Back from Shanghai and finally, mostly over the massive jet lag, I toggled the Modal from single to geared. Despite the f’ing rain, I found that most enjoyable because there’s zen in working quietly on a bike and going out for a ride. It took me about an hour to switch and Mark does it in about 15 minutes.
A few updates:
- Refined the process to just swapping bars; original thinking was a bar/stem combo so I could use a different stem for an urban setup. Now I just pull the faceplate and switch between single-speed bars and geared-bars using one stem.
- With another set of DA cranks, it’s much faster to pull the crank than change out the big chainring for the chainring protector and vice-versa.
- Getting over scratches, dings, and tweaks by rationalizing them as a “travel patina” was a good idea!
Note: The Modal is a travel bike concept that folds and toggles between single, fixed, and geared modes.
I have never seen a cassette so clean! How did you get all the crap out of the holes even!?
de-stress man! I clean cassettes to mellow out . . .
Can you post some pics(or are there some somewhere?) of all the various components for your Modal?
Yes, much more detail is available in our [previous posts](/tag/modal) and the [Flickr gallery](http://www.flickr.com/photos/huggerindustries/sets/72157602615895172/).
* [Performance Mode](http://bikehugger.com/2008/02/performance_mode.htm)
* [Modal Geared](http://bikehugger.com/2007/11/geared_mode.htm)
* [The Modal Bicycle Concept Explained](http://bikehugger.com/2007/05/the_modal_bicycle_concept_explained.htm)
“travel patinaâ€
I just ran into the perfect term for this, by way of a Clever Cycles blog post.
“<a >Beausage</a>”. And a beautiful, useful word it is.