Current Projects chat and miscellany

No gloves unfortunately. It's not a bad ride for me. Work commuter and laps around town bike. I should get a car.

I should get a car

That's an extreme step. You should at least lower and level your saddle first.

I will

hello, here is my French track bike Bernard Carré being finished

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Very far from NOS – just properly cleaned

Impressive nonetheless!

Hm, almost finished with my Surly Big Dummy build, nothing that special, but here we have 52 in the back, 36 in the front with an 12 speed cassette and chain and a 2.3 tyre – should I go down to 2.15 width tyre? Or leave it and just change it when it explodes?

52 in the back, 36 in the front

If it does snag, it's going to be when you're going pretty slowly. I'd ride it and see what happens, which in all probability is nothing bad.

I thought about the same, in that case I would go slowly, and not that often. Thanks for confirmation, I'll let it be like that for now and see what happens #famouslastwords

lowered and leveled

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Looks loads better! Are those drops genuinely comfortable to ride?

I'm mostly on the drops and that's been fine on my wrists, palms, but not so comfortable on the forward angled tops. It would be better with a full bar wrap, obviously, as I'm not racing track at all. The handlebar is 25.4 37cm. I have a Thomson Legacy Elite same length I wanted to use for this but I misplaced the steerer wedge. I have some leftovers from previous bikes, a 26.0 130mm stem, anatomic handlebar, classic bend handlebar (with metal fuji bar ends that won't come off), iono. I'm always swapping with what I have.

*I bought a much smaller bike recently in Colombia, but I left it with family. It'd be nice to have that bar, stem, pedals, seatpost and saddle on this bike.
**wheelset too

Have you tried a set of compact drops? Might give you a better hand position on the tops.

I love compact drops

Anyone after a Concor Sprint saddle before it hits the classified?

It is a Selle San Marco Concor Sprint model, apparently not many around. It is the one with the steep rear lip to to hold your butt when you're pushing the big watts!

Apparently banned by the UCI and seen as giving the rider “an unfair mechanical advantage”...

EDIT: I am after £80 (due to the poor EUR/GBP exchange rate)

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I've just been catching up with this thread.

As it doesn't actually need a quill wedge, would a section of plain gauge stainless tube be strong enough to not overly endanger my teeth?

Use a section of MTB handlebar with a shim to fit the ahead set.

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PM'd

This looks stupid fun.

Just a proof of concept. Something I'd read about on a Twenty site.

Bought this frame the other day fully built and have transferred all my parts onto it, just needs a less ratty saddle

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finally got around to fitting the 140mm front disc adapter - it does look a bit rubbish dangling down like a disc brake version of a prolapsed anus, not that the trp hy/rd calipers ever looked very pretty in the first place.
think I'll order a 160mm rotor and parts-bin the front rotor for when the back one wares out.

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Another tour on the Straggler this month, in the Auvergne region of France.

New lowrider rack fitted ahead of my Bulgaria>Greece trip at the start of Sept.

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Awesome frame! Personally, I’d go for shallow rims to contradt the frame.

Looking good as always!

I thought I packed light, but you got everything you need in those City panniers and frame bag?

Have fun!

LOL Don’t know where to look at, description fits!