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So i built up a single speed XL honzo for a wet weather bike.
Whacked on a 2019 set of stepcast 34s, a project 321 single speed 142mm rear hub (both from cyclinic in brisbane), a one-up dropper (on @Dozer 's suggestion), and some lightweight foam grips for my steel single speed. I built up the wheelset with a hope hub front and some 30mm internal rims. Popped on some conti tyres which worked great in brisbane conditions.
Anyway, that was great, but after some time off the bike i just wasn't fit enough for all that single speed action, so i thought about options...
Turns out you can fit 6x 11-speed gears on the hub to give an 11-28 spread against the 30 or 32 i run up front. This takes the edge off the hills, but maintains the symmetrically laced rear wheel!
Took a while to work out how to limit the derailleur movement, but its sweet now. I can pop up more pics if people are keen
Frame - 2016 kona honzo st in XL
Front shock/fork - 2019 fox stepcast 34
Handlebars - 2008 (?) RaceFace ones
Stem - 2019 hope 35mm
Headset - Hope
Grips - esi foamies. Do not rate.
Saddle - 2015 chromag something
Seatpost - 2019 one-up
Front brake - m9000 XT
Rear brake - m9000 XT
Cranks - 165mm saints. Unsure of year. Were good for singlespeeding, may be unnecessary for geared
Chain - hg something or other
Pedals - eggbeaters
Rear derailleur - m9000 XT
Rear shifter - m9000 XT
Cassette - early shimano 11 speed missing a few
Front hub - hope pro 4
Rear hub - project 321 gen 1
Front rim - ns bikes 35mm ID. forget the model
Rear rim - spanky oozy 295
Spokes - dt swiss tapered
Nipples - brass dt swiss
Tyres - conti Mountain king 2.2
Tubes - yep
Total weight - 30lb on the nose. Less with less gears
Whacked on a 2019 set of stepcast 34s, a project 321 single speed 142mm rear hub (both from cyclinic in brisbane), a one-up dropper (on @Dozer 's suggestion), and some lightweight foam grips for my steel single speed. I built up the wheelset with a hope hub front and some 30mm internal rims. Popped on some conti tyres which worked great in brisbane conditions.
Anyway, that was great, but after some time off the bike i just wasn't fit enough for all that single speed action, so i thought about options...
Turns out you can fit 6x 11-speed gears on the hub to give an 11-28 spread against the 30 or 32 i run up front. This takes the edge off the hills, but maintains the symmetrically laced rear wheel!
Took a while to work out how to limit the derailleur movement, but its sweet now. I can pop up more pics if people are keen
Frame - 2016 kona honzo st in XL
Front shock/fork - 2019 fox stepcast 34
Handlebars - 2008 (?) RaceFace ones
Stem - 2019 hope 35mm
Headset - Hope
Grips - esi foamies. Do not rate.
Saddle - 2015 chromag something
Seatpost - 2019 one-up
Front brake - m9000 XT
Rear brake - m9000 XT
Cranks - 165mm saints. Unsure of year. Were good for singlespeeding, may be unnecessary for geared
Chain - hg something or other
Pedals - eggbeaters
Rear derailleur - m9000 XT
Rear shifter - m9000 XT
Cassette - early shimano 11 speed missing a few
Front hub - hope pro 4
Rear hub - project 321 gen 1
Front rim - ns bikes 35mm ID. forget the model
Rear rim - spanky oozy 295
Spokes - dt swiss tapered
Nipples - brass dt swiss
Tyres - conti Mountain king 2.2
Tubes - yep
Total weight - 30lb on the nose. Less with less gears
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