The Iron Monkey
By Joshua A.C. Newman on 09/30/2007.
Bike tags: Commuter | beater | BEER | city bike | junkyard bike |
Old steel Novara with dents. It had vines growing through it when I got it.
Chopped up aluminum drop bars on a Coda stem from a parts box that looked neat, then painted matte black.
Uh, well, from that Novara. It turns out, it's a little bit twisted. I'll take the twist out someday — steel, you know.
From a Huffy. I'm not kidding.
From a Huffy. Look, I know I'm not going to make friends this way, but they were aluminum, straight, and free.
Dura Ace 53 tooth with 170mm Dura Ace crank. On the right. The left one is a Korean company... Sakae?
Bontrager saddle from a box of cast-offs at the LBS. Seat post was *new*! I don't know the brand. It's aluminum.
Big black pedals and a cheap new chain.
53:13, 53:~27 (it skips in 6th. It's an awful cluster.) 7 speeds. Soon to build that back rim into a new wheel with an 11 high.
Old steel Novara with dents. It had vines growing through it when I got it.
Chopped up aluminum drop bars on a Coda stem from a parts box that looked neat, then painted matte black.
Uh, well, from that Novara. It turns out, it's a little bit twisted. I'll take the twist out someday — steel, you know.
From a Huffy. I'm not kidding.
From a Huffy. Look, I know I'm not going to make friends this way, but they were aluminum, straight, and free.
Dura Ace 53 tooth with 170mm Dura Ace crank. On the right. The left one is a Korean company... Sakae?
Bontrager saddle from a box of cast-offs at the LBS. Seat post was *new*! I don't know the brand. It's aluminum.
Big black pedals and a cheap new chain.
53:13, 53:~27 (it skips in 6th. It's an awful cluster.) 7 speeds. Soon to build that back rim into a new wheel with an 11 high.
Shimano Somethingorother derailleur. Can't read it anymore. The arm was springing the wrong way. Someone had taken it apart and put it back together without cocking the spring. Edit: It's now got the old Shimano LX RD from my Trek 6500 that got too wobbly to index right but works just fine with friction.
The derailleur cable jackets are stainless steel springs from McMaster-Carr.