Whitey Gets His Gears Back

Sick of sore knees and having to set up the gearing for each trail I visited, I splurged and bought Whitey some new running gear. The vertical drop outs meant the single speed thing never did work quite right. Oh well, I might try single speeding again at some point in the future**. Took him(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 2 comments | November 22, 2009 at 6:52 am

The Tale of the Giant Iguana Single Speed and the Salsa Casseroll Single Speed Commuter

Okay. Not so much a tale as a photo of each bike in it’s respective state. That’s pretty much how Whitey will stay for the Highland Fling this weekend. Kinda not really especially looking forward to it. Which is to say that I’m nervous and wish it was over with already. As for the Casseroll,(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 2 comments | November 4, 2009 at 7:57 am

Giant Iguana Single Speed (Whitey!)

Yep, more buildingness has taken place. And the new frame has a name… Whitey! Going to keep rebuilding it as it was for Dirtworks. But wheelset, crankset, brakes, seatpost & saddle are all on the table for upgrades during Winter.

by Jarod | no comments | May 19, 2009 at 5:01 am

A White Giant Iguana Frame? Never!

Booyah! Headset Dropouts. Seatpost’y area. 1598/1599gram’ish. Happy.

by Jarod | no comments | May 16, 2009 at 5:12 am

The All New Old Giant Iguana

Okay. With the demise of my Giant Iguana frame, I’ve been looking on eBay for a cheap xtc or similar frame. Nothing came up until I found what was hilariously the perfect bike for me. It’s a … *pause for dramatic effect* … 17″ 2003 Giant Iguana frame. The exact same model and size as(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | no comments | May 15, 2009 at 5:45 am

The Giant Iguana Single Speed Frame

Just a small update on my Giant Iguana Single Speed. It’s all broked. Basically, a few weeks before Dirtworks, the bottom bracket started making a clicking sound. Turns out that was one side of the bottom bracket shell had enlarged, so the thread wasn’t threading in. This can pretty much be attributed to me running(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | no comments | May 14, 2009 at 5:21 am

Harley, you should be proud…

… I’ve gone the way of an egotistical fashion loving monkey. Monkey? Yes, my singlespeed has a red chain now. And yes, I love it. The chain keeps slipping on the back cog when I put stacks of power through the cranks. So I’m going to find myself a 3/32 half link and go a(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | 4 comments | April 8, 2009 at 5:19 pm

The Paint that wouldn’t stick.

The paint didn’t take to the single speed frame. Sucks.