SS Build

buddy_club

Started off with a Claude Butler Kylami (?) Bike, stripped down and destickered into this:

Mostly came off pretty easily aside from the BB which required a fair bit of wrenching:

These are the original wheels off the bike:

The front is still running pretty smoothly but the rear's bearings are shagged, so will be picking up a cheap rear wheel with a cassette fitment to aid the SS conversion.
Here are a few bits going on the bike:

Including - Clubroost bars, FSA stem/rudder, quill to threadless converter, the btwin seat i removed from the Triban 3 and the original seatpost.

Great bit of kit!

So parts being ordered are: new crankset, new bb, new rear wheel, new brakes, ss conversion kit, new chain and maybe eventually some new tires.

buddy_club

Just ordered:
- btwin triple chainset £17.99 - will be converted to one ring.
- shimano alivio rear wheel £29.99
-a2z singlespeed conversion kit £12.99
- kmc singlespeed chain £10.99 (but was free thanks to Halfords 3 for 2 on all parts this week)
- shimano un55 BB £13ish

Hopefully be finished by next weekend.

buddy_club

Some parts of the puzzle beginning to arrive - crankset and rear wheel are here.

135mm hub squeezed into 130mm dropouts:

buddy_club

And we're finished! (Well almost - Halfords cocked up and sent me the wrong BB - so im using the old gritty one for the moment - its a good thing it was free!)

Rides great - took it out for a few miles before it got dark and was lovely to ride - gear ratio is a little tough but i do have an 18t sprocket to replace the 16t currently fitted - if anything its a good way to make my legs stronger!



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Also excuse the pedals - had them lying around after taking them off my triban 3 - will have a set of acid drop DMR v8's when i dig them out.

asdfhjkl

I like seeing builds like this, nice work. Any plans to add grips? :P

buddy_club

Yep now got Bar tape and the V8's fitted:

buddy_club

asdfhjkl wrote:

I like seeing builds like this, nice work. Any plans to add grips? :P

I think you're the only one on here that likes seeing builds like this