Current Projects chat and miscellany

Tomorrow I'm going mudgrinding on a 41km trail - rain all day. 36x17, rear Michelin Mud2, front Maxxis Mud wrestler.

That look real neat, like a modern version of the girlfriend's Soma.

got the decals orf, bar the bastard faux reynolds one, and cleaned up the chrome flat crown on the forks


will lose the seatpost bolt from hell and properly clean frame, pre decals and clear coat

Thanks, Ed.

I'm not sure I've seen the Soma. Got a link to some pics?

I need to take a proper shot of the latest incarnation, but this is the gist, 8 speed indexed downtube shifter, alu hammered mudguard, quill stem, and a super compact 46/30 crankset mated with 13-26, and 650b with 32mm Grand Bois tyres.

It's a little under 10kg too.

Orbeater...

Have you considered grinding a flat on the hub axle?
if done neatly it wouldn't stop track nuts going on and would save frame mutilation or dropping $$$s on eccentric things.

Still bubble-licous at the back, stickers are a temp cover up. I might look at a respray next winter depending how I get on. Current spend £265
Tyres, pedals, chain, grips, bolt on axel for the rear, 15t sprocket and a silver seatpost to come.

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Opinions on chopping my track drops shorter? So theres less to bash my knee into when i wait to set off?

There are a couple of NOS sticker sets kicking about on ebay atm if you want to go all out...

risers

cheers,looking for the ones circa '77, cyclomondo has and velociao @$38

It's on my more serious bike ha. Risers on the beater

I've got some bars you can try

Change the angle, or raise it a bit.

They've been flattened out now, after finding that more comfortable, do you think chopping an inch off the bar would help? Like they're cheap bars i don't really care much about (BLB). I'm happy with the height it's just when stationary waiting to set off.

^ what the fuck are you on about?

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Maybe not being so far forward would help too, get a setback seatpost.

And what the frick frack paddy wack going on with the fucking brake cable housing?

Go ahead and chop. A pipe cutter works.

Probs just better of with a shallower hand position and a normal seat setback position #lfgssbeikfit

Path racer or dalsnibba?

^^ ...as covered by scoblz.

^^ path racer. Dalsnibba will come in the future ;)

I know what you mean. And I've done it before with no issues. Use a pipe cutter. A full inch is a bit much.

Haha, thanks. I'll have a look at it and might got for 1cm