Life with the Redwoods

Keighley's Klein morphes into a single speed

22.1 pounds; the lightest mountainbike to venture outside the security doors of frontierland.
Of course this bike has a history. Thanks for asking.
5 years ago I was living and working in the USA for a few months. A kiwi friend (Chris Dickson-no, not the yachtie) is holed up in a condo working his butt off for CA and spending all his free time collecting cool bikes etc. off Ebay. This one was a bit small, so a quick call back to Keighley in NZ to measure up her existing Cannondale to compare sizes and away we go.
It came with the one piece Mission Control bar/stem combo but it's a bit long....Thanks to Ebay a shorter stem was aquired with ease.
Chris had a wireless network and laptop in his apartment so surfing the web took on a whole new meaning...and that was 5 years ago.
It has a full complement of 9 speed XTR kit, red Ringle hubs and rims and weighs bugger all even with gears.
I had to call on the trusty old Myford lathe to assist with the re-allocation of a 4 arm spider off an old pair of '98 XT cranks. Normally the spider has a 42 tooth chainring as part of it. Out with the hacksaw and into the lathe to tidy things up and turn up a pair of parallel faces for the 32 tooth chainring to sit on, depending on the chainline. Nice.
In the future it'll be sporting something a little more stylie for a chain tensioner.
Also, don't be surprised if you spot young madam being carted around in her new Burley trailer behind this sweet ride with Supermum turning the pedals....

posted by Redwoods @ 2:58 PM