Category: Cycling
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29er Build: Parts, Parts, Parts
I’ve been building up a pile of parts for the new build. Above you see a free Surly Karate Monkey fork and some flashy cork Ergon grips I picked up in Melrose, SA. In the next photos you’ll see a mix of parts I had in my garage and several used parts I’ve found. Highlights…
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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…
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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…