Current Projects chat and miscellany

Almost finished, racks also installed now, some parts are missing and ordering in the next weeks:

First disc brake bike since a while, do I need those stickers?

+1 for shallow rims on that De Rosa, anodised grey I'd say.

Thanks, I found the Twenty site - that was a rabbit hole I disappeared down for a while but some very useful info.

Front end currently looks like this -

and I'm working on reducing the bb to 68mm. I couldn't get the old drive side cup out so I'm hoping by cutting away the bb I'll expose enough to grip and turn it.

Are you rethreading the BB to 24 tpi and are you creating a project thread?

Yes (so long as I don’t screw up with the hacksaw!) and ...I’ll maybe resurrect my old CP thread and see if I remember to keep taking photos.

pelago commuter rack

Brakeless fixed in Colombia sounds crazy. Its pretty hilly isn't it?

Agreed. Oversized tubes & shallow rims look rad together.

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Looks perfect!

Frame size and build sheet?

Just got some silly wheels for the c40

Awesome!

Those frame colors!! And that matching seat clamp!!

I want an orange bike. The frame is currently black. What is best price I might expect to change black to orange? Argos is £160. I could get a powder coat through a friend for £40 but very limited colours none of which is orange.

Whatever you do, don’t get a colour based on availability.

Brought back a couple of project frameset from France.

• Lovely pink Bernard Carré (France's best frame builder)
  
• Colnago Master which had a stuck seatpost
  
• Unknown white/blue frameset made out of Camus tubing (will need to do research as I never heard of it)
  

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Frame built of Camus tubing? Sounds like an existential threat

Camus Tubing history:
CAMUS tubes were developed and marketed by Ateliers de Maison Rouge -AMR-, of Tonnerre to the NE of Paris, by a small team directed by Christophe Liebert.

The tubes were all plain gauge seamed products, and of varying weights..and shapes. They were extremely easy to work and brazed and welded readily . The alloy steels used were less technically complicated more predictable and less demanding than many of those of their their competitors.

The company was the first to introduce sets of aero tubes with round ends that could be used with lugs, - the Force7 and Force8 sets and it was also the first to introduce a full low-profile set with curved seat and top-tubes and aero section for all the other tubes- the CAMUS 789. All tubes were available on a mix and match basis.

The numerals in the names of the sets indicate the gauges of the tubes used.

The series of tubes were very popular with many custom builders, as they facilitated the production of unusual and often avantgarde frames at very reasonable cost.

Camus - French philosopher, author, and journalist.
Philosophically, Camus's views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. He is also considered to be an existentialist, despite his having firmly rejected the term throughout his lifetime.

ABSURD BUILT IS GO!

Hmmm you are not wrong. I had always associated Absurdism with a later development in French drama whose leading light was Eugene Ionesco, whose first play The Bald Soprano has been given at Theatre de la Huchette in Paris for 61 years continuously — the world record for a show that has been played non-stop in the same theatre. Odd what one learns hanging out in this place.

But the Camus tubes don't sound very special.

After about 4 months of accumulating parts I've got started with building the lynskey. First time building a geared bike from parts, everything's going fine so far...
Disc lock rings are in the post, and annoyingly I need the mounting bolts for the trp hy/Rd callipers. Will install crown race tonight and chop steerer, then put the handlebars and shifters on.
Beginner question, I'll need end caps for the outer brake/gear cables where they go into the frame/fork right? Or can they go in uncapped so to speak.

Edit: think I'll desticker the wheels once it's all up and running as well

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Follow up questions...
Anyone know/have a tip to install a flat mount trp hy/rd properly? There's no space to fit a normal length Allen key in. I remember reading someone filed their Alan key down to get it to fit.
Second question, is there too much space between the crank arm and BB? Sram gxp 68mm, no spacers as BB shell is 68mm as well. Haven't installeda sram crank before so not sure if there's supposed to be that gap.
Cheers

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Crank is fine if it’s up to torque. The bearings aren’t under lateral preload.

Can’t help you with a shorty Allen key

However it looks as though you could be missing the bearing shield/cover

The thing on the left

You are right of course. Contacted a local powder-coating company and they have quoted me £48 for a frame, which is a lot less than £160 from Argos. And they have these spanking oranges to choose from.

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Which kind of paint would do Argos?

Looking at their website various levels of enamel. Powder coat versus enamel? Looking around the web powder coating looks the better option: tougher and much more environmentally friendly.