BO15 The Urban Insult Bicycle

[karl]

I am joining the build off, i have to buildoff some bikes anyhow, and this is what i will start with:

Felt Leadsled frame, Giant fork from a touring bike, nexus3 wheelset, apehangers, Suntour Roadvx crankset,
truvativ crankconverter and a headset. First thing tomorrow: sand the frame and fork and repaint black.

 

[wheelbender6]

Love the project name.

 

[kingfish254]

Welcome to the fun!!!
I've always wanted to score one of those leadsled frames. Definitely influenced by HBBC.
Killer starting point!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

That frame is siiiiiiiiiiiiick and loooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnggg!
Get at it





*Something tells me we have another Nederlander in the contest... something unpronounceable!

 

[tucker]

The best build off name.

 

[OddJob]

Agreed on the name selection ^ ! Looks like you've got some cool parts to put together on this build. Looking forward to it, and welcome to the build off!
RaT oN~!

 

[karl]

Thanks for the support people.
Did a front balcony paintjob because i do not want to poison the herbs on my back balcony.
As long as the wind goes out of my house it was doable. Also cleansed the crank and Bottom Bracket.

Got some tires on..

And could not resist doing a mock-up, i used an ahead converter for the stem:

Sorry for the bad pic, will post bettter one later.

 

[karl]

Found a fitting aluminium seatpost and put a vintage Lepper seat on.
Not bad for a pile of parts found on the streets (except pedals and frame).

 

[MattiThundrrr]

The bars in the last picture have some funky angles. Can we get a different view?

 

[karl]

Those bars were just an idea i was toying with, they are cruiser bars with those mtb bar extension thingies, but i decided to use standard apes.

Then i found this adjustable stem i had forgotten about, and put on a Sturmey gripshifter and a pare of grips that seem to have come with the shifter.

Getting there, cant wait to ride it...

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Huh. I've got one of those. And a pair of the other guys...

Idea downloaded!
And in my opinion, the solid stem is far better than the adjustable one.

 

[karl]

Put a chain on, routed the shiftercable and got a bell on the bars.
I wanted this bike to be as minimalistic as a ¨fixie¨ so there is nothing more i need to ad, and i am calling this done now that i have the shifter adjusted properly.

 

[kingfish254]

That was a quick ding dang build! One pager. Looks cool.

 

[karl]

I was lucky to have all the parts at my disposal, so it almost felt as if this bike created itself with me being just the mediator..
But it was much easier to build than one of those i supose:

Just the thought of having to build one of these makes me waking up scraming in the middle of the night!

 

[karl]

Just for fun here is a comparison shot with my new Raleigh Carlton:

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Hmm. No welding and no frame mods...
I wonder why class two?
It is a cool frame though. I've never seen one.

GC.