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I finally was able to test ride my second singlespeed. As a few of you recall I built a singlespeed about 4 or 5 years ago and got a few great years out of it an then it got swiped about a year and half ago.
I picked up the tubes (Pacenti Heavy Mettle), lugs (Slant 6), Paul trackends, headtube, seatstays, and chainstays are Columbus. Other miscellaneous stuff I got from Henry James (silver, brass, flux).
After a long time I finally got everything torched together and the frame prepped by Evolution Bike Shop I was able to start putting everything together.
I ended up with the following:
I still need to clean everything up, but I need to give it a test ride before I spend hours with files and sanding cloth (plus the $$$ for powdercoat). I was going to go out and ride it today but with the rain/mud and the lack of a finish coat on the frame I'm inside posting about it.
I'm not sure if I'd build another lugged mountain bike as I had some difficulty getting the geometry to what I wanted. I learned a lot in the process, but if I do this again it will be fillet brazed (unless it's a road or CX bike).
Cheers,
-Derek
I picked up the tubes (Pacenti Heavy Mettle), lugs (Slant 6), Paul trackends, headtube, seatstays, and chainstays are Columbus. Other miscellaneous stuff I got from Henry James (silver, brass, flux).
After a long time I finally got everything torched together and the frame prepped by Evolution Bike Shop I was able to start putting everything together.
I ended up with the following:
I still need to clean everything up, but I need to give it a test ride before I spend hours with files and sanding cloth (plus the $$$ for powdercoat). I was going to go out and ride it today but with the rain/mud and the lack of a finish coat on the frame I'm inside posting about it.
I'm not sure if I'd build another lugged mountain bike as I had some difficulty getting the geometry to what I wanted. I learned a lot in the process, but if I do this again it will be fillet brazed (unless it's a road or CX bike).
Cheers,
-Derek