Current Projects chat and miscellany

Dropped my chain all the way to Brixton, you may well be right.

Either fit an old front mech with the limit screws tightened to keep it in one place, or buy a chain keeper which fits where the mech was.

I fit an alpina on there but it didn't look right. See what I did there, ha!

badum tsh

I'll see myself out

@Vince
weld track ends on. go full skrtlv feck the haterz.

@Thrust
low flange miche? if not, i dont see the need between anything joytech or da/phil wood etc. mid range just doesnt make the difference from joy tech..

Got hold of a cheap frame and chucked all leftover parts onto it for winter use.

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Actually charming

psee
Very nice bike psee. In fact too nice for winter. Ergo you need another winter bike
therein lies madness.

@dbr

Either fit an old front mech with the limit screws tightened to keep it in one place, or buy a chain keeper which fits where the mech was.

This.

Even better would be a cheap double chainset.

Looks like good fun. Now get it dirty pls

To nagasawa owners: could please someone tell if it can take 700x25 tyres. Thanks.

Thanks to @primitive_robot for the frame and @Vince for a few parts!

Finally getting around to building up this aende lo pro up!!! just in time for winter but fuck itt.

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@blacklisted The build looks good!

Is it the photo angle or do those forks look like they've been crashed?

I was thinking the same thing @roboto

Bought this frame built by Rob Telfer (ca 1992) from Hilary Stone for 130 quid on the weekend. Do you think the price was ok?

T-Rex geo (58cm ctt ST x 55cm ctc TT), so just what I was looking for:

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The rear dropouts are beefy enough to be slightly milled out into super-short horizontals, just enough to properly get away with a half-link chain.

Then, this is going to become a tight geo porteur bike, something that is a bit in the style of this 3rensho beauty that has impressed me ever since I saw it first: http://www.cycleexif.com/3rensho-porteur

Here's a quick and dirty mockup:

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ebb or magic gear don't mill the drops

we'll see - usually less than 5mm horizontal movement are enough to make it work with a halflink.

magic gear isn't really a solution, as any chain will become longer over time

ebb...

Do these exist for 68mm BBs?

Y not geared? 1x something?

no need for gears, I already own a porteur and its 45x18 does it all for me

They're quite big.

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