Single Speed Niner Build

 Last year SSusa was on August 18th. That also happens to be the same day I got married to the greatest girl on the planet. I asked Kelly if she wanted to go to Minnesota and hang at a bike race to celebrate, but that was not her idea of a great time.  Then comes the announcement of SSUSA 14 in Copper Habor Michigan and it's not on our anniversary so Kelly agreed to take the trip up with me.

  Kelly had bought me a Trek Marlin SS for my birthday 2 years ago to ride on Thursday nights with the guys. I didn't want to drop a bunch of cash on a bike that I wasn't sure I was going to ride much. I was wrong. In the time I had that bike my Giant Anthem 29er geared bike hung on the wall and the $300 trek became my go to bike. 

   With the entry paid to SSUSA 14 and a friend looking for a cheap MTB to buy, I decided to go all out and build a bike for the race and a legit SS as my go to bike. I looked into frames and decided to go with steel. I had ridden a Niner in a race last year and liked it. With the Niner frame getting the carbon fork is a no brainer. For the drivetrain I went with XO1 cranks with a 34 tooth absolute black direct bolt chainring, a sram SS chain, and a Endless Bike Co. 17 tooth cog. For the wheelset I chose American Classic hubs laced to Stan's Crest wheels wrapped with 2.3 renegade SWorks tires front and rear. I have a set of XO trail four piston brakes with 160 rotors front and rear for stopping power and to match the crankset. The rest of the cockpit is all Thomson, X4 stem with red faceplate, carbon riser bar and silver elite seat post. 

While the trails are in the process of drying out Il just sit here and stare at this thing of beauty.  Thanks to Kelly AKA www.Alexander-Photography.com for taking such great pictures of this project.