Started building up the Kona Humu frame after lots of humming and hawing about what do do with it.Originaly wanted to hack the frame up to make a 2nd fatbike with a hacked up extracycle kit to build a cargo fatbike but really its just going to cost loads to do and decided its going to be a 69er singlespeed winter woods bike, for night riding the flat local woods that get quite muddy in winter,only a half mile from home the woods are ideal for an hour or so riding and so i want a low maintenance bike that i dont need to wash after every ride,
so far i have used whats lying about in the man cave:
Surly Karate Monkey 29er ridged fork,
hope headset,
azonic stem,
shimano XT square taper BB and shimano Atlas crank arms,
32T XT chainring
bars,grips,levers from the junk tray,
Surly Karate Monkey seat clamp.
USE suspension post,
SDG bel air seat,
rustproof bmx pitch HD chain,
£175 will cover wheels and mud tyres and front cable disc caliper (and disc) building the bike for £250...a nice cheap winter hack...
with the forks on i compared the geometry with the on-one 456......
with 26" wheels it was low at the bottom bracket hieght,BB height was 12 1/4"...
with the Karate Monkey 29er front wheel on it was more in line with the 456 and BB height is 13 1/4"...
456 BB height is 13" with 140mm forks, the humu looks a bit slack at the front as a 69er...
but the view from sitting on the bike looks fine so i think it will ride fine...
only just discovered the rear hub with is 130mm (road size) but i can turn down the pro 2 rear hub spacers that came off the pugsley, still to decide on a shimano coaster hub rear wheel,don't know how long it would last in winter here as no-one i have heard of has used one here!,better than a v brake which are awful in mud grinding away...
the other project to build is this...
took it off ebay...just cant sell it as i love it...collect parts over winter to build it up for next summer...
legs rested Saturday for an epic trailride Sunday...report to follow...
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