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Columbus Beater

Bought this bike while being out of riding due to a surgery in early 2022. Wanted it only for the frame to build a 1x commuter, but started liking singlespeed while recovering. Since then, the front wheel got fucked, threw in a campy hoop, replaced the brakes with 1055 calipers, went through multiple saddles, rode it with a 7400 crankset for a long time and replaced the decomposing hoods with cotton tape.

Frame:
Columbus 57 (no idea what tubing tho)

Fork/Headset:
Colnago precisa / shimano 6500

Crankset/Bottom Bracket:
Shimano 7600 165mm

Pedals:
Mks sylvans + mash nylon cages & blb double straps / atacs

Drivetrain/Cog/Chainring/Chain:
halo fat foot 17t / miche advanced 47t / izumi eco

Handlebars/Stem:
Ritchey comp 570mm / itm eclipse 110mm, soda shim

Saddle/Seatpost:
stripped flite / thomson elite

Brakes:
shimano br-1055 / bl-r780

Front Wheel/Hub/Tire:
TB14 / shimano 7700 / gravelking 32c

Rear Wheel/Hub/Tire:
TB14 / shimano 7700 / gravelking 32c

Accessories:
king cage stainless

More Info:
found the parts for a good price and guess I'm gonna run a 1/8" chain then

Bike History

Click a link below to see past stages of this bike.

  1. stage 0
  2. flatbar trial
  3. v1.0
  4. v1.1 - new fork who 'dis ?
  5. v2 - winter mode
  6. winter repair
  7. v2.1 - fully bombproof

Added by jmauur. Last updated 10 days ago.

6 Comments

qwixoticle

qwixoticle says:

Candidate for regearification, if you ask me! Was thinking of bringing my bike the next time I'm visiting friends in Basel, any recs for roady/gravelish routes?

Posted 2 months ago

jmauur

jmauur says:

this thing is getting a new drivetrain very soon, but no gears are planned in the near future.
I don't have a specific route to reccomend atm, but it's a very nice area to bike around in so I would definitely bring one !

Posted 2 months ago

b0nk

b0nk says:

this thing is awesome, like that you tucked the tensioner nice and close to the chainstay

Posted 10 months ago

jmauur

jmauur says:

thanks man, I got really lucky with the ratio there and this thing is a ripper on loose ground.

Posted 10 months ago

GhostRidingTheWhip

GhostRidingTheWhip says:

+1

Posted 10 months ago

zheshean

zheshean says:

very nice and shiny!

Posted 11 months ago