|   Townie Makeover with Lurid Photos | Bigwheel
Sep 11, 2002 8:27 PM | | Well after an absurdly long time my Onespeed is back in action. This bike was originally a 26" wheel but due to my zealous fascination with 29"ers I just couldn't pass on the opportunity to make it into one. Stipped the paint and moved the braze-ons up and there was enough room in the drops to get the bigger wheel in there. A new powdercoat, fork and bracket drive (which makes it a two speed), and oh yeah, as long as it was stripped added braze-ons for gearing if I ever want to go that route. Just gotta dial in the stem to finish.
Here's the almost finished product:
Closer look at the new fork:
Closer still:
The Speed Drivetrain:
The rear hub, NOS WTB Flip Flop, 27t front, 20t rear yields a 39"/65" ratio with the click of a heel:
The Saddle, NOS Brooks B5N, Thirty plus years old and never been ridden til today!
The Post, Campy Euclid clamp mated to a Ti post. This is actually second choice, with the first choice on order.
One more look at the whole enchilada, the trail beckons, Hartmans tomorrow!!!!
Thanks for looking! |
| A bike after my own heart... | terminaut
Sep 11, 2002 10:15 PM | | Very nice, Bob. The fork looks very trick! BTW, I got your email... Thanks! |
| re: Townie Makeover with Lurid Photos | aosty
Sep 11, 2002 11:24 PM | | What a NEAT bike... holymoly unique collection of parts... heh...
And Term beat me to the post... I was going to say if someone showed me the bike and I was asked to guess who it belonged to... |
| Sweet; how's the BB height? | club
Sep 12, 2002 5:45 AM | | my converted Treck MTB with 4 sp. Nexus on 700x45Cs has a 13.5" BB height, and I have to hop off the saddle to put a foot down, which I find annoying as hell. Searching the trash piles for a 27" wheel suitable touring frame for the wheels, then will go 1 sp. towner for the Treck. Particularly jealous of that old Brooks and of course the 2-sp. clickie. Got any of those you want to send me? |
| thats purdy, just dang purdy....... | JAK
Sep 12, 2002 6:02 AM | | Hey Biggie-
What is a bracket drive? That is one of the prettiest builds I have ever seen!
adios |
| Thanks JAK | Bigwheel
Sep 12, 2002 3:36 PM | | you can find out info on the bracket drive system here: http://www.schlumpf.ch/innovationse.html go to the speed drive button. |
| Nice ride Bighweel.... | martini
Sep 12, 2002 6:35 AM | | and of course, we expect it out of you. I've got my own conversion happening as well. Details to follow. And I'm stoked about it!
Marty |
| MTBR goes wonky... | Brandon
Sep 12, 2002 7:16 AM | | Or I'm going blind, the pictures aren't showing up here. |
| and the emperor has new clothes. | bn
Sep 12, 2002 7:22 AM | | nm |
| weird, first I saw them, now I don't! nm | Pablo
Sep 12, 2002 8:27 AM | | |
| WOW! Those pics look absolutely... | PROGRE-SS
Sep 12, 2002 11:20 AM | | ...blank!! What's up with that? And for some reason, I can't get to mtbr.com through Netscape on my Mac here at work. Servers down or something?
James |
| My bad--- | Bigwheel
Sep 12, 2002 11:41 AM | | My stupid photo server account is apparently not large enough to view the pix for over 115 hits a day. Sorry about that, check back tomorrow? |
| host em on MTBR. (nm) | Brandon
Sep 12, 2002 12:01 PM | | |
| They're Back------ nm | Bigwheel
Sep 12, 2002 3:32 PM | | nm |
| What's the purpose for the extra tubes on the fork? | Brandon
Sep 12, 2002 7:38 PM | | Some kinda front rack? |
| Struts | Bigwheel
Sep 13, 2002 8:13 AM | | Those are struts. Their purpose is to reinforce the Ti legs, which allows the legs to be pretty light, yet still strong. Stuts were used back in the early days because the metals they had then were relatively weak but heavy. The whole fork weighs a little under 1.5 lbs., so while serving purpose it also adds retro style that complements the top tubes. |
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