These dropouts have worked pretty well on my bike. cool thing is you can run gears, or put a separate dropout in for single speed. I think Canfield actually sells these, but probably a little spendy.
Curved seat tube, 69* head angle and square chainstay tubing? As a Canfield Brothers nimble 9 rider, I support these things. I love those wheels, but you gotta go 27.5 or 29 to fit in these days ;) (Not my bike below, but mine's similar)
My uncle builds titanium trikes and always uses metropolis cranks. I've ridden them a ton and they're awesome. Electric rear hubs too. I bet yours will be prettier though.
I ride pretty regularly in the Baltimore Bike Party (look it up on facebook). We have thousands of people who have shown up for monthly themed rides through the city. Some takeaways that I have from the group are:
*Ride through parts of the city you may otherwise not see/dare to go. We...
So nice. Looks like a really fun bike to ride. Do I spy an Adventure Trailer?! I like those TRD wheels, too (fellow Toyota guy). Crazy how people share similar interests. Your toys are much nicer than mine though lol.
Was gonna go klunker-style like all the cool kids, but this configuration rides so well that I think i'll keep it. I'm 6' 3, so that's why its setup so tall. Bought the bike from rusty513 and threw a slowriderz lay back seatpost on it, and sanded down and polished some old 3-piece cranks from...
Yeah man, just bought one to keep at my mom's beach house. BMX cranks are definitely gonna be the first addition. It's already painted, but was considering hacking off the chainguard tabs. Was that a PITA?