Climb: 4 minute hill

Target = 4 mins from crossroads to junction. Cafevelo's best this year, 04m03s.

Project bike 2006: rim tape

Okay, it's hidden detail, but rim tape is still all about keeping that look. Click here for specs.

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Project bike 2006: brake set

Black is the new black. Dispatched swiftly by Merlin Cycles.

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Tools that rule: cup remover & headset press

Project bike 2006: wheels

Shimano Deore hubs on Mavic rims with DT SWISS spokes.

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Project bike 2006: chain tensioner

Chain tensioners - some people love them, some people hate them. Cafevelo plans to put On-one's offering to the test.

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Project bike 2006: forks

Steel forks - the real deal.

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Art club: Au Velodrome, 1912

A postcard sent in by one of cafevelo's fans holidaying in Venice, Italy. Here, the hell of the north gets the cubist treatment by Jean Metzinger (1883-1956) who moved to Paris at the age of twenty.

Project bike 2006: frame

Check this baby out - never to be repeated scaffold pole-style tubing!

Project bike 2006: intro

2005 was all about building a bike for the alps (see photo). This year, our mission at cafevelo is to save an old oversized aluminium mtb frame. Keep logging on to watch the singlespeed take shape.