Marius’ stainless FRC singlespeed

Marius asked for a simple travel bike – a stainless steel frame means no paint to scratch, rim brakes mean no rotors to bend or hydraulics to worry about, and a belt-driven singlespeed keeps it clean and simple.

The frame features Paragon sliding dropouts for tensioning the belt (these also enable swapping the insert for one with a derailleur hanger should gears be required in the future), and the pivot for folding the seatstays doubles as the split for belt installation.

Keeping the metal theme, Ti-Cycles made a custom titanium fork, stem and seatpost to match the frame. Both frame and fork have the brake mounts positioned to maximise tire clearance from the Cane Creek EE brakes.

The bike packs up into a Ritchey Breakaway case in a few minutes, to check as regular luggage when flying.

The weight came in at 15.5lbs.

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