Month: October 2010

  • Seized Pedal?

    Seized Pedal?

    About an hour into a two-minute pedal swap I came to the realization that I had a seized pedal axle.  The 8mm allen head on the pedal axle was stripped, my vice grips wouldn’t  grab the axle, and I was running out of options.  I tried penetrating oil, heat and large blunt objects.  Nothing was working. As a…

  • 29er Build: The Frame

    29er Build: The Frame

    So if you haven’t guessed, I’m bulding another bike.  This time it will be a fully-rigid singlespeed 29er built from as many used parts as I can find.  Over the next several post I’ll share the build process and show the (hopefully) nice used parts going into the bike. First, I found this “used” Kona…

  • A 29er?

    A 29er?

    Precision measurements.  More to come.