The Dog Walker
The Problem
After the first single-speed build I was hooked on riding, and needed a bike at home to run the dog with, but it still had to be beautiful enough to live in the office.
The Brief
A second single-speed, slick, minimal and cool, built around a rare belt drive instead of a chain.
The Solution
Built on a hard-to-find splittable XL GT Zaskar carbon frame so it could run a Gates Carbon Drive belt instead of a chain, rare, clean and quiet. Custom stainless horizontal dropouts, carbon cranks and finishing kit, all-black wheels (recently upgraded to Crank Bros) and a custom seat. Phase two stripped every cable attachment point, hid the single front brake hose internally through the bar, stem and fork, and finished the frame in stealth flat grey with the Trident mark in gloss on the head tube. Build highlight: the handlebars rotate a full 360 never catching and run a hydraulic brake, and people just don't understand.
How it started
Build List
Frame & Drive
- 2012 GT Zaskar carbon frame, XL, splittable
- Rigid 9er fork
- Gates Carbon Drive CDX 46T centre-track belt
- Race Face carbon cranks
- Custom stainless horizontal dropouts
Wheels & Tyres
- Crank Bros all-black wheels
- Schwalbe Kojak 35c tyres
- Allen-key skewers
Cockpit & Seat
- Ritchey carbon flat bar, stem & seatpost
- Custom Velobrien seat
- Cool grips
- Ritchey headset
Brakes
- XT Ice front brake only
- Hose routed internally through bar, stem & fork
Pedals
- Crank Brothers Egg Beaters
- Flat pedals for daily use
Finish
- Stealth flat grey
- Trident mark in gloss on the head tube
- All cable attachment points removed
Build Team
- Gareth, Velobrien, custom seat
- Kevin, all custom work and build
- Jared, all paint