Steel 456 with a lefty!!!! UPDATED WITH (almost) FINAL BUILD
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As some of you will be aware, when building up the white inbred (see sig) I was toying with putting an old lefty i had knocking about on... That never transpired as the head tube was a little long so i'd have struggled with tyre-crown contact.
However, my old steel 456 has a shorter headtube...
I started thinking...
Anyway, 25 hours on a lathe later, I've made myself an alloy 1 1/8" steerer for the lefty with an integrated crown race and a split shim for the top crown and somehow it all actually fits together and works!
I now have a 456 with a lefty on! Pics to follow this evening. The final build will be something along the lines of:
Steel 456 18"
Lefty speed forks
mavic crossland wheels
stylo cranks with 36t ss truvativ ring
xt rear mech and shifter
Sram chain and a 9 speed cassette (to be decided on)
hydro brakes (whatever I can get cheap)
Oversize stem
Easton monkeylite bars (from my awesome spares box 8) )
oury grips
planet-x post and on one saddle
tioga FS100 tyres.
However, my old steel 456 has a shorter headtube...
I started thinking...
Anyway, 25 hours on a lathe later, I've made myself an alloy 1 1/8" steerer for the lefty with an integrated crown race and a split shim for the top crown and somehow it all actually fits together and works!
I now have a 456 with a lefty on! Pics to follow this evening. The final build will be something along the lines of:
Steel 456 18"
Lefty speed forks
mavic crossland wheels
stylo cranks with 36t ss truvativ ring
xt rear mech and shifter
Sram chain and a 9 speed cassette (to be decided on)
hydro brakes (whatever I can get cheap)
Oversize stem
Easton monkeylite bars (from my awesome spares box 8) )
oury grips
planet-x post and on one saddle
tioga FS100 tyres.
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Looking forward to seeing this already! Sounds like a strange combination, that shouldn't work, but probably will!0
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Ameeeezin! Can't wait to see this!0
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I've chosen the brakes, clarks skeletal 'cos they were cheap!
Hopefully pics in about an hour, if there is enough interest I'll strip the front end down and provide pictures of the custom steerer.0 -
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there are some preliminary pics here i'm just about to borrow my housemates DSLR to get some proper pics that aren't blurry from my phone!0
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ewwwwwww!!
Leftys are like marmite!
Can you notice the difference in weight when the front wheel is unweighted from the ground?0 -
sort of, it doesn't wheelie as straight! I think i need to re-dish the front wheel as it isn't quite sitting centrally.0
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Looks good to me! But i got distracted looking at your white inbred. One of my fave bikes on here.0
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That white inbred is certainly very white :shock:Tolk wrote:Looks good to me! But i got distracted looking at your white inbred. One of my fave bikes on here.
Not sure if i like or not?! I'm liking the 456 though, very tasty0 -
It is a bit of a hodgepodge this, mostly out of my spares box...0
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Very cool man, like some crazy hybrid thing. Love the look of both your bikes that inbred is crazy sexy ugly. That's the only way I can put it. Props0
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looks odd as the tubes are so skinny and the lefty looks quite chunky in comparison but i love the engineerign solution so i applaud the whole affair,.0
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I agree with Sheeps, and stick with what I said earlier too.. it shouldn't work, but it does.. I quite like that!0
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it looks pretty rad! those Clarks Brakes are awseome once set up BTW, i have them and love 'em!
bet its a laf to ride... i recon you should run it like it is with the short lefty, singlespeed and so on... but with a super wide bar, and agro short stem, to give the ultimate, random but cool town thrash bike... it would be really aggro, fast and fun.. i think.I like bikes and stuff0 -
Hi, It looks great.
Did it change the riding position?.
I have a Cannondale Killer V500 and I would like to upgrade to a Lefty.
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sorry but I'm not a fan of lefty's. Nice bike though.0
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Just a few pics of how it is now...
Sorry for the poor pics, but it's from my phone rather than the dslr :?0 -
sounds good to me
will come back and leave further comments0 -
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My mate put a Lefty on his old Kona Roast a while back.
Looking forward to some better pictures..0
