Build up an SS for my 10-year-old son... 5 feet tall... recommendations?
04-09-12, 09:27 AM
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If its going to be a single speed with front & rear breaks I imagine skipping foot retention for the time being would be okay. Though if your wanting to get him used to foot retention I'm sure a 10 year old has the dexterity to handle full clips/straps.
04-09-12, 02:09 PM
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)It's got a flip-flop hub, so I'll probably install an SS freewheel sprocket, too, for him to test out.
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Well, we got it, and he loves it.
No flip flop, as I was led to believe, but he likes it fixed. (And the rear hub is a Dura-Ace of all things.) I have some toe clips I need to add.
The spare front caliper I had planned to use was one that came stock on my steamroller, but it had too long a reach. I had an old CF road bike from about 1989 (straight carbon fiber tubes and aluminum lugs... might have been a Diamond Back or something), and it had an ultegra 600 group... I cannibalized that bike, grabbing the stem, bars and brakes (headtube was cracked from a crash), and slapped 'em on the Fuji. Stem's a little reachy, but I think it's fine. Wrapped the bars with new tape, and it was good to go. Pretty cheap ride, considering I had the spare bits.
went on a 40-minute ride with him this morning, and he was ecstatic the whole time. "This is the greatest!"
No flip flop, as I was led to believe, but he likes it fixed. (And the rear hub is a Dura-Ace of all things.) I have some toe clips I need to add.
The spare front caliper I had planned to use was one that came stock on my steamroller, but it had too long a reach. I had an old CF road bike from about 1989 (straight carbon fiber tubes and aluminum lugs... might have been a Diamond Back or something), and it had an ultegra 600 group... I cannibalized that bike, grabbing the stem, bars and brakes (headtube was cracked from a crash), and slapped 'em on the Fuji. Stem's a little reachy, but I think it's fine. Wrapped the bars with new tape, and it was good to go. Pretty cheap ride, considering I had the spare bits.
went on a 40-minute ride with him this morning, and he was ecstatic the whole time. "This is the greatest!"
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04-14-12, 04:05 PM
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Sick ride. My son is excited for the end of school when he gets his IRO.
Stoked to see little dudes entering the scene through good parenting.
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That old CF frame was sitting in the basement of our office, just getting dusty. I had bought another frame about 10 years ago to build it with the parts, but just never got around to it. So, he is the benefactor of my laziness!
I pulled the derailleurs and the crankset off (all Ultegra -- biopace, at that!), and I don't know if I'll do anything with it or sell it. But I was just so pleased to be able to use those old parts.
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