Waiting...waiting...waiting...

Autumn seems to be on the way which means winter will soon be running along behind it.
Which in turn means mud. Gears and V-brakes don't like mud. The last winter I spent in the UK I had a choice. Do I run the the geared hardtail with discs or do I run the rigid singlespeed with V's. I ran the geared bike mainly as I hate V-brakes. Also the singlspeed's chain tensioner left a bit to be desired.

So after a couple of dry rides on the singlespeed I decided I wanted/needed a bike to ride all winter with the minimum of faff. i.e. A disc ready singlespeed. So I've ordered one from that nice man Mike at Dialled Bikes . Its called the Love/Hate, you can run it singlspeed or put gears on it. It has an eccentric bottom bracket and a rear mech hanger you see. Marvellous.

To make this financially viable (we're a bit poor at the moment), lots of bits will be scavenged from the two previous bikes.

All the bits I need have been ordered, now the waiting begins...as long its build ready for the mudfest that is the Viking Challenge in a couple of weekends time, I'll be happy.