Last winter while attending one of our local Ride-On cyclocross races, I was talking with a couple of my old Red Bluff buddies.We were discussing something we dubbed "The Funky Factor" in the sport. We agreed that although any form of participation in the race is fantastic, a certain little flair for the retro is always extremely cool. Especially when a steel-framed, army-booted, wool-clad individual actually ends up, high in the finishing order. I mentioned that I have witnessed instances where a retro steel, road bike guy shows up to a group ride of carbon fiber, spandex-clad, shaved-down elitists and ends up handing out some serious hurt to the group.
Well one thing led to another, we decided to embark on a project we called, The Wolf. We would build a bike that for all intents and purposes looked like an old fender-ed and chain guarded 3-speed, but with a few little tricks. Titanium frame and fork (Desalvo), Nexus 7-speed internal gear hub, 700c wheels with Continental 28c Ultrasport tires, three piece crank, aluminum mustache bars, plastic fenders and chain guard.
2 comments:
post a photo of it
The Bonehead has no idea how to send it as an attachment to my mail. You guess who I mean by BONEHEAD!
Post a Comment