Homemade singlespeed bike

I finally finished my singlespeed bike (already posted a frame picture in my Balance Bike post, http://www.lfgss.com/thread52613.html)

Specs:

• Frame, designed and homemade out of straight gauge CrMo steel,
  
• custom made handlebars-stem combo,
  
• Crank Brothers Cobalt C headset,
  
• Leader V2 Trick Star forks,
  
• Cinelli Unicanitor seat on Thomson elite seatpost,
  
• SRAM S300 1.1 chainset with 44T chainring,
  
• BMX grips,
  
• track dropouts,
  
• 16T Shimano coaster brake hub (painted black),
  
• Octane One pedals
  
  

Pics:

More info: www.roelvanheur.nl

Handsome. A mod will move this into the correct thread in a minute.

I want to be your friend.

^ Want.

^^^ Do not want.

Now does that barspin or what?

I want to be your friend.

mos def >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I was about to say that your bike reminded me of this:

...then I clicked the links.

It is lovely, really like the simple look and respect for the work that has gone into it :) Keep on making bikes!

what? twitchy as hell, no brakes and no foot retention

plus it looks hideous

Coaster brake. I don't understand why you would build yourself a custom bike to have 0 stem length. Kinda makes sense with a kids balance bike but on a full size thing?

To my surprise I made it into the Bike Porn section......oh, and into the Bike Anti Porn as well.... ;)
(quotes are from anti porn thread)

1. it's not as twitchy as it looks, the geo is quite relaxed with a 73 degree head tube angle wich makes the bike handle nice, imho.

2. yes, it has a coaster brake
   Bar stem combo is an experiment for setup on a Polo and/or Trick bike, maybe a little more rise on the bars would be better.... the current setup feels good for just city riding too.

op...i like the colour of the frame.

what is your bike for? its like a bit of everything?

MY*'home made'*bit of shit.**

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No brake bridge? I know that strictly speaking its not a necessaity, but doesn't it help to minimise seatstay flex that is created from the power being applied to one side of the wheel? Honest question, as I am not an engineer.

what is your bike for? its like a bit of everything?

No brake bridge? I know that strictly speaking its not a necessaity, but doesn't it help to minimise seatstay flex that is created from the power being applied to one side of the wheel? Honest question, as I am not an engineer.

@Willpalmer: I just use it for driving around the city....it's not specificly build for a special purpose, just felt like building this bike

@GA2G: I actually made a brake bridge for this frame, but when I tack welded it in place, I realized I liked the frame better without it. I know it helps minimizing flex but there is a pretty large weld area on seatstay-seattube section which seems to stiffen the rear end up enough. I didn't notice any flex so far (and I tried...)

^ If you weigh half as much as GA2G (destroyer of frames) it will flex.

I don't mind a shot from the cheap seats SlimJim. :)

@Willpalmer: I just use it for driving around the city....it's not specificly build for a special purpose, just felt like building this bike

@GA2G: I actually made a brake bridge for this frame, but when I tack welded it in place, I realized I liked the frame better without it. I know it helps minimizing flex but there is a pretty large weld area on seatstay-seattube section which seems to stiffen the rear end up enough. I didn't notice any flex so far (and I tried...)

fairenough, it looks fun. and so simple. and i imagine its very quite and smooth and comfy.

^^ Cheap?! Both of these seats were free! ;)

out of curiosity how much did it cost to home make this?

I think it looks awesome

couple of questions

single speed but no brakes?
wont the steering be super twitchy with a 0cm stem?

1. it's not as twitchy as it looks, the geo is quite relaxed with a 73 degree head tube angle wich makes the bike handle nice, imho.

2. yes, it has a coaster brake
   Bar stem combo is an experiment for setup on a Polo and/or Trick bike, maybe a little more rise on the bars would be better.... the current setup feels good for just city riding too.

@apc ^

Oh wait, you built the frame? Well then that does deserve it's very own thread indeed. Nice work!

Coaster brakes won't do for polo at all however. Really like the look of this though.
If you're interested in making polo bikes, there is a massive gap in the market right now. Let me know if you want any more info. We're currently using a place in Peru! You're welcome to build me one. Do you mind us asking how much it cost?

Fair play for building your own frame...