Rat Bikes! Pub Bikes Beaters! Frankenbikes!

winter work mode

Carbon front feels a bit precarious when locking up overnight, or hopping curbs etc. Rear is ok, but very old and starting to feel rough. Can't justify dropping a load of cash on a beater for fancy wheelset.

Thanks +Thrasher, +BlesUp
Here's a pointless picture

I come across better local used deals on wheel(s) than I do for most other track parts....so many cheap track wheels on craigslist. Like a standard Deep V with Formula/Novatec hub for $50. A month or so ago someone was selling a set of H Sons laced to Formula hubs for a little over a $100 but they were sold fast.

Cheap Deep Vs or similar are common...and they can take street abuse.

i've worked on a hed 3 doing the same kinda stuff that snapped my downtube. i wouldn't worry about carbon tbh. anything can break

what was the original frame/bike?

It was a Scott with full 105. The bike was grim but I kind of like the frame. So I started stripping the paint while using a different bike to commute on but when that broke, I had to put this back to use mid paint strip and its only got worse (better) since then.
Sram Red and I'm just hoping to find a Sram rear wheel to match the front and it'll be done. Oh and I'd like a nicer 31.6mm seatpost but that can wait.

so rad, MO's?

yeah...from keirinberlin's IG

Are those bullmoose style handlebars?

certainly looks like it

Hmmm, I've got one of those bullmoose tings in my parts stash.... Might be worth a try

But for what weather?

Wind

That frame has quite a lot of history and has been around the world. If I remember correctly he told me that it cracked in the bb area during a bunny hop contest in Thailand or something @campervangogh

62cm bunny hop... Apparently :D

forget the cannondale, why is this frame so tiny.

1 Attachment

from the man himself

That's a children's trick bike, 22" size wheels

Oh really? I thought it was just that it was further away

This. Seen it in person last year when in Berlin and chatted to the man himself. A well used and loved frame, photos don't do it justice. T

that's sick

excellent, i want one