Disc brakes are dead

£2k

I bloody hope so! Before they change the flat rate VAT ..

But a shed with (kinda) unlimited bike space

Room enough for a workshop then, time to buy some tools and build your own frame.

time to buy some tools and build your own frame.

You have no idea how close I am to do this but not for bike making .. possibly a late spring @BareNecessities -ish project.

I think this would represent the concept better:

Enjoy your brake judder on the front.

So you are finally getting another fixeh? So y u need brakes?

It's a tiny bike he'll be okay

I hope this doesn't end the way @ChainBreaker 's bike thread did. That was sad.

I'm confident that this bike will never get built

there might be some delays as I have to renew my first world membership next month.

I'm not.

Mine was stolen @Chalfie

I know. That's why I was sad.
That and someone deliberately scratching it?

When I asked to build a frame for me, it was originally 700c and canti.

It morphed into 650b because of the short top tube (53cm) and centerpull due to quill stem and long head tube that likely to cause brake judder with low trail/front load.

Stop dicking about Amey.

no front load and quill stem here

Go steamroller :)

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Ass end

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Front cable run.

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BareNecessities -ish project.

Robot dinosaur army?

what else would you want to make in your shed? Go on, get things for making frames, then I can come and live there.

^ pump peg looks like a droopy cock

Correct me if I'm wrong but what you basically want @amey is this but without the rack
He even designed the bike around the tyres...

its defo not a tourer, no front loading. Its a steel road bike. I am going to see how it looks with same angles as emonda and caad10 and see. Road bike fork trail, 410mm (maybe 415mm) stays. 73.5mm (maybe 74mm) BB drop. Stack (minus external headset) 560/555 and 375/80 reach. No fatter tyres than 32mm without guards and 28mm with.

Part of me wants to just buy this and get the brake mounts brazed on: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-54cm-Reynolds-631-Audax-Light-touring-frameset-RED-/232226910374?hash=item3611cd70a6:g:IAAAAOSwiONYQILm

This is the closest thing:

White paint (possibly fading to light grey towards BB). Black groupset (Sora R3000) and finishing kit (ritchey). Stem is undecided atm as that depends on how I want to handle the front brake cable stop. Might get that Simworks one.

My next question is to GB/VO mudguard users, what would you do if you wanted to design frame around these? Making installation and removal easier.