I want to build myself a SS… considering I already have a bunch of narrow tyred bikes, I figured that I can potentially kill 2 birds with one stone and go down the CX route as well.
Fair chance i probably won’t do much off road riding or anything like that, but it would be nice to have the option.
I will most likely have to consolidate the stable to fund this build, so that will mean saying bye to one of my track bikes…
Anyway, before i work out what to move on, what is out there other than the usual suspects I can think of? For planning/budgeting purposes…
All City Nature Boy
Cinelli Mash SS CX
Colossi something
On One Pomp
Anything else I should be looking out, or any other considerations i should be aware of?
I’m not real interested in being able to add gears at a later date so no need to ‘future proof’.
Also not phased on Discs or Canti’s. I probably would like to run carbon wheels to ‘try’ and keep weight in check.
Anyway, i’ve looked through about 8 of the 15 pages in this section and couldn’t find a similar thread. I probably didn’t look hard enough.
But if not, a Nature Boy is basically the same, but with fender mounts and very slight differences in geo.
Re: Brakes, from my (brief) experience of setting up cantis, I’d go for mini-Vs instead if you want to keep it simple and light and aren’t fussed by the looks. Or discs if you want the performance.
If for some reason you do want cantis, DON’T use the Tektro fork-mounted hanger shown on my bike - they flex a lot and make your brakes shudder/squeal like crazy.
it has nothing to do with the stem, that’s fine at 120. It’s just how slack the ST is. I always feel disoriented when i have to put my ass back further than i’m expecting. The good side of this is that I can just ride into gutters and the bike gets up them somehow.
Hmc geo checks are rad “cos can ride up gutters easy” that said I havnt seen the chart but I hate the whole way back over the rear fit style if you want to #performancecycle get forward
But yeah if I got a pomp I’d strip it, clear it and add a carbon fork with fender tabs
If your looking at using a eno hub the kinesis cross frames and forks are cheap.