Current Projects chat and miscellany

winter? it's bloody 20 deg C here ;-)

nice bike, nice bike

@Gaston_Fr: Haha, you got me. Mayyybe.

@peter_v: Yes, it was a lovely day! It's not even winter, I'm just retarded. And thanks.

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Your bike might end up on prolly

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Amazing!!!

Maybe white Deda seatpost in a 1993 vibe:

In the process of rattle canning my genesis day one for a little cx makeover.
May go over in another colour for some more details, may not.
Quite happy with the amateur fading anyway.

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Should probably mention it will be a bit of a sscxhhsb. Crabon wheels in the post. Will be raced. Don't really want to have to paint too often. Do loads of laquer coats usually do the trick?

Year it might be cool

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Loving this bike; wouldn't change a thing.

Lookin' good Tijs. Love it. Aren't you tempted to remove the decals from the wheels?

Thanks! The decals were a topic of debate when I first posted the bike as well. There are all kinds of different options. I think removing them looks classier but also makes the bike a bit more dull. Plus there is white in the cranks, headset en other tiny details.

Personally I think I like black stickers the best, so I might change something after all if I can find them:

I like the white stickers! What you say, less dull, more hhsb. Where is that photo at the beach taken?

That's pretty impressive! Nice job. Are you gonna put clearcoat on it?

Thanks @kjlem
Not laquered yet but will do loads as am terrified of rust.
I have just started applying vinyl in a sort of crazy paving style (just with scissors.) and will see how that goes but think I will end up spraying another layer before topcoat. What colours I am really struggling with though.

Where is that photo at the beach taken?

Zandvoort, The Netherlands!

So many pretty bikes.

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@Tijs Black decals look slick, get them made

@panic I'm pretty sure that'll buff out

:) wait till you see the end product!!!

+1 on the black decals.

@Tijs just tell them to print all black
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2014-REYNOLDS-STRIKE-SLG-700C-STYLE-WHEEL-DECALS-STICKER-KIT-FOR-2-WHEELS-/321904481960?var=&hash=item4af30096a8:m:m0UpphHA5hA8_lNmYNCZGgw

New project. 1950s Geoffrey Butler track.
Original paint job it seems, hand painted down tube logo and seat tube. Some gold lug lining remains.
Needs some love but something drew me to it... plan to have the basic run around sorted by next week

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It did buff out :)

Its not perfect but its acceptable.
Selle smp composit in alcantara leather!

Najs!

Wow noice !

Very nice!! Where did you get the leather? Planning to do a flite, but all the cut outs of leather I can find online are too thick to work with..

its like this one.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ORIGINAL-Alcantara-Fabric-Panel-BLACK-150cm-Price-for-1-00mx1-50m-No-Imitation-/181896942685?hash=item2a59e7145d:g:T6gAAOxyRNJSneX-