2004 - Rennen Rollenlager + .243 with 24"s and 26"s

Rennen Rollenlager was a godsent at the time when people were just starting to ditch their derailleurs in favor of the singlespeed drivertrain as far as MTB street/park/dirt riding is concerned. All the "Urban Assault" capable frames had vertical dropouts - making dialing in a nice tight chain a pain in the ass, without a tensioner.

Scroll through the pictures, and below you will see Soul Cycles singlespeed device (or something like that) - and you will notice how bent to shit it is. Hint: its not built tough enough for grinding on it. Now take a good look at the Rennen device - tough as hell, grinding encouraged. Quality. Below you will also find yet another variation of my .243, both with 24" and 26" wheels. I loved that bike.

A fun fact - see those Hussefelt cranks? Taken from my Kona Stuff, onto the .243 and they are STILL being used to this day on my Transition Bottlerocket. How is that for making parts last, or riding like a bitch. Either or.

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2004-2005

Dug up these photos recently from the years passed. 2004-2005 were fun biking years. I had 2 of the .243 FR frames, first a Large with 26" wheels, later swapped to 24"s, then a Small with 24"s - great bike. Half way through 2005 I switched to a Evil Doc. I miss those days. Digital cameras are awesome in many ways, but one of them is how they date the photo when you take it, removing the guessing game.
The setups were pretty damn sweet too! Marz Dirt Jumper 2, Manitou Stance + Jumper, Arrow Launch tires, custom made grind plate/pedal, nice fat pinchable saddle. Time to get back out there on the streets. Enjoy the photos, and check out the 04-05 edit below. Oldie but goody.

1/7/2004

1/5/2005

1/5/2005

5/11/2005

7/19/2005

7/25/2005

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Create2Destroy's 04-05 Bicycle Edit

The long awaited 04-05 edit is here. Long awaited by the 5 people who are in it, that is. Back when fun was fun and money grew on trees. Now that fun is no longer fun, and money is a root similar to horseradish one has to look at edits from 6 years ago to reminisce for a few minutes. Some old footy from Sunnyside, Banks, Htown, Shaolin, Brooklyn and such. All filmed in lo-res glory with a shaky hand. Enjoy. And yes, I'm speaking to you Gideon, Charlie, Andrew, Tim, Shino, Anson, Jim, and Rob. Ride on!

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