Carter's New Whip

So Carter was riding his white Peugeot after one of our few bike polo matches a few months ago, when something snapped in the back. Dude gets off his bike and the drive side seat stay had broken in half. Whether it happened because of a bail during the game or one pot hole too many, the fact was that Carter was going to be without a bike until the next season. This is Halifax, and there isn't a whole lot of action on or off the road during the winter. The only reason anyone wanted to leave their house this frigid bugger of a season was to get a bite at Mary's or brave one of the many dope Khyber shows. Building a new bike was last on everyone's list of priorities.
Things have changed though: Carter's back in the city, the mercury is hovering just under 0 celsius, and the most intense biking season since the 70s is about to hit. Time to get buddy a bike. We went in two nights ago, and here's what we got.



Norco frame and fork that carter had laying around. I think we measured it out to 54cm. Sanding it down wasn't too difficult.




I lent him my Shimano 600 170mm cranks that were given to me by my friend Eric from Portland, Maine. We just put a whatever 42 tooth chain ring on.



I also lent an 18 tooth Soma 1/8 cog that I used to rock on my Nishiki. Say what you will about Soma, but I gave this thing hell for a year, and it looked brand new in the end. And yeah, it's 42/18 = 63 gear inches (suggested for Halifax is 81), but this little guy is for tricks.



Some blue Ourys to match the Weinmann DP18s.



Mountain bike stem and riser bars, Evo seatpost, Tange 3 piece bottom bracket, some love, and you've got a three hour fixed gear.

Love it or leave it!