makko's projects (Pompino / Rychtarski)

Hated those tubeless rims so much that i went and sold those and built these today:

Ultegra, Open Pro CD and sapim spokes, laser on the front and d-light in the rear. Gained some grams (measured 1770g) but atleast i can now replace tubes without getting blisters (and i'm hoping these will be more bulletproof for my needs). Also got spesh power saddle and tribars from LBS sale, whole shebang now looks like this:

Been raining more snow all week, might be a while til summer...

Slowly but surely spring is trying to come. Taking the decals off from force cranks, so i had time to tinker with rychtarski a bit. Took her for a first test spin outside, had to take aerobars off so i could get to stem bolts to rotate the bars a bit.

Feels good already. Waiting for fabrics from Germany so i can start sewing frame bag for it.

Lovely, such a nice frame and build.

Reminds me of my first Rychtarski :( Looked almost identical. This is what mine should've been.

Hehe, i have to admit i might have drooled over pictures of that before ordering this...

e. While arundel cages were nice and shiny, i have to get side load cages so i can maximise the size of the frame bag. Any recommendations? Was looking of either elite cannibals or specialized zee cages.

My wrists didn't care for the lack of backsweep with the riser, so i went and bought a trekking bar from local hardware store and paired it with 120mm syntace stem. Plenty comfy much wow

Also the charge saddle i had started to be old and tired so i bought a cosine endurance saddle to replace. It seemed so comfy i went and bought 2nd one to my rych aswell... 8)

Been suffering from sciatic problems all summer, and while the cosine felt great on the townie, it wasn't great on longer days on saddle. Loaned an smp composit from LBS and it has been the best saddle i've had so far. Changed the bars to evomax aswell, and now everything seems dialed in.

Went full dadcore with the pomp, my legs haven't been this dry after a wet ride like ever

Looks spot on. :)

Looks like the perfect commuter. Weight? (not that it matters, just interested)

Any pics of the framebag you made? What material did you use?

The pomp is just shy of 10 kilos, so not a lightweight :D

Frame bag is made of xpac vx-21 with rainproof zips. Also taped seams, but the tape is slowly falling off, but haven't got any moisture in yet so we'll see if i redo the taping or not.

Here's the best pic i managed to find from my phone, taken couple months back:

wet weather dadcore mode. Probably gonna get new fork with a bit more rake, and try out 28mm schwalbe ones i've had like 2 years in the closet.

Had to sell most parts from Rych to get some cash, but since nobody seems to want a frame without disc brakes nowadays in Finland, i still have the frame. Thinking of keeping it for now and probably going to build it up later on with slightly different parts.