twentynine inches • one gear • zero travel

A Little Bit Of Bolt Tuning

With Zipp, SRAM Red, Revl and other sweet components, there’s not much to do about bolts. Most of these components already use aluminum and titanium fasteners. There were still a handful of them and those were swapped out today. First, four aluminum water bottle bolts added a touch of blue to the bike. Next, the black Chris King headset cap was secured with a blue anodized M6 bolt. Lastly, the Neilpryde Aero seat post lost the backside steel bolt and received a 3mm longer titanium replacement to maintain full thread engagement with the taller carbon rails of the Antares saddle.

Cogset, wheelset and bottom bracket are still missing to complete the bike. Everything on order, though - and most likely arriving faster than initially planned. Stay tuned!

Building A Road Bike In Pictures #12 The Pedals

Zero Titanium pedals are another departure from how my road bikes used to be equipped. Up until now, all road bikes I’ve owned have always been running some type of Shimano pedals. Some five years ago, Shimano SPD pedals had to give up their spot to Eggbeaters on all my mountain bikes. Now, Speedplays will be doing the same on the road bike. Double-sided entry, light weight (164g) and an adjustable float from 0 to 15 degrees were the main reasons to make the switch.

For Sale: Thomson X2 Stem

Length:120mm
Rise/Drop:17°
Bar Clamp:31.8mm
Bolts:stock steel & titanium
Condition:used but without the slightest scratch
Price:50 Swiss Francs

Letting The Chips Fly

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When you can’t do any work on your disoriented office PC because the company server - an Aitch Pee - died a horrible death, you go to the basement an turn on the rarely operated lathe. At least, that’s what I did this morning after our mandatory “Znünipouse” (9 o’clock break). My new bike was in dire need of a front wheel skewer, so I slammed a piece of aluminum into the chuck, got my hands dirty and machined one myself. Fun to leave work upstairs for a few hours, let the chips fly and end up with a sharp looking, one of a kind skewer. I haven’t done any metal work in a while and it’s always sweet to stand at a machine again to create something, especially when it’s something bike-related. And although my training as a precision mechanic is already 20 years away, operating a lathe or a mill is like riding a bicycle - once you learned how, you don’t lose those skills. Anyway, the parts now need to get anodized before they get the privilege to clamp the front wheel of the A9C.

Crisp Titanium with Leonardi Racing Aliké Fork

 

Think AMP Research’s or German:A’s Kilo parallelogram forks, add a Lefty into the mix and you get Leonardi Racing’s Aliké fork. The beautiful frame is hand-crafted by none other than Crisp.

DZ’s Fatback Dave Zabriskie’s Fatback by Speedway Cycles. Zoom

DZ’s Fatback

Dave Zabriskie’s Fatback by Speedway Cycles.

Rohloff Meets Gates

Swiss 29er rider and old school racer Zingel finished his Carl Strong build at last. Starting with a Ti frame acquired through Ebay, which was neatly modified by Rewel to allow mounting a Gates belt, the bike sports a Lefty up front and a Rohloff gear-hub out back. The Rohloff compatible Gates cog is made by none other than Phil Wood.

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Everti 29R tapered 1-1/8” - 1.5” integrated head-tube BB30 bottom bracket shell Some nice features finding their way to Titanium bikes! Zoom

Everti 29R

  • tapered 1-1/8” - 1.5” integrated head-tube
  • BB30 bottom bracket shell

Some nice features finding their way to Titanium bikes!

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