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New ride
Today I finished building the bike I started just over a month ago (here’s a picture of me working on it). Tonight I rode it for the first time. What a blast!
It’s been a tremendous learning experience (thanks Chris) — before this project, I knew literally nothing about how bikes work. Which was part of the motivation for doing it this way, of course.
Even though I built it all myself, I didn’t dig around in boxes for the parts or anything (maybe next time). I ordered most of them from IRO. Here’s what I ended up with:
- IRO Angus frame and fork
- Velocity Aerohead rims with Conti Ultra Gatorskins
- IRO drive train (46 x 17 gearing)
- Nitto Dynamic stem and bullhorn bars
- Saddle of unknown make/model — I pulled it off the ill-fated Green Machine
In other news, Matt picked up a Soma frame this weekend. Fixed-gear fever!