My Custom 29er Singlespeed from Clockwork Bikes

I haven't posted any updates on my frame in at least a month. However, no news was good news. Joel Greenblatt (Clockwork Bikes) finished building, painting and finishing my frame. I was anxiously awaiting delivery when my nephew came for his visit, so when the frame arrived I decided to put it on hold for a while. But today was finally my day to spend time building it up. With (a lot of) help from Brian, I took the parts of my Gary Fisher Rig and used them on my new frame.

History of my bike:

In the beginning - my new frame takes shape in Joel's workshop:



The frame, finished:



Cannibalizing the Rig - here I'm just taking off the pedals. I bought a new set of Deore cranks for my frame:



Building my bike - here we're putting in the headset:



And finally - my very own Clockwork Orange. As I've mentioned, I'm especially short for 29er riding (156 cm), so notice the cute swoop of the top tube:





What a great feeling to start with the bare bones and end with a (beautifully) finished, fine-tuned machine. I sat on the bike (of course!) and it feels great so far; however, the weather today has been unfit to ride in, and since I'll probably have to tweak a few things on the road I decided to postpone the Virgin Ride till a later date. Tomorrow morning hopefully.