Sunday, January 8, 2012

Drivetrain and the Saddle

I put a saddle on the bike, its just some cheap, black, china-made road saddle, but it'll get the job done. The way I'm planning to ride this bike, I don'y expect to be sitting down to much anyways.



I also put on the crankset and chainring. The 'ring is a Shimano SG 39T road chainring, originally on my aluminum Cannondale roadie as part of a double before my rather unlucky friend got hit by a car while riding it, totaling the fork and handlebars, yet thankfully leaving all the other components unscathed. My friend survived the crash with only some massive bruising, a slightly split scalp, some stitches, and a concussion. Now, he's back on 2 wheels and plans to stay that way for some time to come (now while wearing a helmet, of course) :) The cranks are some much abused Wellgo Original SS cranks.


Brakes and Seatpost

Today I put the brake arms+pads on the bike, as well as the seatpost. In my humble opinion, at least, this bike is coming together quite nicely :) Here's a pic to go with that opinion:

Handlebars!

Finally got the handlebars I was planning on putting on the bike! They're the 2009 Easton Ergo Bend Road Bars :) My camera is dead and I seem to have misplaced the charger, so here's some pics of the web :

DIY Chain Tensioner

Just finished deciding what parts to use and how to mount my very own DIY chain tensioner. It took some cyber-snooping to finalize my plans, but here are some pics I took a few days ago:


Most of my inspiration came from this page: http://forums.mtbr.com/singlespeed/diy-chain-tensioner-387711.html :)