1995 BLIZZARD upate

[guybe]

Nice bike, I like it alot, can I ask a question, what are these pedals called, they looked cool and never see them for sale anywhere, are they Hutch by chance?

 

[beepbeep]

Nice bike, I like it alot, can I ask a question, what are these pedals called, they looked cool and never see them for sale anywhere, are they Hutch by chance?

They're Odyssey Sharkbites.
I love 'em, they're on all my rides, but they do have a habit of biting shins! They don't make them now but they turn up NOS on ebay sometimes.

However.... I wish they were Hutch pedals, I could sell them and retire off the profits!!

Cheers!

 

[beepbeep]

Spring 2011 update!
(Winter 2015 update – post edited by the taste police... )

 

[beepbeep]

After a few years of being dismantled I decided to build up my Blizzard again, this time as a rigid trail bike.
Like the previous single-speed version, most of the parts are retro with a couple of newer bits thrown in the mix. I built it to ride so I'm not worried about being 100% correct, as long as it has the right vibe.

Took it out for the first time today and I'm amazed how damn fast it is! :shock:
I've spent the last few years on 5" travel FS bikes. I wondered how a rigid would cope on my favourite trail and I'm over the moon! The longer rooty/rocky sections were more tiring, but everything else I was storming, and mostly in a higher chainring than my FS bikes.

Long live the Blizzard!!!

 

[raidan73]

Lovely little build

 

[beepbeep]

Re:

Cheers!

I've still got you old Fusion, it's my work bike, I use it almost daily, Just fitted some big old chrome mudguards on it, which actually look pretty cool.

 

[k-rod]

After a few years of being dismantled I decided to build up my Blizzard again, this time as a rigid trail bike.
Like the previous single-speed version, most of the parts are retro with a couple of newer bits thrown in the mix. I built it to ride so I'm not worried about being 100% correct, as long as it has the right vibe.

Took it out for the first time today and I'm amazed how damn fast it is! :shock:
I've spent the last few years on 5" travel FS bikes. I wondered how a rigid would cope on my favourite trail and I'm over the moon! The longer rooty/rocky sections were more tiring, but everything else I was storming, and mostly in a higher chainring than my FS bikes.

Long live the Blizzard!!!

Ya - way more body-language needed on a rigid bike, than on f/sus. Different animal ... not any less fun. Nice bike. Very nice.