@M6TTF
First pic is my 50th birthday bike, completely custom.
Second pic is just a modified dropout on a Kona A (the one for sale).

@jameso Frame was made by Lynskey

What? these bits? I think the swarf would have weighed about half as much as the bits that I dug out the holesaw. 😆

2010_1126cheeserim0017 by singlespeedstu, on Flickr

I didn’t weigh them but someone else did a before and after weighing job on the same rim with slightly bigger holes and recond it lost 300grams. 🙂

Stoner,

What brake pads are you running in the M965-R XTR caliper?

They look bigger than the standard Shimano offerings.

PaulD

Flow, it’s just a better wheelset for someone who rides SS 29er. Adding gears for some rides is an option with the cassette mod. Choice is a good thing?

What? these bits?

If you’d planned it properly, you could have made a lifetime supply of top-caps.. )

I didn’t weigh them

I don’t blame you, I wouldn’t : ) just interested and I’m now looking at my holesaw and my P35s.. but no, just no..

Pauld, standard shimano pads. might not be shimano brand, but they’ll be the same form factor. photo was taken ages ago though. currently using SSC pads sintered

I’m now looking at my holesaw and my P35s

Go on, go on, go on, go on. 😀

Oh that reminds me I’ve got a Kris Holm rim built up on an Alfine that I could take the drill to next.

Flow, it’s just a better wheelset for someone who rides SS 29er. Adding gears for some rides is an option with the cassette mod. Choice is a good thing?

Errr, I already know that, thats why I have 10 speed with 3 chainrings, crazy idea eh!

I’m resisting. But now wondering about a drilled out UST convertion winter front wheel project.

SSS, my father-in-law stopped and talked to someone with drilled rims riding a Jones bike somewhere near Wordlsey Woods, Stourbridge about 6 months ago, it may even have been you. Said he was amazed by both the rims and the bike and was concidering taking a drill to his motorbike rims.

Errr, I already know that, thats why I have 10 speed with 3 chainrings, crazy idea eh!

So do I, crazy huh.

Could some one please tell me WTF is the point in having a single speed with gears? Surely you are just in denial and should go back to a proper bike?

Not a single speed if it has gears.

Lunge.

I do remember chatting to someone and him mentioning trying to drill out his motorbike rims.

home built 51mm offset U turn 29er frankenforks,

converted xtr dual control shifter systems to lovely disc brakes

home stripped and polished frame and jone-esque cranks

Quite a few bits have changed since this picture was taken and I might have spannered the front one in a big crash a week or so ago (needs checking) 🙁

I cut the arms off my Mountain Warehouse fleece, using a pair of kitchen scissors. Do I win the thread?

You only win if you did that to make arm-warmers..

Arm-coolers.

No win?

I’m not qualified to judge.. I just polish stuff. I’m off to do my helmet next.

Can’t really polish a fleece tbh, they just melt.

The only other thing I can think of is a mud guard to protect the mechanism of my KS i950 dropper post (made out of part of an old mudguard) fitted to the saddle and the post. Loads of problems with mud causing the cable/mechanism to stick before fitting and absolutely none since (no pic, sorry).

My drilled fat bike rims lost 400gm. Stu still slagged me off 🙁

I have other DIY conquests but I’m tired of keyboard warriors insulting them.

Come on Al don’t be like that it was nothing to do with your rim. 😉

Get em posted up.

What do I win?

Al, that disc fork was a bold DIY project and should be celebrated : ) Got any more like that?

*cracks knuckles*

The one…the only…Frankenbike (mk 2)

IMAG0792.jpg by alan cole, on Flickr

DIY carbon/steel brake mount – who’d have thought the steel would fail?

IMAG0785 by alan cole, on Flickr

UK’s 2nd full suss fat bike

IMAG0776.jpg by alan cole, on Flickr

Full carbon mount

IMAG0762.jpg by alan cole, on Flickr

Rear mount in carbon/steel

IMAG0567 by alan cole, on Flickr

Pompetamine gear hanger

R0011072 by alan cole, on Flickr

drilled rims

IMAG0334.jpg by alan cole, on Flickr

LAtest project

untitled by alan cole, on Flickr

Laughs at Al’s lack of drilling skillz. 😉

Though the Fatmarinthingy could have been good.

one insult, one back-handed compliment 🙄

MArrowfat will be awesome (when fixed)

Inspiring. DIY carbon on brake mounts gets maximum points.

Like conventional builds aren’t strong enough, and missing a few sprockets will make all the difference in weight.

Wheel not hub. Less dish -> stronger wheel for the same weight.

But regular rear wheels are strong enough.

cynic-al – Member

But regular rear wheels are strong enough.

My 16st and flatland 360s say otherwise… even without rotation, beasting jumps, drops and rocky hell mean some insurance is worth a few less gears that you struggle to choose between anyhoo.

If you believe it makes a difference…

Chainguide for my Absolut SX, made from 2 x DMR old Chain Reactor hinged clamps and a Superstar plastic guide. I’ve used DMR clamps many times before along with a MRP/DMR roller, bolt and spacers but this time due to the bend in the seat tube, the position wasn’t quite right and I couldn’t get the guide to sit low enough, hence the extra bracket made from a cut down clamp.

Weirdly mine is exactly the same, only slightly cooler as I used a piece of carbon 😉

Got a small sheet of it with a view to making the cage out of carbon in the long run, but not got around to it yet. Seems to work better than the normal Superstar guide as it’s far stiffer, never dropped the chain yet!

C-al how much rear wheel travel do you get on that fat beauty?

@tazzymtb
Have you go any more details on those forks?

“Do you mean the singlespeed hub mods above?? Surely its because you want gears but either don’t need the full range, or want less dish in the rear wheel (for more strength).
Like conventional builds aren’t strong enough, and missing a few sprockets will make all the difference in weight.

then how about “because they want to…””

If its a Hope SS hub then you’d also get twice the pickup speed over a pro II as well?

nicknoxx, yep I wrote a buffoons guide to frankenfork conversions for rockshox that I emailed out to interested fecklers a while back. email me and I’ll dig it out for you

tazwadie At hotmail Dot com

4″ Stuey

Neat njee20!