Winter build: Part 1
It's that time of the year again. Snow will soon come to take over the streets once again. And I want to be a little more prepared this time around. Last winter, I used my trick bike as my "good weather bike" and my Fuji Track with track drops and 23c tires as my "winter" bike, just because I had a front brake and clip on fenders on it..^This was taken prior to the said brake and fenders. And there have definitely been times where I felt very uncomfortable on the slippery roads with that bike. But it looked pretty slick right?!
Anyways, this year, I'm just slapping together old parts lying around to build a winter beater, and hopefully it'll be better suited than last year. I've gathered almost everything I need so far and it it's looking pretty decent so far. Don't laugh too hard but here's a list of my parts haha:
Bent Dropout frame (bent back with a 2x4).
Bent IRO Mark V fork.
Really cheap wheelset with missing spoke and lots of rust on the axle/nuts.
Broken seatpost I had lying around from my Dropout.
Random road crankset/bb I salvaged from an old conversion.
BRAND SPAKING NEW FSA integrated headset (nicest piece on this build).
Still waiting on a stem, tire, and bars. I'm going to run my narrow cut bars for now, but they're not even 20" wide haha.. I think I'm really wanting one of those integrated basket/bar combo things. Similar to the Bike Porter, but not as nice and not as expensive. I think it'll be nice and handy for grocery runs and everything else too.
Well anyways, that's as far as I got today, I need to pick up my tire/stem and hopefully get this bike rolling within the next couple of days. I think I'll probably need to cut my steerer tube as well.. I'm pretty excited as to how this bike will handle with the frame/fork both being bent.. Hopefully I bent the frame back just the perfect amount and it'll ride straight ;) I'm very hopeful haha.
I will bring the tire to the new YNOT shop as bait to get you to finally check it out! More fodder for blogging, come pick up a tire and 'order' your new custom bag! ;)
ReplyDeletedude i have an extra front wheel lying around.
ReplyDeleteif you don't have one let me know1
Nah, I got a front wheel as well, just not in the picture, thanks though buddy!! :D
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