Waiting on a couple of parts to finish the conversion of my 19 year old steel Fisher. (pics to follow, once complete)
Anyone got a rigid ss in their 'fleet'?
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Rigid SS - who has got one?
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I had an iO rigid but then stuck a set of Recon 351 on it. Now I can hit stuff faster than my legs will go so the rigids might go back on.
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Yep, I have. It's got 20" wheels as well.
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I have a 1997 Kona A'ha in a state of not-quite-working. It gets me chicks.
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Just built up a ridgid Dekerf generation, running Pace RC31's Only done on short ride.
Now if only i could rebuild the colour coded Judy's i could have a choice
No Pictures till later in the week
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Yes. Great night ride bike.
Ride bike, stick in garage dirty, get out garage, waft WD40 over it, ride bike, stick in garage dirty, etc, etc....
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oh, and this "gopper"
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Yep. '92 Kona Lava Dome running original P2s and converted to SS using a DMR tensioner.
Just need to rebuild the BB (adjustable cup) and it'll be back in action.
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That could be a lot worse qwerty, but you do need to get rid of the dock leaves.
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Querty re 'gopper' - love that, what is it and what fork is on it?
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yep, steel Kona Caldera with P2s
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Yep, a '98 track end converted kona explosif with short RC31s. Iz lovely.
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I've got a Kona Explosif of around 2005, the one with the slidey drop-outs. Not ridden it much in the last year due to a back op but used it round Thetford last week and had a great time on it.
Think I will be out on it a little more now.
No pics I'm afraid, only when it has those suspension fork things on it - lol.Posted 2 years ago # -
Classifieds special here.
2nd Merlin frame, Superstar carbon forks plus bits from the shed.
The forks, stem and chainring bolts are the only new parts on it.It makes a nice contrast with my main bike (5" forked hardtail).
I've also got a fixed Pompino with 'cross tyres on but that's a whole different ball game
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Had one for years, now building a singlespeed 456 Summer Edition with Talas 36.
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2009 Genesis IO with Nuke Proof carbon forks
Normally around Cannock Chase but has gone well at
Dyfi Enduro,Kiroughtree,Dalbeattie,Drumlanrig,Innerliethen,Mabie,Ae,CYB, LLandegla
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My Malt 1 rigid commuter becomes a rigid SS during the winter months.
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I started with ss'ing my 93 kona explosif, then got a cheap on-one inbred (slot dropout) with carbon forks, which has been great fun and nearly indestructible.
For mountain mayhem i swapped the forks and ss bits onto my geared tinbred, which was amazing, very light and fast and still comfortable with an amazing degree of control with the rigid forks. I was zooming round the mayhem course, and our team ended up 2nd ss and something like 15th overall!
Now keeping an eye out for a singlespeed tinbred frame so i can do it 'properly'
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20" and 26" flavours here.
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Have this, to be honest after the intial wow this is cool, I got a bit disheartened with it. Just such hard work to get anywhere and I'm such a lazy fecker. Really good for quick blastes on mid week night rides, but thats about it. Still looks cool though
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Querty re 'gopper' - love that, what is it and what fork is on it?
Cannondale Bad Boy singlespeed
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Rode one years ago, though my 'single'-speed bikes usually had two chainrings and a rear mech tensioner for on-/off-road or climbing / everything else use.
Don't think my back would stand for a true singlespeed these days unless it was pretty flat. I tried 1x8 speed too, but found the chain was always falling off the chainring without some sort of device to keep it in place.
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Pulling it apart to put the bits on a jump bike but this is how it was until this morning.
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this
and this
both get ridden more than my other bikes
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tempted to get some carbon forks for my SSed XtC.....
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Yeah. A 94' Orange Clockwork with Pace forks. Goes really well.
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Yup. It's pretty crap on anything bumpy in comparison with modern bikes IMO. Might try some carbon forks.
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Yes though for the summer it's wearing a set of Pace RC40 forks
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Early slot-dropout Inbred with rusty gussets
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It's not built because I took it apart a couple of years ago and never re-built it, but I have a rigid fixed wheel mountain bike. The frame was built by a mate who was going into frame building, and is the same geometry as my rigid '94 Zaskar. I really must re-build and ride it.
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Beautifull paintjob on that piss off there sofaking!
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Wanga with Bonty switchblades here!
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witty.name. Lovely bike. Awful saddle....!
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I've got an '09 Genesis iO - it was too good to stay rigid though and I had a set of Fox Floats kicking about so on they went - those cheap 520 Genesis frames are wicked fun!
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Felt Nine Solo with White Bros forks. My favourite bike, did most of my laps at Mayhem this year on it even though I had a perfectly good geared HT with me as well.
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29er Scandle under there somewhere...
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I've a rigid singlespeed Inbred and a rigid singlespeed Solitude. They're my only off-road capable bikes. Apart from one run down the skills loop at Hamsterley on a borrowed Kona Stinky, I've somehow still not got around to having a go on a bike with any suspension.
Here's my Inbred on the way up to Hamsterley yesterday:
And here it is on the way back:
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