BRad704
09-10-2020, 01:22 PM
So I picked up a stupidly cheap all steel single speed from Bike Island. Overall, for $249 shipped, I'm impressed. But I had to put in a little work to make it more than a heavy marginalized greenline bike.
New saddle
Used 110bcd crankset (for a 38t chainring)
18t freewheel
Swapped to 40mm Nano's (saved 1.5 lbs just in tires!)
Flat bars and stem (thanks Co-op)
M540 pedals out of my bin.
I've only got $80 in all the rest of these parts, so I still feel like I'm WAY ahead on life at this point.
I rode it last night on several local MTB trails and it was dang near perfect. But I noticed the front end wanted to dive anytime I was "getting some air Bro", and the wheels leave MUCH to be desired.
My conundrum... does it even make sense to spend more money on a cheap-cheap bike to make it just "decent" but still a fun ride?
My thought is that I could get a take-off or less expensive carbon fork and build/rebuild a wheelset to run tubeless and get away from cheap cup&cone hubs.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200910/ead3fa5033580627e48da4e38f852f25.jpg
New saddle
Used 110bcd crankset (for a 38t chainring)
18t freewheel
Swapped to 40mm Nano's (saved 1.5 lbs just in tires!)
Flat bars and stem (thanks Co-op)
M540 pedals out of my bin.
I've only got $80 in all the rest of these parts, so I still feel like I'm WAY ahead on life at this point.
I rode it last night on several local MTB trails and it was dang near perfect. But I noticed the front end wanted to dive anytime I was "getting some air Bro", and the wheels leave MUCH to be desired.
My conundrum... does it even make sense to spend more money on a cheap-cheap bike to make it just "decent" but still a fun ride?
My thought is that I could get a take-off or less expensive carbon fork and build/rebuild a wheelset to run tubeless and get away from cheap cup&cone hubs.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200910/ead3fa5033580627e48da4e38f852f25.jpg