Museum of Mountain Bike Art & Technology

1988 Rock Lobster

Probably one of the earlier single speed specific bikes.  This was the second single speed made by Paul (the first was about a year earlier).  The frame was painted white and then splattered with pink and blue.  Various areas were then masked off and then a neon yellow top coat was added.  According to Paul

"The paint is all original and not what I asked for. It has to be the ugliest paint job in my career history."

Just like the origins of mountain bikes, the father of single speed mountain bikes will probably never be known, but this has to be one of the earliest bikes built from the ground up to be a single speed.

Cook Bros Racing crank	Single speed specific drop outs	Nice internal cable routing, wishbone stays

Frame		Tange MTB Cro-Moly double butted
Fork		Cro-Moly straight blade
Rear Shock		NA
Rims		Super Champion Gentlemen 700C rims rolled by Keith Bontrager to a 24" rear and 26" front
Hubs		Shimano Sealed Mechanism front, Sunshine road rear (drilled to 72 holes to experiment with different rims and lacing patterns)
Spokes		stainless steel
Tires		Tioga Farmer John rear, Farmer Johns Cousin front
Pedals		Suntour Cyclone
Crank		Cook Bros Racing, 36 Specialized ring
Chain		KMC *
Rear Cogs		Suntour single speed freewheel
Bottom Bracket		Shimano
Front Derailleur		NA
Rear Derailleur		NA
Shifters		NA
Handlebars		Steel
Stem		TIG
Headset		Shimano Dura Ace
Brake set		Dia Compe 984
Brake levers		Dia Compe 183
Saddle		Vento Propizio
Seat Post		Shimano Deore XT
Colors		Neon yellow with white stripes (with blue and pink splatters)
Size		20"
Serial #		049JM