Current Projects chat and miscellany

This is probably about right

Ideally a little sleeker than that!

Ideally a little sleeker

Take a block of aluminium, a hacksaw, some files and a drill. You can go nuts with the files and make it a nice organic shape if you can be bothered, but just a cuboid will do the job.

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I don’t think I posted a pic of my ratty gold bike since I repainted it. Without the patina I sort of feel like it lost something, but then it’s gained something at the same time.

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A couple came in to my shop the other day and we were chatting about tandems. I said I really wanted a thorn with s&s coupling but they all went for around £2k on eBay.

They said they had a Thorn, and it had s&s couplings... I thought they were just making conversation then they said they had no use for it anymore and did I want it. Turns out it pretty much perfectly sized for me and Mrs TM and they didn’t want much for it.

Needed new timing chain and chainrings but overall great condition. Need to change bars, grips, pedals and saddles, and add a front rack, but pretty much perfect touring tandem. Buzzing.

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jeezus what a snag!

Had a hairy moment getting across from Liverpool to the Wirral on a Thorn tanden. I had absolutely no idea there was no way of riding between the two without going miles and we were running late for the ferry to Ireland.

The guys on the underground took one look at it and said absolutely not, but when we split it in two they reluctantly let us on.

Would've been a pretty short tour otherwise.

No rail operators will carry a tandem in the Uk it seems which means the couplings are invaluable. I’m hoping they do the trick and we’re able to travel without too much grief.

We’re going to do a week long Holland trip in spring and just need to get the train to Hull, that will be the first challenge.

Feels a bit surreal!

tasteful amounts of purple

Whoever was asking me about the Holdsworth Elan Disc, maybe @frankenbike ?

I started building it, and it has loads of clearance. 35's are no problem at all and 32c with mudguards will be very comfortable spacing

see here: https://i.imgur.com/kCj9iJO.gifv

Super neat robo-welds too, great value!

I got a new fork

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It was me, yes. Looks great, thanks! Similar clearance at the back? Any idea about 650b?

Off-hand no, but I will tell you in the future, I will pop a wheel in for you.

I want a gravel bike that will take fat tyres and mudguards with aggressive road geometry.

https://www.evanscycles.com/pinnacle-pyrolite-1-2019-adventure-road-bike-EV306269

This.

72.5 degrees head angle and 50mm rake mean it will actually handle more like a road bike (in comparison, the Arkose is 71.5 and the Dolomite is 72).

My Singular Swift got it's whole own post on the site
read more about why it's such a rad bike, and also a bit about why narrow rims suck.. http://stridsland.com/portfolio/singular-swift/

Lovely 'Dale mate and that new fork looks ace on it. One day I'll get mine back on the road ;)!

Not sure where to post, hopefully someone here has some experience. Looking for some riser bars to replace the flared drops on my 650b Charge Plug, after struggling with hand numbness on the TNR. Has anyone had any experience with On One OG bars? Cheers

Road crankset?

what would you have seen?

I made myself some new bars today.

I like it!

Ace

Is that the first batch? I thought the first lot were Orange and didn't have an EBB. I've got one (bought second hand). I thought the EBB and baby blue came later.

This is mine (well same model): https://bikemagic.com/bikes/mtb-bikes/singular-swift/

EDIT: turns out the Blue was the first proto. Orange came later but I think the gear specific orange ones were in the first batch with the blue ebbs.
http://singularcycles.blogspot.com/2006/

Cool build man!