Sunday 3 June 2012

One gear?


I have been threatening to build a single speed bike up for some time and when I spotted a Inbred "blue Waffle" with a headset fitted and both sets of swapouts for £99!!! I had to have it.
I guess given current trends it should be a 29er but hey im a short guy and that's means another set of wheels so will stick to the 26er.
A near new set of Nuke Proof forks were found on ebay, which I must say are rather nice but funds are hard at the moment as the missus is sapping them at the moment for a garden project :)
I haven't ridden a steel frame since my custom Fuquay back in 1992 and I am somewhat excited to get out there on it.
As for the rest of the build I will be actively scouring Ebay for some bargains in the next couple of months  and likely to use use a set of Hope XC-3 I have for the wheel set.

8 comments:

  1. You could always use 650b wheels in that frame. Love my single speed!

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  2. good thinking, will wait till theres some good deals on them

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  3. Well my plan was to get a whippet and put 650b wheels on that one. But at least in the mean time I could run 26 wheels till I could afford to finish the conversion. Think id also have the same problem with 29 wheels.

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  4. Does a whippet take 650b??

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  5. Yeah according to the guys at On One it does. Quite a few of their frames do as they don't have a bridge support on the chainstays. Apparently it should still take upto 2.3" tyre too. It'll probably raise the bottom bracket height by about 12mm or 0.5"

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  6. cool might be worth a set, once they get cheaper. had a look yesterday and they are bloody expensive for not very good ones!

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  7. Well I'll just relace my dt swiss hubs onto new rims to cut my costs. There is a lack of choice with the tyres though!

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  8. mmm I tempted there are some Stans 355 rims at about £60, might wait to see if Hope Hoops do some.

    I was looking at the clearance at the rear of the inbred and the tyre height is very close to the seatstay bridge already so a bit concerned?

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