Dad and daughter flatbar gravel
Or: A pair of two GT AllTerra converted from original 26 inches to 650B. Disc brakes make this possible. Resulting in another bike that combines classic GT looks with modern handling. In January 2020, a few months after my sons … Continued
Dead simple One-by conversions
This will be a three part series. In the first part, I’ll start with a bit of history to explain why drivetrains were 3x so long and show the most simple conversion. You might just skip history and head for … Continued
One year with Microshift Advent
Well actually 18 months or so, and sorry for some blurry photos, I’ll improve this in future articles. Until a few years ago I haven’t been a friend of one-by drivetrains. Michael even warned me, that the wear of SRAM … Continued
Teenage dream restauration – 1997 Zaskar
In 1992 when I did my first custom build I choose between GT Zaskar and American CompLite. Because of tire clearance and since I prefered cantilevers over U brake I decided for the CompLite, but the Zaskar still remained a … Continued
Light kids’ bike: 2013 GT Avalanche build
When kids reach 140 to 150cm they usually can ride small adult bikes when enough care is given to details. Besides modifying a used bike, doing a budget build over a certain time frame might result in a light and … Continued
Let’s get started!
This is my new place to keep things together that would be too long for Twitter or soon to be lost on Youtube. I’ll try to blog on bikes, parts, traffic and sustainability. So many expect posts to be either … Continued