Gravity Single Speed Frame

Over the winter I sold off frames and parts to build Project Gravel. This left me without a beater mountain bike. I received some money as gifts on Father's Day. I now had enough to buy a frame if the price was right. I went to the Bikeisland site and checked out the Gravity Single Speed frame and fork. For $200 this looked like a great deal. I placed the order on Monday evening (day after Father's Day) and the frame arrived on Friday.

Waiting for me when I got home Friday evening.

My plan was to build the bike up and take with us to church camp which we were leaving for on Saturday. There was much preparation to do for church camp before I could start working on the bike. I did manage to take it downstairs and open the box.

Box is open and it is out.

After cutting up 40lbs of Chicken I headed to the basement. My plan was to work on the bike for an hour.

On the workstand.

Fork and headset came with the frame. Handlebars are Niner Flattop cut to 690 mm with an Easton EA50 stem.

Wheels are Bontrager Mustang SS wheels that came off a Gary Fisher Rig that I used to have. Tires are Kenda Kharma 29er, 2.2 in front and 1.9 in back. I will eventually put a 2.2 in back also. Rotors are Avid. I am running a 20 tooth cog for now. The crank is a Truvativ FireX SS crank with a 36 tooth chainring. I am using Halo's secure skewers. They are tightened using a 5mm allen. This is an experiment and I am not using a chaintug in back. So far they have worked without any wheel slip. So that was it for Friday night.

Saturday morning came early. Michelle and I had some coffee and a light breakfast. She started to clean the house up and I went to the basement to finish the bike.

I picked up where I left off. An hour later.

I added the Avid BB7 brakes and FR5 levers. Grips are Ergon with the bar ends and Candy pedals.

Ready for the test ride. I did ten miles on gravel and paved roads. Felt really good, fit is perfect. I did a 14 mile ride Monday at Church Camp on pavement and gravel also. Really like this bike.

So if you have the parts I would highly recommend this frame. For the price you can not beat it.

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