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Chris King Fun Bolts Don’t Need To Be Silver

   

All Chris King singlespeed hubs come with shiny, silver Fun Bolts no matter what color the hubs are. On my newly built Air 9 Carbon, the silver just looked out of place. Since I had made a front skewer, I took the aluminum caps of the Chris King Fun Bolts along to Hofmann Galvanik in Grenchen. That shop does a lot of different galvanic surface treatments and is awesome. Walk in there with just four small aluminum pieces and they’ll anodize them for you within just a couple of days. Right now I have them re-anodize a couple of super-nicely machined aluminum bolts from Jäger Motorsport, which weren’t quite the red I wanted.

Big Fat Plastic Wheels

I took my lunch early today to drive to the post office one more time. I was picking up the wheelset I had built by Mike Curiak. I first expected them in early April but Mike was able to lace them up before taking off to Alaska for a 1000 mile journey through snow. In the two boxes that arrived from the US were two WTB Prowler SL tires sitting on top of some really sweet Edge Composites All Mountain rims. Solid Chris King singlespeed hubs in red build the center of the wheels and black DT Aerolite spokes hold it all together. I wanted a strong, reliable set of wheels for a rigid singlespeed and fat tires. Mike recommended the AM rim and although they’ve only made it out of the box so far and have not been ridden yet, I’m sure these will be a killer wheelset for my type of riding. This evening the Formula rotors will go on and the tires will be mounted. A ride report will follow once the new bike is built. For now I’m offering a few photos.

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