folding fixed gear -- a new insanity
Mood:  caffeinated
10-26-05 -- On 10-24 I found a discarded folding bicycle today, what resembled a imitation of the Raleigh 20. Coaster brake r. wheel was shot as was the front, so I spun an 18t fixed cog onto a double spoked GT bmx rear wheel. Junk find front rim for now.

I cleaned it up, sanded the few rust spots, and painted them over in (closely) matchign white paint. Gloss black bmx front brake caliper, then flipped the handlebars and added bar ends extending the cockpit...


...I then replaced the cheapo seat I had on there with a somewhat nicer junk find, and added a pouch under the seart and a light (need the pouch to clip the light to as there is no way I can get a light mount big enuff fer the seatpost. Then I modified the bars with bar ends.

Later I intend to upgrade from the cheepo cottered cranks... we'll see if the bike lasts. But now I having a folding fix!!!! ;)

-- Elvis