98+ BoTM 1998 --> BotM - single speed special - Now taking entries

[mk one]

Shedobits 1999 Specialized M2 Stumpjumper, sorry still can't do links to the build thread.

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Just go to your thread, right click on the address bar at the top of the page, the https:// bit and select copy, then on this thread just right click in the message box and select paste, like so...

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/m2-singlespeed.443370/

 

[sunympholepsy]

Oh man, I wish I had a build thread and some decent photos of my 2008 Explosif. It would fit right in...

 

[mk one]

Oh man, I wish I had a build thread and some decent photos of my 2008 Explosif. It would fit right in...

Still time to take some pictures and you dont need a build thread

 

[sunympholepsy]

okay then,
My first ever entry. Here goes sunympholepsy’s 2008 Kona Explosif...
I bought it in a sorry state a couple of years ago. It had a seized seatpost, a hairline crack on the DS dropout, leaky forks, tired transmission etc. I have removed the stuck post with the help of good old PlusGas and a Record vise. The dropout was TiG welded and filed, forks had seals replaced, and the whole bike was rebuilt using some of my favourite components. The spec is:
Frame: 2008 Kona Explosif
(Dedacciai COM 12.5 tubing)
Fork: RockShox Sid Team
Wheels: White Industries Eno rear, and M16 front hubs on Mavic XC717 rims
Tyres: Schwalbe Nobby Nic in 26x2.25
Transmission: W.I. Eno freewheel, Middleburn Uno chainset, SRAM PC1 chain, Xt UN72 bb
Brakes: Magura MT8 Carbon with Magura Storm SL rotors
Bars: Nitto Bullmoose
Seatpost: Nitto S65
Saddle: Flite Titanium (reissue)
Skewers and seatpost collar: Salsa
Pedals: MKS Allways
Grips: Brompton lock-on foam grips

I use it couple of times a week in my local woods. It is usually covered in mud but it scrubbed up well. Please excuse crap photos. It’s a last moment entry, and the weather is really poor at the moment so I had to photograph it indoors...

 

[xtaffa]

Xtaffa's muck-besplattered 2000 Gary Fisher Big Sur, very recently single-cogged.

Making up the numbers no doubt, but if handling and rabid straining at the leash, balls-to-the-wall charging capability counts alongside looks, confident it'd be in the running!

Build/spec, bar the velosolo conversion kit and 16t sprocket plus no-name tensioner from sjs cycles can be found here:

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/year-2k-fisher-double-header.438096/

 

[hamster]

if handling and rabid staining at the leash, balls-to-the-wall charging capability counts alongside looks, confident it'd be in the running!

Sums up all the fun of singlespeeding. It's amazing how much more fun it gets by losing 3kg of geary stuff and fitting rigid forks.