KM Finally finished!

[Ben98]

Well, its taken days to get all the bits together, and all evening to put together but its all done and after a quick ride down the road, it feels fantastic :D

[Bearbonesnorm]

Very nice Ben ........... but tip your brake levers down a bit, as they are they'll put a lot of strain on your wrists

EDIT: and tell yer mum that plant looks thirsty.

[Ian]

EDIT: and tell yer mum that plant looks thirsty.

I think you'll find it's an Easter Cactus (rhipsalidopsis). Cacti are good at being thirsty

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Nice bike Ben. Like the bar position

[Ben98]

*Christmas cactus
Thanks guys :D

[Ian]

Ah, Schlumbergera. Seeing as it isn't in flower, I couldn't quite tell

[Yorlin]

Those cactuses are always floppy and look like that, rubbish things!

PS bike looks mint!

[restlessshawn]

Nice, I've got a big hankering for a karate monkey

I hate to disagree but I like my levers quite high otherwise it discorarges you from getting your weight back*

*I'm probably terribly old skool

[Ben98]

Thanks guys :)
I'm quite pleased as its my first build and my first single speed :D I've only ridden it on a short grass stretch and down the road, but it really feels good :D Its gonna get a good shake down at gisburn forest tomorrow (I know, sinner )

[voodoo_simon]

It looks wicked Ben, bet you're pleased with it.

If you like the paint work on the frame, I would cover the tubes with inner tubes to stop the bag straps from rubbing the paint off.

[Kumquat]

Ooh I like that a lot.
It looks very purposeful.
Mean and Moody.
Wish I had the knees for singlespeed.

[Bearbonesnorm]

I hate to disagree but I like my levers quite high otherwise it discorarges you from getting your weight back*

That's the whole point Shawn, you shouldn't be trying to get your weight back. You should be trying to keep it centred over the bottom bracket, so as you say, having the levers flat prompts people to move too far backwards. In turn this removes weight from the front end resulting in less grip, turning / cornering ability and actually makes the chances of an OTB much more likely. It's also tiring and one of the reasons people get sore quads on long descents.

Sermon over and besides people usually have to pay me for this stuff

[restlessshawn]

Well there you go! So should I actually bother dropping my saddle rather than hanging back?

The new disc only km frame looks lovely, shame they didn't put the anything cage bosses on the fork though

[johnnystorm]

Very nice. I've got those rims on my SS Inbred. If you want to try tubeless I had success filling the central trough with foam tape. :)

[tommid]

I have a KM as well, great bikes. Give us a full low down of the build! Spec.

What bars are they? Look like Carnagies or Mar's flipped?

[FLV]

Very nice.

I love that new bike feeling !!

[gairym]

Nice, I like what you've done with it.

Feels weird having bike envy of a frame I sold but that's a lovely looking machine you've put together!

Enjoy.

[Ben98]

Thanks guys! :D
My new iron horse performed well at the trail centre but it is obvious I did not design it for that
I will do a complete build list at some point but for now I will say the bars at On one Mary bars flipped upside down with ergon gc1 grips which feel fantastic! :D