This was my big cycling project of the year and truly was fun. I’m debating putting an internal gear hub on it in 2010 but currently being advised against it. Well worth reading the set of posts I did recently on it: Part 1: http://www.jamesgallagher.ie/new-bicycle-fun-part-1/ Part 2: http://www.jamesgallagher.ie/new-bicycle-fun-part-2/ Part 3: http://www.jamesgallagher.ie/new-bicycle-fun-part-3/
In a follow up to my first post; this one talks about assembling the bike. Now, I said it before, I’ve never assembled a bike before so this is going to be a laugh to read. Lots of mistakes and I’m still fine-tuning. First thing was to take the Electra Townie frame (I’d love to [...]