I need to get fit. I have this fast road bike with a razor blade saddle and every morning I look at the traffic on one side of the house and the lazy gremlin moans 'nooooo', so I look at the hard sand beach on the other side and the custom gremlin screams 'YEAH!'.
So the road bike is getting sold. The local shop is trying to get me to trade for this full on signature model MTB frame. Lame.
Here's what I have in mind, and be brutal cause I came here to find friends who know about getting practicality and style.
In my head is a Schwinn frame on 2.1" slicks, think salt flat racer, comfy bars that don't leave me bent over - maybe BMX bars and a tall seat post, and I'm in two minds about a hard or springer front end, it's practicality vs style there but weight saving is currently winning. I'm also thinking either gates carbon drive [that'll probably limit me to a modern crankset and I'd have to cut and mod the chain side seat stay, but I may make that sacrifice] - or an oil bath chain cover.
This is really supposed to be a bike for me to do a 3 mile cycle every morning as part of a larger workout. I'm looking for the ability to keep a pace with momentum - a constant burn, so I don't need brakes, suspension... nothing. Just a bike that rolls nice with a 5ft 11", 170lb guy on it,
...and looks sick.
What I'm wondering is:
What do you think?
How heavy is a Typhoon frame?
Does anyone have one to sell?
Do you have a suggestion for a lightweight set of wheels that would look classic?
So the road bike is getting sold. The local shop is trying to get me to trade for this full on signature model MTB frame. Lame.
Here's what I have in mind, and be brutal cause I came here to find friends who know about getting practicality and style.
In my head is a Schwinn frame on 2.1" slicks, think salt flat racer, comfy bars that don't leave me bent over - maybe BMX bars and a tall seat post, and I'm in two minds about a hard or springer front end, it's practicality vs style there but weight saving is currently winning. I'm also thinking either gates carbon drive [that'll probably limit me to a modern crankset and I'd have to cut and mod the chain side seat stay, but I may make that sacrifice] - or an oil bath chain cover.
This is really supposed to be a bike for me to do a 3 mile cycle every morning as part of a larger workout. I'm looking for the ability to keep a pace with momentum - a constant burn, so I don't need brakes, suspension... nothing. Just a bike that rolls nice with a 5ft 11", 170lb guy on it,
...and looks sick.
What I'm wondering is:
What do you think?
How heavy is a Typhoon frame?
Does anyone have one to sell?
Do you have a suggestion for a lightweight set of wheels that would look classic?