Posted by on Feb 27, 2012 in Bike Maintenance, Blog, Fat Bike, TBT Surly Moonlander Build | 1 comment

TBT Surly Moonlander Build Part 4 – Wheel Building Saga Take 2

TBT Surly Moonlander Build Part 4 – Wheel Building Saga Take 2
My new correctly sized spokes arrived on Friday and like a young boy at Christmas I was up early Saturday morning building wheels. This time the process went very fast the new spokes worked like a charm. I tensioned the offset rear wheel to the best of my ability. That 28mm Surly Moonlander rear wheel offset...
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Posted by on Feb 21, 2012 in Bike Maintenance, Blog, Fat Bike, TBT Surly Moonlander Build | 0 comments

TBT Surly Moonlander Build Part 4 – Wheel Building Saga Take 1

TBT Surly Moonlander Build Part 4 – Wheel Building Saga Take 1
One of my goals with my Surly Moonlander is to build it for a harsh salty winter road environment. For this it was my choice to go with a Shimano Alfine 11-speed internal geared hub. This hub is new for Shimano and is an oil bath design similar to Rolhoff, but at a better price. I ran across a great deal on...
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Posted by on Feb 19, 2012 in Bike Maintenance, Blog, Fat Bike, TBT Surly Moonlander Build | 0 comments

TBT Surly Moonlander Build Part 3 – Headset pressing

TBT Surly Moonlander Build Part 3 – Headset pressing
After much debate I went with a Chris King headset for my new Surly Moonlander. I love Chris’s statement for their headsets of: User serviceable and likely to outlast a few frames. We believe this component so well represents us that we offer a 10-year warranty on all models. I think this pretty well...
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Posted by on Feb 16, 2012 in Bike Maintenance, Blog, Fat Bike, TBT Surly Moonlander Build | 0 comments

TBT Surly Moonlander Build Part 2 – Frame Sealing

TBT Surly Moonlander Build Part 2 – Frame Sealing
The second step in building my new Surly Moonlander is to protect the frame. While there is some debate about whether this step is necessary. I definitely agree that the metal on the Moonlander frame uses much thinner tubing than the last Chrome-moly frame I had back in the early 90′s. Also I normally...
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Posted by on Feb 11, 2012 in Bike Maintenance, Blog | 0 comments

New Bike lube by Orontas

New Bike lube by Orontas
A new product that we will have to try this year is Orontas bike lube. Their twist on the wide variety of bike lube products that are out there already is that the lube is from 100% sustainable sources, is non toxic, made with the environment in mind, and it is made in Canada. A very interesting slant in...
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