Bike Build Part 1 – Frame and Fork
As mentioned before, here are some of the details of what is going into the Great Transportation Bicycle of ’08 (man, I need to come up with a better name for this bike).
It all starts off with a solid frame. After extensive research (ie, surfing the web and reading reviews), I decided on the Surly Cross-Check. Try to look beyond the picture of the balding dude with the hot pants and half-shirt on Surly’s web page and focus on the frame.
The Cross-Check is a steel cyclo-cross bike, has a hanger for a rear derailleur, semi-horizontal dropouts for single speed or fixed gear use, braze-ons for fenders and … Well you can read the details on the page above. If you’re not a bike geek, all of this boils down to : it’s a rock-solid frame and fork with lots of versatility in how it can be built.
Mine is black, of course.
Tags: bicycle, surly crosscheck, transportation