GT Edge Aero TT --> paint pron tarck conversion attempt

precisely, though it is @jdmitch s build

@jdmitch build, not mine at all. Was just adding my 2 cents idea of paying a welder to do it.

apologies @santino

@TheArchitect no problem at all and i fully agree with your comment, let people do what they want. It's with the craziest idea out of the box that you can get very good results....sometime ;-)

this is basically what got me on the idea of building fairings on a frame...

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better picture:

pics?

Are you sure you're ready for this much ugliness?!

All cutting and drilling done by hand and it managed to line up 'well enough'!

are the marks on the far seat stay your doing?

Nope, they are factory.

If the lines of the cutting and drop outs were shaped and if it weren't all rusty I wouldn't find it ugly, serves the purpose though, no?

Stainless steel drop out and stainless bolts, nice lacquer on the frame and it will look good :)

I will be dissapointed if this project does not end up like:

I think I will be doing well if I approach this Quintana Roo (not that I love it, but at least it seems a bit more realistic!):

Though I would be chuffed with something more like this (with slightly less subtle gussets):

(apologies - not a great photo...)

Stop trying to make it look like some generic carbon frame

is this better?:

So much

Wiggo tribute bullseye gussets? (don't think I got the colours quite right, but its a first draft on a crappy free paint programme)

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Interesting. What I would say id that that form would have a lot of complex double-curved geometry which would be almost impossible to form from metal. have you considered 3 printing?

Reminds me of this!

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What's going on with those forks!?! I really like that - They're like little wings :)

more comedy - http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/RoadToPista-Vertical-Dropout-Adaptor_134238199.html

so, there are some carbon forks with a long 1" steerer that have come up thanks to @WimVDD :

any opinions on how well it will suit the bike?

I have been wanting to go for the kinesis aluminium forks from @GreatSince78 (see pics on earlier pages), but on looking at some other GT's I thought the shiny alu might not be the best look, and I have seen a bit more of the more rounded carbon look:

The combination of the carbon forks having:
1)plenty of steerer
2) looking pretty good and probably being a bit more in line with original
3) being cheaper and
4) being a bit more shock-absorbent than alu
makes me want to go for those over the kinesis... anyone want to dissuade me otherwise?

Less fork chat, more ruining your lovely frame plz.

^this