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Gigantor!

Sloth used his connections in the used bicycle marketplace and hooked me up with a new project bike.

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This is a 27″ frame. That’s 68.5 centimeters for those of you in the civilized world.

It needs a little work, but it’ll be a fun project to fix up.

I’ll keep you posted.

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Wheels

I was on vacation for the last several days, so I didn’t get a lot of riding in. I did get to spend some time dicking around with bike parts, though.

One of the strange noises coming from the Cross-Check turned out to be a very loose spoke. I tried to true the wheel up, but wasn’t having much luck.

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Turns out the rim was shot.

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So, I took the wheel off the Karate Monkey and put it on the Cross-Check. This is a no bullshit, 48-spoke, Phil Wood, Zombie Apocalypse wheel. The Cross-Check gets more miles than any of my other bikes, and it deserves to wear the bling.

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That took care of the Cross-Check, but now I had a mountain bike with no rear wheel. I could either build my old road hub into a new wheel, or buy a new mountain wheel.

I decided to go with a new wheel, but it felt stupid to not upgrade to disc brakes while doing it, so – discs on the rear end of the Monkey.

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In the interests of symmetry, I put discs on the front, too.

In Summary:

  • Cross-Check now has a zombie apocalypse proof wheel.
  • Karate Monkey now has disc brakes.
  • Bike budget is blown for the foreseeable future
  • I have an Ultegra hub in the garage who wants a bike built around it. Having extra bicycle parts lying around your garage is a dangerous business.