Current Projects chat and miscellany

Columbus Foco : )
1"1/8

And if I tell you that this bike cost me less than 300 euros

Mad bargain and crazy nice bike

And if I tell you that this bike cost me less than 300 euros

Because you already had the groupset and wheels? :p

That's not how it works monsieur.

no have bought the wheels as broken and changed rear hub.
same for the crankset and changed bearings, rear centaur dérailleur idem
found cheap 21 tubes because no one wants thems anymore.
Santé front dérailleur, seatpost, saddle and chorus briffters found on cheap used bikes...

Love

Fair enough. It's a nice bike for sure! Proportions look good as well.

Noice, what does it weigh?

Thank you for your comments and I do not know yet its weight...
New wheel black spokes revival

Bought a fixie, learnt to skid and didn't die today.

Feels like 2009 all over again.

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why didnt you buy from @youramericanlover he would've done you a good deal!!

Because 58cm and I got this at a very good price.

58cm

oh yeah!

Added a canti mount rack + bigwald and moved the dynamo lighting on my friend's bike. (bike formally of this parish I believe)

thats my old bike!

What are the bars? I like them.

After replacing the bars the lady informed me she no longer wants a bouncy fork. So last night we had a little fork swap.

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It looks good, but I can't help but think of it as a frame material mullet with a steel fork and carbon frame..
I mean no disrespect - it's just funny to see the opposite of a steel frame with carbon fork.

I am trying to update my current projects thread, but for some reason it is closed (https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/333233/#comment14712265). Not sure if I did that myself, but can anyone help me get it unlocked?

Are they destickered Surlys?

It looks good, but I can't help but think of it as a frame material mullet with a steel fork and carbon frame..
I mean no disrespect - it's just funny to see the opposite of a steel frame with carbon fork

It’s all good. It’s a “living” bike, stuff gets replaced as stuff gets worn. And the steel fork is lighter then the Recon it replaced and the Judy that was on there before that.
If ya wanna talk mullets the Kestrel SCI I used to race was a carbon frame with threaded aluminum fork, the 90s were weird.

Are they destickered Surlys?

Yup, heat gun and tyre lever removal.

Got round to building this up at the weekend after my CAAD12 got stolen a week ago. Checked the weather and saw it was going to be good weather for a while so decided to get on with it.

Ridley Helium Small
Sram Red groupset with Praxis chainset (52/36 x 11-26)
FFWD F4R clinchers with Schwalbe One Evo 25c tyres
Zipp SL 110mm -17º stem
ITM Millennium bars
USE Sumo seatpost
Fabric Scoop and Fabric bartape
Nokon cables
King Ti cages
7.4kg as pictured

I go to visit my in-laws in Japan every summer and travelling with a bike each time is stressful and can be expensive. So the plan for this is to take it out there this year and leave it there so I have something to hit the mountains with each year.

I've been dialling in the setup this week and I'm pretty happy with it. First time using Nokon cables and they are really worth the extra money so far compared to other cables I've used like Jagwire.

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Well that's awesome.

Great idea leaving a bike in Japan. Riding was great, but bike bags were a proper faff at times though. I would definitely do this if my partner's mum's apartment was bigger than a shoe box!