My new commuter. Single Speed! Today was my first ride to work on it.

My Rain bikes frame is just a little small for me so I've been looking for a road bike to build into a single speed. After looking for about a month and still not finding one I grabbed this old giant from the back room scrap pile at my LBS. It seems that being Oregon mt. bikes are falling off trees around here. When I picked it up it had a folded back wheel badly worn gearing. It's taken a little work but as a single speed it's fun to ride.



We managed to get the chain line right on the money... (Thanks Rick at Hutches Bikes in Springfield)



And it took some creative grinding and cutting on the rear drop outs to get a little room for adjustments.



Giant Mt. bike
26 x 1.50 Nimbus tires
48 x 18 gearing

Looking for ideas for the handle bars.