theredchili
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I brought this bike last year off Ron Andrews. It appeared to be pretty much original apart from saddle and tyres with Suntour XCD . I built it up (see pics)with a new saddle, amber walls and a Hite-rite,it looked great, but it was missing something, it was an ok ride but was in the shadows of my Yo's, Monster,Wicked etc.The components were pretty worn out so i stripped the bike down and up it up for sale.I had a little interest in it, but it didn't sell.
I'm glad.
I persuaded Kaiser to part with his Groovy forks and IF52 supplied me with some Luv handles and a zooka after my post on here.I brought a second hand King headset of Retrobike,then I had everything I needed for the rebirth of my Fat Chance.
I have replaced the worn out components with some nice Mavic 231 rims laced to White industries hubs, the rear being an eccentric Eno hub with a White Industries 18T coupled to a 34T up font.Thist set up has transformed this bike into a great little Single speed with a much nicer feel to the ride, could be a slightly slacker head angle or the smoothness of the king and reach of the luv handles? who knows .
This is perfect, maybe try a slightly shorter stem at some point but its now so much fun.Yes I know it has Vb-rakes on , but I ride my bikes hard ,so the extra stopping power is much appreciated!
hope you like it
I'm glad.
I persuaded Kaiser to part with his Groovy forks and IF52 supplied me with some Luv handles and a zooka after my post on here.I brought a second hand King headset of Retrobike,then I had everything I needed for the rebirth of my Fat Chance.
I have replaced the worn out components with some nice Mavic 231 rims laced to White industries hubs, the rear being an eccentric Eno hub with a White Industries 18T coupled to a 34T up font.Thist set up has transformed this bike into a great little Single speed with a much nicer feel to the ride, could be a slightly slacker head angle or the smoothness of the king and reach of the luv handles? who knows .
This is perfect, maybe try a slightly shorter stem at some point but its now so much fun.Yes I know it has Vb-rakes on , but I ride my bikes hard ,so the extra stopping power is much appreciated!
hope you like it
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