5 months ago my beloved pink DiamondBack was stolen... it was my favourite bike, so much fun to ride...
Since then, I haven't been riding as much, as none of my bikes were practical for getting around town, especially to TAFE and the shops and whatnot.
Alas, that has all changed, here's my new mean machine
Oldschool GT frame, cromoly as you'd expect... so old it's running a U brake on the rear. This was lying around at work, and it took me a bit of pestering but now it's mine.
I've built it up with mainly spare parts, the wheels I had to buy from my workmate, but it was worth it. Duke rims on a DMR rear hub, Surly front hub. Singlespeed, boltup, tough yet not too heavy.
I managed to get the drivetrain together without a tensioner, the dropouts have about 10mm of horizontal adjustment, and with a 39/17 not only do I get a good combination for tension, it also pedals really well. Cranks are old DuraAce, with a long bottom bracket there's just enough chainstay clearance for them to fit.
Here's the driveline
So yeh, now I have no excuse to be lazy, I intend on riding everywhere again... I have to lose the christmas kilos, and regular riding will see me shed quite a bit of excess rather quickly I hope.
Anyway, this is my new bike... I'm happy, so yeh... trying to think of a witty way to end the post....
Meh...
The End.
Since then, I haven't been riding as much, as none of my bikes were practical for getting around town, especially to TAFE and the shops and whatnot.
Alas, that has all changed, here's my new mean machine
Oldschool GT frame, cromoly as you'd expect... so old it's running a U brake on the rear. This was lying around at work, and it took me a bit of pestering but now it's mine.
I've built it up with mainly spare parts, the wheels I had to buy from my workmate, but it was worth it. Duke rims on a DMR rear hub, Surly front hub. Singlespeed, boltup, tough yet not too heavy.
I managed to get the drivetrain together without a tensioner, the dropouts have about 10mm of horizontal adjustment, and with a 39/17 not only do I get a good combination for tension, it also pedals really well. Cranks are old DuraAce, with a long bottom bracket there's just enough chainstay clearance for them to fit.
Here's the driveline
So yeh, now I have no excuse to be lazy, I intend on riding everywhere again... I have to lose the christmas kilos, and regular riding will see me shed quite a bit of excess rather quickly I hope.
Anyway, this is my new bike... I'm happy, so yeh... trying to think of a witty way to end the post....
Meh...
The End.