Current Projects chat and miscellany

Some current projects that needs to be finished :
Bonnet (Cavallo Marino) Columbus Multishaped/Campagnolo Chorus

Basso Loto Dedacciai - D-A 7400

Guionnet Dedacciai Zero HT frame/Columbus Max fork (handmade paintjob not finished)

Time trial season is over, so this bike can sit in slave mode for 6 months

edit: the below pic is better than mine!

Any pics of your bike? Btw what stem length do you run on it?

If you ever want to sell that MDT Borek...

Way too small for you surely?

Yeah probably. What is it, a 54?

Like a 48 ST i think

54 top tube 49 seat tube, I doubt I'l ever be selling it anyway! fits me so well.

100mm with 88mm reach bar.

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now that looks nice, better than the friesian cow decor elephant,tyres reminiscent of me own self styled "mutant"
good work
just park the pink bidons up

It's a tough little bike, I specced the fork to be 395mm to removed the @Dammit issues of finding the correct length fork, meaning a Whisky carbon CX fork will be in the pipeline, 45mm rake + 73 degrees headtube = standard road geo.

@GrosNaze that black+purple+white, would bang

The mixte is another couple of steps towards rideable.

Sweet, is it going to be geared?
I had a lot of fun building a mixte for my girlfriend last year

@PhilDAS yeah sram x4 trigger shifters, 8x3 with 11-34 back and 44-32-22 front.

Debating with myself if I should take it into a shop or somewhere to get the fixed/fucked cup out(the adjustable side is stuck weirdly no idea what the previous owners did to it) or just to leave it how it is(I serviced it from the side I could undo and it's perfectly adjusted where it was stuck).

Should be going in a couple of weeks as I get bits for it and then work on improving it.

The fork looks close to this one, both specs and appearance, save for UD weave listed for the whisky fork.

I've got the radon one in the mail. I wanted a disc brake for my fixed commuter and hopefully will be able to pull it off geometry-wise with some, ahem, wheel size gimmickry.

Having a good look, it may be that you're right, the only exception is their axle to crown measurement is a little off by 5mm, so quite likely that the Whisky one is correctly measured.

Thank, might go for that, really was looking for a straight fork, but nearly all of them are tapered whether mine is plain ol' straight.

Hi edscoble. does inversed pics are new trend?

http://www.fatbirds.co.uk/1132396/products/lynskey-endurance-carbon-disc-road--audax-fork.aspx

395mm, 1 1/8" straight with mudguard mounts - might do the job too

I can get Whisky through my shop, Lynskey not so much.

if I were to pick up a genesis volare 953 for my good bike... would I have to pay NASA money to get it sub-7kgs?

think they're about 1.6/1.7kg for the frame, enve fork probably about 300g?

All approximates but ..

2.1kg frameset including headset and seat collar;
2.3kg groupset (6800) £450;
1.9kg wheels (kinlin XR200 on Novatec Superlight and CX rays with GP4000s and latex tubes) £450 (?);
0.85kg for cheap (deda) finishing kit including saddle; £100
0.25kg Pedals (speedplay); £70

In short yes; NASA money to get under 7kg.

Dont bother weenie build with steel/Ti.

And if you insist then Sram Red; Extralite; Tune Mig/Mag + chinese 20mm carbon; Extralite; Arione 00; Speedplay Ti .. you could touch 5.2kg with all that but thats cray ££££

Roberts has been an ongoing project somehow, for the last 2-3 years, but finally I've managed to have only silver parts on it, after installing a record crankset yesterday... That's the problem when you only play with the parts you have in your shed from building and rebuilding your own stable... it takes longer... I'm happy to see it like this. Big thanks to Olly for the wheels!

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7.2 kg for 2300£... isn't a bad weight or cost really. I can maybe live w/that for the kerb-appeal of the volare 953. still adequately stiff too, to make it climb well. hmmm

thanks amey