My Single Speed Crust Lightning Bolt build is essentially complete now. The same Flickr album has all the pictures from my Saturday activities:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72177720302216629 On Saturday I built the wheels: -Crust 650B Rims -Sapim Double Butted Spokes (32, 3x) brass nipples -Surly Ultra New fixed/free rear hub -Kasai Dynamo front hub -Rene Herse Juniper Ridge Tires (584x48 knobby) -Schwalbe tubes Then when I had a rolling chassis, I took some final measurements to figure out where to cut the steerer. The last couple shots in the album show that rolling chassis and the drive train detail. I got clever with the dropout adjusters. The frame comes with two 35mm long M4x0.7 adjusters, which take a 2mm allen in the end. One would use blue loctite to help it hold its position. My gear change operation on my two-speed drivetrain involves loosening the drive side axlenut moving the chain from big to small and then small to big, and then tighten the drive side axle nut. The non-drive side axle nut stays where it is. It takes about 30 seconds to "shift". These adjusters, if I use them at all, would prevent the drive side of the rear hub from noodging forward during this shift operation. So, I need to back that one off during the shift. I didn't want to go fishing for a tiny 2mm allen during that move, so I replaced the drive side adjuster with a nice serrated thumbscrew. The left side has the job to stay put, so I left the original bolt and added a serrated thumb nut to act as a lock nut. I think it's a pretty pro set up. After I cut the fork I installed a set of vintage Shimano Deore XT cantilever brakes. The original brake pads are still in there and good as new. They are quite chunky (chonky) and take up most of the rim sidewall. I may swap them for some smooth post kool stop holders. One the brakes were done, I just installed a front rack, dynamo lamp, my homemade decaleur, and wrapped the bars. My spare King Kage inventory only had one Iris and one Titanium, so the cages don't match. I'm not sure which one I'll replace. The second coat of shellac just went on. After the sun rises I'll take a few more shots and then we can start riding the thing. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 7:26:31 AM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrote: > This is the Flickr Album where I will post all my build photos. There are > a few unboxing shots in there already. > > Single Speed Rando | Flickr > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72177720302216629> > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 6:21:23 AM UTC-7 Patch T wrote: > >> As always, I very much looking forward to this Bill Lindsay build. >> >> >> On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 1:14:16 PM UTC-4 Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >>> I had been searching for quite a while for a single speed that enabled >>> some derailer-less gear flexibility. On one hand I searched for a 58cm >>> Quickbeam or SimpleONE. On the other hand I was/am waiting on the >>> RoadUNO. I was/am a huge fan of Rivendells rear dropouts with the angle >>> that allows a significant gear change while maintaining brake adjustment. >>> >>> In an absolutely perfect world, my Size Large singlespeed would also >>> have been 650B (for fat tires and no TCO). While I'm sitting here in >>> fantasy-land, I also would have waved my magic wand to have the bike be >>> belt-compatible, and would allow brakes, but have a discreet way to NOT run >>> brakes. >>> >>> Over the last 18 months or so, I've been working with placeholders for >>> these things. I bought a Crust Michigan Man right when they were released >>> and set it up as a strictly 1-speed fixie in my office in Wayne County, >>> Michigan. Will at Riv also has a Michigan Man. I also managed to acquire >>> a 58cm Quickbeam, and that is now in my garage as a 8-speed single speed. >>> I slowly acquired some of the parts for a 650B custom, including a pair of >>> Rivendell dropouts. I even had preliminary conversations with a local >>> builder, and have a tentative spot on his enormous waiting list. >>> >>> Then, totally by surprise, a new contender appeared. Crust released a >>> new variant of their single speed Lightning Bolt. It's 650B, with >>> clearance for 48mm tires and contemporary Randonneur geometry. It's >>> belt-compatible and has removable cantilever posts and cable guides. It's >>> almost exactly what my custom would have been except for the Riv-style >>> ends. >>> >>> It's 2022, and the lesson we've all learned is that if the thing you >>> want is available, you buy it, because it may never be available again. >>> So, I went ahead and bought it, and the frame should arrive today. I'm >>> pretty excited. >>> >>> Whether or not my new Crust will get replaced by a RoadUNO next year >>> remains to be seen. Will's email updates (plus simple geometry) make it >>> pretty clear to me that the RoadUNO will not have Riv ends. It'll have >>> some other svelte track ends, so easy gear changes with a rear brake won't >>> be part of the feature list, it seems. I'm still paying very close >>> attention, but the itch is getting scratched today. >>> >>> Bill Lindsay >>> El Cerrito, CA >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/353009ed-f1eb-44f7-b24f-14722c50ca67n%40googlegroups.com.
