Current Projects chat and miscellany

my next current project will be a commuter bike with mudgards, rear rack, discs, belt drive, compact handlebar and alfine gearing.

are there known any otp-models?

I've mentioned it before but I'm very happy with my Lifeline Ti cage. 22g,
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-titanium-bottle-cage/
Or 40 quid a pair.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-titanium-bottle-cage-pack-of-2/

my current project: trying to fit

3 inner tubes
1 spare folding tyre
1 pump
bike tools
swiss knife
wind jacket
rain jacket
set leg warmers
set arm warmers
8 energy bars
4 cake bars
6 bananas
20 sandwiches
front and rear light
telephone
Garmin
Battery pack
wallet

...and maybe even a lock into the 3 bags currently attached to my everyday racing bike (normally there is not 1, I hate even the smallest of saddle bags ;-)) Hope that's enough for a 500k/24h ride (we'll eat pasta/pancakes etc. 3 times on the way as well)

update - thanks for all input and suggestions on gear and preparations my friends! we made it, with lots of food left to spare :) an epic adventure, especially the night bit through the woods of the Veluwe nature reserve... glad there were 3 friends joining us at 11 pm, bringing new energy to the group. I might do a proper write up later on (do we have a topic for stories like that?) - for now just the route data here and some pics

http://app.strava.com/activities/159364229

the easy 500 five (me in the middle)

heading to pasta stop in Rotterdam

the night

last couple of km in crazy crit 45kph mode, don't know where we got the energy

good work Peter, i see Frank the Tank was with you!

n1 peter!

Is it called the easy 500 because there's only 3386ft elevation gain? Sounds like my kind of ride... 300 miles still a bloody long way, how was the wind?

i think i'd need a lie down half way

... a lie down or 2.

cheers guys!

the name easy 500 was because we intended to end up with a 25kph average, riding mostly slower than 30. we didn't. and indeed, most of the route was as flat as the pancakes we had before the night stage.

moderate headwind from Eindhoven > Rotterdam, wind in the back from Rotterdam > Renkum (just before heading North) was nice, no wind at all during the night, and a light headwind for the last part. very glad we missed all rain showers because they were pretty severe in places, I noticed when it was pouring down during the pancake stop... wrapped in a fleece blanket :-D

a great experience all in all, would do again.

Ready for 130km to London next Monday for Le Tour.

^^
nice!
i'm aiming for 5 days of 280km in a couple months, you're effort will be good encouragement.
chapeau! x

So much envy of all the dry looking people with racks and mudguards... hurry up payday..

Nice, clean Pug that: lovely!

great photo skills for hiding saddle angle

New forks and ahead setup for the Donohue. No matter what I do though, the bike remains stubbornly unphotogenic. I swear it looks alright in real life. Needs a layback post if the short stem is staying, but I think it might be temporary - it was the only one Spatr had left after I broke his other one.

Current beater project.
Giant cadex
105 group
Dodgy saddle
Dodgy bars/bar angle
Dodgy picture
Not sure whether to de-sticker the forks?

New forks and ahead setup for the Donohue. No matter what I do though, the bike remains stubbornly unphotogenic. I swear it looks alright in real life. Needs a layback post if the short stem is staying, but I think it might be temporary - it was the only one Spatr had left after I broke his other one.

the bike looks nice, needs better photos though, that turd background isn't helping either :)

Current beater project.
Not sure whether to de-sticker the forks?

Go for it! Wear a facemask while sanding though. Or alternatively, seeing it's a beater, rattlecan it.

Nice to see a Cadex as a beater, my cheap cadex project bike had a seized stem and seatpost, donated the frame to the local workshop in the end and got a Gazelle Ventoux instead. Which now looks like this after a workover.

Interesting to see shaped tubing on a lower end bike. Runs smooth, hi-ten steel is comfy.

The cadex is super comfy too.
It was a proper project bike but a Look came along at too good a price. So the cadex was shelved, but it kept peeking at me out of the corner of the cellar.
Reason I'm not sure aboit destickering the forks is that they're time milleniums, and I'm not sure if that's on a par with puppy killing!

Go for it! Wear a facemask while sanding though. Or alternatively, seeing it's a beater, rattlecan it.

Nice to see a Cadex as a beater, my cheap cadex project bike had a seized stem and seatpost, donated the frame to the local workshop in the end and got a Gazelle Ventoux instead. Which now looks like this after a workover.

Interesting to see shaped tubing on a lower end bike. Runs smooth, hi-ten steel is comfy.

I can't work out what is happening with those handlebars. But that is lovely!

They're Humpert Toulouse bars http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff513/fixeibikes/fixeibikes001/P1050338_zpsd09df60c.jpg

Reason I'm not sure aboit destickering the forks is that they're time milleniums, and I'm not sure if that's on a par with puppy killing!

Oh those are nice forks indeed, I destickered the Time Milleniums on my Specialized. Sanded the logos off, carefully sprayed back the fade near the fork crown and covered it all with two layers of clearcoat (and some light sanding)

Ah right, and that's a brake lever I'm looking at end-on. I thought for one horrible moment they were those bars with nubbins on them.

The chainring, wheels, tyres, frame colour...fuck it, I'm posting it in porn!

Slowly collecting bits for this:

36h novatecs & open pros
cinelli criterium & 1a reissues
mks track pedals & clips
suede super concor

Although the pro chrome & piegas might go on this instead:

This Gazelle is just a nice bike. Shimano 600 was quite tasty.

I would probably change the tyres.