The Fixie Project (part 3)

I've been waiting on wheels for the last few weeks so I haven't made much progress. Since last time I blogged I have added the handlebars and handlebar tape, plus a yellow seat I picked up off ebay.

So the wheels I ordered arrived (or at least the rims and rear hub) on Saturday morning. Jens at Bicycle Revolution (BR) built up the rear wheel on Saturday and I took the frame down there so that we could fit the wheel and get the chain line as straight as possible. I couldn't have done it without the boys at BR since we needed to cut the thread on the bottom bracket (it was full of crap from sitting around for so long) after that we were able to get a new bracket in there and attach the wheel. I took the bike home at that point and put it away until Sunday.


All I had to do today was pop a tyre onto the new wheel, borrow a wheel of Mario for the front (until I get the front wheel built up), and attach the chain. At this stage I still don't have a front brake cable so I'm running brake-less, but I won't be taking it on the road like that!


No dramas getting everything together, the photo above is before I tensioned the chain so it does look like wet spaghetti! Pretty happy with it, and I am looking forward to getting the last bits on it next weekend! Particularly the matching front wheel, talk about bling!