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So, I figured that no bicycle forum would be complete without pictures of bikes! Post your photos here, no bike will be refused: Road TT Triathlon Cyclocross MTB BMX Shixie Fixie And anything else! Lovely bikes lovely, but everyday bikes interesting too. I won't post first, but I'm taking pictures right now. 🙂 I wanna see what bikes you're all riding!
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Something a little different…
Planet X Giovannissimi 24″
520 wheels from an Airnimal Joey on Deore hubs
Group, saddle, and bars from an Islabikes Beinn 24
105 brakes from the parts bin (OK, ok, overkill for a kid’s bike I know, but he can do awesome endos with them)
Ritchey Comp headset
Very light for a kids bike, goes like stink. 1x chainset, 8-speed cassette
A complete and utter PITA to build due to poor quality control and difficult to find parts. 1″ external headset, 520 wheels are very rare, as are clinchers to fit them, hanger didn’t fit well, fork had an odd crown race (turns out that Italian differs to JIS). Ultimately worth it due to massive grin on son’s face. Just need to work out final bar/saddle position before cutting the steerer.
I built one of these up for my daughter, I went for 507 wheels and used long drop brakes but it was a nightmare finding tyres – ended up using 32mm kenda small blocks bought as spares from Islabikes. The drops bars are ex- e bay and I fitted a 16 speed Microshift shifter set but the front derailleur was too long and couldn’t cope with the large angle swept by the chain because of the short chain stays. The chainset was new from Stronglight via spa cycles. Once it all went together it was great. The problem I found was that all the parts that Hoy, Frog and islabikes use aren’t available on the open market, they buy in bulk and use in their own bikes and the only way to get hold of it is to break an existing bike
Something a little different.
Something a little different…
Planet X Giovannissimi 24″
520 wheels from an Airnimal Joey on Deore hubs
Group, saddle, and bars from an Islabikes Beinn 24
105 brakes from the parts bin (OK, ok, overkill for a kid’s bike I know, but he can do awesome endos with them)
Ritchey Comp headset
Very light for a kids bike, goes like stink. 1x chainset, 8-speed cassette
A complete and utter PITA to build due to poor quality control and difficult to find parts. 1″ external headset, 520 wheels are very rare, as are clinchers to fit them, hanger didn’t fit well, fork had an odd crown race (turns out that Italian differs to JIS). Ultimately worth it due to massive grin on son’s face. Just need to work out final bar/saddle position before cutting the steerer.
Latest incarnation of my neo-retro show ponySimply stunning. Drool…..
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