Current Projects chat and miscellany

I always planned to put Rotor 3d on mine, I just never got round to it.

Jelly, always fancied a paid.

Fixed tt's look great....

Finally had a look at the broken bottom bracket (snapped cotter pin) on the folding bike. Condor track lockring spanner fitted, and turns out it's a BSA thread. So, lucked out, thought it would be an oddball thread. Once the Mirage cranks arrive from Ebay (taking forever, ordered last week) I will look for a cheap square taper bb and get the folder back in service.

It's gonna have bullhorns after all I think, and all the old Shimano-3S is coming off, run it single speed for a while before deciding if it goes fixed.

Definitely needs mags.

I hate changing chainrings, I wish there was some way of having 2 or 3 of them and just moving the chain between them.

Got any photos of your build? Looking for inspo

http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=127363&p=1092829&hilit=giant+tcx#p1092829

That is nice!

What is the opinion on TRP Spyres?

They're O.K.

stock pads can >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Oh and fit Yokozuna Reaction.

So excited about getting this on the road...

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nice kitchen, more deets/pics?

Bike is great too ;) May I ask what did it cost?

I'm confused, more pics of the kitchen or bike? Either way, these shots give you a bit of both. The bikes a custom to burls track, with internal routing for a rear brake. It's spec'd to be a fast fixed road bike for 100km rides in all seasons, a fixed bike that can climb and descend mountains confidently, but I may opt for a freewheel when I take it to the Alps. The build will be lightweight but not weight weenie.

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very very nice .. both kitchen and bike!

What build have you planned? Wheels cranks? I am building something similar but nowhere as bling.

What tiles are they?

(Nice Burls BTW, but those tiles......)

long white ones

Can't remember the exact reference but they're from here:

https://www.tonsoftiles.co.uk/

Great value website fore tiles.

nice kitten

I think when they get that big it's more polite to call them cats.

Yes, I've been following your thread. Looks nice.

I didn't mean to get so bling, but at my frame size finding a light-ish, horizontal drop out frame with bottle cage bosses is pretty difficult. The burls ti frames are such good value.

The components will be: deda superlegara bars and stem, Columbus Grammy forks with tapered steerer, Easton ec70 inline seat post and fizik Arione saddle.

Wheels will be ambrosio Excellight rims on phil wood hubs. I really wanted goldtech track pro hubs, but they're out of stock and no one seems to be able to confirm if they will ever be back in stock again.

...and SRAM omnium cranks, because I wanted external bearings.

ambrosio Excellight

Why?

I'm a creature of habit I suppose. They're one of the more consumable components, so it's not a forever decision.

What would you go for?

What would you go for?

DT R 460 .. same rims I've used in my build. Also I dunno how heavy you are but Mack has silver 24/28 superlight hubs in stock £175 for pair.

Also why not Sugino 75 DD? ;)

What did frameset ended up in weight? That fork is superlight!

I didn't even know Sugino 75 could come with an external bearing bb. i might have gone for those if I'd known. I've got the omnium's on my track bike and I like them.

Weight for frame, forks, h/set, bars and stem is 2440g. I have no idea what the total build will be.

Popped in my LBS in France and was offered this Look KG386 frameset for a decent price so took it home. It used to be an ex-pro training bike. But then again I hear this a lot...

I have looked through the catalogues but haven't managed to see a similar one - looks likes it is from circa 2001.