Been waiting for these pics for a while. The softrides been rusting out in the backyard all winter but its gonna be a sweet sunday summer ride.
Heres the specs.
Alsop Softride Powerwing, stripped and rattle canned.
Old FFWD carbon wheel with Vittoria Ultra Speed slicks
H+Son SL42 to Halo Road Hub 28H, Gusset single speed convertor, (the Halo hub screams like a chris king on acid)
Sram Rival cranks
54T MDT chainring
KMC 3/32 Kool chain
Old mavic derailleur as tensioner
Speedplay Drilliums!
Blue lug faux carbon concor rip off
Miche brakeset
Diacompe Tech 77 levers with diacompe lever covers
Look ergo stem and bontrager crowbar cut too narrow.
Yeti grips!
It makes all kinds of whirring noise and you never know if your seats at the right height. Theres a M6 bold holding the carbon seat stay up which needs to be replaced every 2 years but its over 10 years old. Oh and you cant lock it up.
holy guacamole! this is so cool. what’s the brand of the rattle can i like the finish on the frame.
just plasticoat satin black
This is crazy, such a rad build Mark, skull stylez for sure!
We have an old cromolly one in the the shop with campy, maybe I should built it up!
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