The Single Speed Shopper of Death™ and other shopping bike tales

leeww The thing that occurred to me while I was doing this bike up was that you simply cannot get your hands on 18" wheels, tyres or tubes, I tried everywhere, no luck :(

Not so my friend... your standard Riese & Muller Birdy runs on 18" rims which I believe are available in 24h, 32h and 36h. Add some slicks - 28 x 355 Schwalbe Stelvios, and you're rocking - try Bikefix / Condor / Bicycle Workshop / Velorution.