I still have a lot of love for the Avid BB7 disc brake, and that was originally in my build list, but I ended up splurging on these instead. I really liked the look of these brakes, and have considered buying them several times, for my Juice and then my Pugsley. The Paul Klamper brakes were the culmination of a year and a half of lust, and are one of my favorite parts about the build. Still, if I do manage to break it, I’ll happily throw a steel fork on there and keep rolling. Modern carbon-fiber is a head above the progenitor forks from the 90’s and early 2000’s. The Whisky carbon fork is very strong and very modern Parker at Laughing Dog says he’s never seen a fork from this generation fail. 7, which still uses QR dropouts (my hubs are bolt-on). The fork is not an All-City fork it comes from Whisky Parts Co., another QBP brand. I’ve never ridden a frame this nice before. When the joints are welded together, the seams become even stronger.Ī Reynolds 853 frame is super stiff, super light, very strong, and can last a lifetime.
Reynolds 853 uses a special treating process so that the steel hardens fully after heat is applied one last time. Most frames weaken at the joints once heat is applied at the welds. Reynolds 853 is an air-hardening, heat-treated steel tubing. I could have lost a lot more weight on the build, but I made pretty specific choices for my intended use. The rest of the build is pretty light the Thomson kit is very minimal and the crankset is pretty lightweight for an alloy crank. I took a perfectly light racing frame and made it boat-anchor heavy with a Brooks saddle, Paul Klamper disc brakes, and portly pedals.
All city nature cross weight pro#
The final build lives in the gray area between racer, randonneur, commuter, and explorer. Like all my bike builds, I put durability on a pedestal and then went from there. The singlespeed MTB forum clydesdales helped me pick a bombproof hub combo.
The build started in a MTBR thread, where I waxed and waned on component choices so many times, my head was spinning. I had a pretty good idea of what I was getting myself into Tyler, a local cross racer, just picked up the same frame and loved his, and I’ve seen and ridden several All-City bikes over the past two years. The geometry compares well to my Soma Double Cross, but I went for it without ever having ridden the complete bike, which was a little risky. I snagged the Nature Boy frame on clearance through my local shop. Two months of poring over cyclocross threads, hand-picking components and pulling extra hours at work to afford everything.Īnd today, I finally finished the bike! Photo: Kelley Bryant Two months of staring at a bare frame, dreaming of speed. That’s two months of commuting 50-60 miles per week on a Pugsley fatbike. My Nature Boy project bike has been in the works for almost two months. Completely committed to the way of the singlespeed.
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