My I present the Surly Instigator, plus some customizations.
Frame features of note:
- 100% 4130 CroMoly steel
- Curved top tube to save ones junk
- Solid piece CNC milled drop outs
- Crank set: Shimano Deore LX
- FT Derauiler: Shimano Deore LX
- Chain Stays: FFF Fatties Fit Fine ;)
- Peddles: Crank Brothers Egg Beaters
Read Derailleur: Shimano Deore (Not LX yet!)- Chain and Casset: SRAM
- Wheals: Custom build on XT hubs (Or as the bike shop calls them, "I want to see you break these")
- Drop outs: CNC'ed solid steel
- Also notice the cross brace
- You know you love the chain stay protector ;) $2.00
- Breaks: BB7 rear
- Seat Post: This is new, Thomson muti-adjustable. Its made by a guy that used to make parts for rockets. Its thicker in the front and back then it is on the sides.
- Seat: Bont, same one I have had for well ever.
- Rack: Aviar Painer Rack
- Forks: Since the frame is set up for a 100 - 130mm travel fork, I decided to go with a solid fork rather then a suspension.
- Breaks: BB5 in the front.
Handel bars: This is one of my better ideas.- Inside Climbing Bars: I have no idea who makes these I got them from Performance.com a few years ago.
- Outside Bar Ends: Cane Creek.
- Shifters: Generic
- Break Controls: Avid
Pet of the Day...
Kitty Roll UP?
Why Helmets Don't Suck...
Road Bike + Mud Pit = Reason number 10 skinny tires don't work well
And Introducing the all new section to the Shami
Sgt. Pezzers epic fail...
"Yep, that's the way those "New Fangled" cameras work.
2 comments:
That bike is so, so so hot. I'm guessing you're going to break before it does. If my HR frame ever takes a dive, I'm going for a Instigator.
Thanks Ben, I'm loving it so far, and I might be crazy, but I think its faster then the Fisher Carbon.
It may just be a better fit for me as a rider, I also feel so much more conformable on it then I did the older one. Its a bit of a beast on long steep climbs, but I have a feeling that's more a factor of the rider then the bike...
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