Originally Posted by keevohn
Martyr -
Looks great man. You must have a pretty good framebuilder to pull off all that work (and must have a good relationship with him for it not to break the bank!).
You are correct. The guy is Daryl Perkins. He has been making beautiful frames for years. He did the forks on my Zullo which are of the Straight Aero Max type. The whole job cost $60 (Aus) which I was very happy to depart with for the quality of work.
Originally Posted by keevohn
- Skinnier slicks... 26 x 1.0? 26 x 1.2?
- Road bars... or better yet, Nitto track bars.
- Straight-blade ridgid steel fork.
- Front brake only, preferably mid-90's anodized CNC'd canti brake.
- Strip the whole frame, etch/primer, finish in flat black of chainstay.
I think that'd make a road-worthy, stupidly-fun-to-ride creation.
Again, you are correct. The back brake is going to be a real ***** to keep aligned, so I am going to ditch that. and basically I have thrown together what I have. Next pay day I might treat it with some new bits
cheers for the advice
Marty