Donut Forge. Great name. Nice bike!
Donut Forge - Customized Surly 1x1
Freewheel
35x22
Rear brake
Frame: 18" Surly 1x1 frame and fork, Bass Boat Black
Frame additions: Custom welded gusset by Peacock Groove
Wheels(26"): Front, 40 hole Salsa El Gordo laced to a Sansin SE high flange tandem hub.
Rear, 48 hole Salsa El Gordo laced to a Surly 135mm Free/Free hub
Brake: Avid SD-7 v-brake, parts bin old school Shimano long pull lever, Nokon housing.
Drivetrain: MKE Bicycle Co. Pologuard(35 tooth) with 165mm Sugino XD cranks up front and a 22t White Industries freehweel in the back. 117mm bottom bracket to make the pologuard fit.
Stem/Bars: Parts bin, Dimension upright 1 1/8" stem. Chopped and still fairly wide and fairly upright riser bars.
Pedals: Plastic Odyssey pedals
Misc: Salsa seat post with WTB mtb saddle. Beard Bag's downtube pad and stem pad.
After owning this bike for about a year and half it got bent.
It went from this:
To this:
Looking at the full set of photos, you can see photos of the bent down tube, top tube and head tube.
This brand new geometry was given to me in a game during the double elimination bracket of the 2011 South Central Bike Polo Championships. It was the third game we played that Sunday. I was pushing the ball hard up the left side of the court when an opponent coming the opposite way hooked my pedal with his mallet. My momentum stopped instantly. I went from full speed to zero. The bike began endoing underneath me. Witnesses say I went to a 90 degree nose manual while still holding onto the bars. I then had enough instinct/luck left to do a front flip off my bike and land squarely on my back. We went on to win that game 5-0 and the next game 5-0. Eventually getting knocked out by the eventual #2 team in the tournament.
I loved this bike so much that I couldn't bear to think of just buying a new 1x1 frame. I played a few weeks on the new geometry. I put it through the paces and the bend did not get worse. I loved the new geometry. Smaller five hole and a tighter turning radius.
I decided to see if I could save my bike. I brought it to Erik Noren at Peacock Groove. He felt that adding a gusset would prevent further folding and told me not to take it off any dirt jumps.
One crazy-ass gusset later and I was back in business.
After a quick sand blast and powder coat, my bike was reborn. Donut Forge is alive!
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