Skanky Alley Cat

I'm taking the Rig to the Donny's Cranksgiving race this weekend, and I've been trying to give it some of that skanky feel that a good urban alley cat bike has. It will never be a true Alley cat, cause it's not a fixey, and it has a brake.

Tonight I put an old (vintage 1974) set of drop bars that I had laying around.


I had to bungle together a way a way to get a brake handle on the bars (using zip ties). I also wrapped the bars in friction tape. Now were getting some skank. I was gonna swap out the fork for a rigid, but ran out of time.


We see how it goes this weekend. Note to self - take spare zip ties.