26 cassette in stock, and those that did wanted nearly $60 for one. Jenson had the Dura Ace 12-27 in stock for $93, so I splurged, my only real anomoly in the "budget" department.

Finally, a home for the back up Noleen.

Anyway, it holds the spare parts and gives me a bike for bikeless buddies to ride with me. I took it out this morning for a ride, the only difference being that I used my spare Karma DTC's instead of the Minotaur and Fast Fred so I could compare more closely to the Epic. I had the lightweight tires just laying around, and I didn't want to waste my Karmas on a tooling around bike. I will pick up a larger volume set to use with it, maybe trying the Python Airlights again, so the final weight of the bike will be a tad heavier, but still sub-22 lbs.
I'll follow up with the specs: