Current Projects chat and miscellany

i just moved all the stuff from my pink maeda, I do not think it had passed one more swedish winter haha!

I can even get past the fizik finishing kit

Very nice bike squire

Sugino 75DD. Can anyone tell me where it's in stock?

I'm in Vienna now for a week. I was planning to come to Stockholm, but I couldn't combine it with Vienna...

I've got a school trip to Stockholm in December, and I'll prolly bring a bike for the weekend.

http://www.dolan-bikes.com/bike-components/bike-cranks/sugino-dd75-black-crankset-bottom-brackett.html

Lever could do with moving up a tad and bar rotating down a tad.

Cheers lad. I wasn't being too precise with position yet.

Ha ha, it's cheeeep at least. Thanks!

sounds great, rumor says ncmc will be in finland next year :)

I had the same problem fitting a BB7 on my Pompetamine.
Makes more sense now, re. generic adaptors. It did fit, but only just, there really wasn't much clearance. I had to trim the cable extension to almost nothing, and I couldn't use the end cable guide either, the bend was too sharp, so it was cable-tied it a bit further up the chainstay.

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Thats a BB5.

and I couldn't use the end cable guide either, the bend was too sharp, so it was cable-tied it a bit further up the chainstay.

Stupid idea: Combine your chainstay end guide with the reverse of this picture (The brake arm can be refitted 60degrees forward/backwards of the normal position) So refit the brake arm into an forward position-

There could be problems with enough room... :) + cable has to pull downwards.

That setup was done, just because we could - and to see how well it
worked (which was fine). The Avid mech arm can be re-installed every
60 deg, because it sits on an hex key. The return spring was
re-positioned to provide a similar return force. The frame was
designed to handle the earlier version of BB7 caliper, which had a
longer arm, but I did not have one handy to modify by the time this
project happened. The pictured setup is on a MTB tandem, and there is
no shortage of braking power.

Oops, you're right, my bad. I swapped the BB7s for a spare pair of BB5s when I sold the bike, that's one of the pics for the sale.

I think I get the idea, though I'm not completely sure. I also sold mine a few years ago, so it's too late to try it out. @Cupcakes is having the problems now, might work for him.

What forks are those?

Would Force 22 brifters work with the Apex 1 rear mech in a 1x config?

yes

That's what I thought.

Cheers, looking for something period looking for my rigid MTB, think i'll go ESI chunkies. As others have said, yours looks great.

custom, Orlowski

Whats current forum opinion on the best cable discs? I'm anticipating moving away from hydraulics once I want drops on my orlo

Probably HY/RD if you still want the modulation of the Hydro disc but not the ugly ass levers.

Or Spyre if you want to go full Mech.

HY/RD just seems like more things to go wrong. Was thinking just go full mechanical
TRP hylex is still the only hydraulic SS specific lever right?

Go hydro. So worth it.

Top marks, thanks very much!