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I would raise the stem a bit and rotate the bars down, would make the angle of rest for your wrists much more comfortable.

I've just done that! Looks 10x better, once I get a longer stem I'll get some better photos!

cheers

The black work

30 days

to done compost

Finally put my hands on an OG Gangsta Large size..

After a good clean, a set of new decals :

Boom ! V1 V2 ?

@Gaston

Large size was only available for V1 model (by large I mean the 58 top version), even harder to find..

More to come soon

Nice! What stem?

Retro GT mtg steel stem from mid 90's, got 2 of them:

I'm also considering early Thomson Elite (1'1/8 & 25,4) for this build

Where you find that? jeez - dont think Ive ever seen a large v1

Cool thanks, I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for one :)

longshort story:

It appears for sale complete on french forum few months ago. Sold one hour later as you can imagine, and I missed it.. (high level frustration)

But it was purchased by talented bicycle tuner I know (@gouache) who had changing taste, so I begged him to hit me up if he decide to sell it..

A weeks ago he realized he prefer singlespeed stuff, and offer me to buy it..

Would post on BMW topic soon

this is nice.

I had a blue frame from that era, 80-81?
Long ago trashed...

Condor thinks it's a Surly.
Weekend riding in the New Forest came up; risers, 32c tyres fitted and borrowed any racks I could to get all the camping kit down.

Is that the condor disc fork? How is it?

Yup, it's the Fratello disc fork. It's perfect really but then it likely has the same geometry as the Tempo fork that this would normally come with.

Thanks !

That is awesome looking!

How do those non-round wheels handle? ;)

Just seen this locked up on kings Heath high st. Looks spot on, pics don't do paint justice 👍🏻

If you're about in KH still. Pop in for a coffee at black lab!

But yeah the paint is killer. Need to get a better camera!

Pretty much finished tinkering with the town/commuter bike:

• Crankset set has been upgraded from FSA to Sram CX1 GXP (170mm, 42T)
  
• White Industries freewheel 16T (for a little HHSB bling)
  
• Rotors are now Shimano RT-86 with Swissstop brake pads
  
  

Initial impressions was that even though it was back to SS from fixed, I'm still having a fun time on the bike and with this set up I can finally take it around the country lanes without shitting myself.

We had a little bit of an issue with these TRP brake pistons, maybe to lack of attention, but the real reason why the brakes where rubbing was due to the fact they weren't engaging properly and was close to snapping off the old rotors because of this. So I am giving them a longer engagement level on the brakes to see if they piston issue happens again after a month and this will help me decided if I keep them or change.

The Shimano rotors do look super pro and aggressive, performance wise I'm still deciding whether I like them or not due to the fact they feel like they don't stop as quickly as my old disc, but if they stay true and problem free then who am I going to complain I guess.

Anyways, for my everyday bike is pretty much as good as it gets, the final tweak I did was adjusting the seatpost by 10mm to see if this helps me to use my seat bones and possible pedal more smoothly.

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