Found this picture of me at 17 riding the first bike I built, and thought people on this sub might find it interesting. Rigid single speed mtbs were the alt-bike fad back then, but I couldn’t afford one from a bike shop, so I decided to make one.
I found a cheap 1994 GT Karakoram with a blown mag21 fork and converted it to single speed with a tensioner. I got lucky and found a used single speed wheelset with Surly hubs and Salsa Gordo rims, and a Surly Instigator rigid fork. I crimped the chainstays to fit 26×2.5 tires, and swapped the cockpit for a modernish shortish stem and wideish bars.
In the end I turned a reasonably practical bike into a completely impractical, but RAD ripper! This is the bike that started it all for me.
by bikenejad
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Get a lid on! Sick bike tho
I’ve heard of people crimping chain stays before. Is there some sort of DIY method to this or is it just mad science?
I like your tires
My takeaway is that young Jeff Goldblum was sending with gardening gloves on.
WEAR A HELMET
Nice