Current Projects chat and miscellany

Normally I dont really like adapters. In this case it might be an idea. Does ist look bad? Tried to find a picture from one installed but couldn't find one.

This is the Fuji frame btw

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1-1/4” is a bit of a pain in the ass tbh. If you have the option to avoid it, go for 1-1/8” and be done with.

Picked this up from my local sale room today, bought it on the strength of a crappy photo, turned out well as it doesn’t have a scratch on it and I rode it home as-is with pressure in the tyres and correctly adjusted brakes.

Going to put an appropriate saddle on it and backswept bars with flat bar levers.

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Okay, thank you for that input. I think so too. At this point I'm really thinking about getting a brother kepler frame and build iti from here. There's just no nice frames around my place at the moment.

Landed what looks from some iffy photos like an old Raleigh M-Trax Ti (the one with the Pace forks that loads of people put on the wrong way round - including this fella) from a chap nearby having a garage clearout. Picking up today/tomorrow. I remember people having these back in the 90s, but not whether they are any good. Anyone on here have any ideas of pitfalls/what to do with it/etc?

(apart from turning the forks the right way)

Are these bonded frames? (like Alans, old crabons, etc?) Is it likely to fall apart and will I die?

Damnit. The Brother Kepler in Special seems not available anywhere :(

We’re getting there... re-cabled, bit of a clean up, new grips, new tyres, new pads. Just chainset to go.
Has anyone got 5x chainring bolts short enough for single ring, knocking about and willing to donate??

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Nice, i love it! But be careful with this UV light :o

I snapped and bought a frameset:

http://www.velocicycle.com/disko80s

Nice!

Gave it a good check over and fitted a Laser saddle from my stash then rode it 20 miles on road and off. Had an absolute ball.

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Yup!

General light offroad fun and commuter machine in progress. Not sure which way to go, monstercross or using the kyote bar...

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I had a similar build a while ago which was designed around drops (salsa fargo - resprayed by prev owner) and ran it with both - I always found it a load more fun with wider bars for touring and commuting if thats anything to go by. Then again it doesn't take long at all to switch between if its just single-speed!

I would run it with flat bar and then if I found myself wanting more hand positions or feeling the need to duck wind for long stretches I would put drops on it.

I love my 1997 rockhopper. loads of clearance!!

Thanking @fax_yourself for putting his sanity on pause to fit this rx800 and 11-40t to my caad while i stood there and said stuff like "looks fine" and "sure it will be ok". The range it has provided, truly unstoppable now

Also been going generally basket mad, if only someone had told me sooner carrying stuff on your bike is better than carrying on yourself

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Hmmm... what to do with this. It is a Raleigh MTrax, as expected above. Seems in good nick, a few scuffs to the decals. Has some/most original bits (lx group except shifters/brake levers - but I have XT thumbies that I think will work). Supposedly original Ti bars also in pic, but no stem. Pace forks seem to work (no idea how to service these). But I have some RC31 forks that might go well on this too.

Probably have an old Flite saddle. Definitely needs new rubber. Surprised to find rack mounts, as I didn’t think these had them.

That’s cool as fuck. About as desirable as bikes came when I was a boy.

If it was me I’d go for O.G. rebuild, maybe with some period upgrades.

Finished the Saracen today. Nice piece of British steel.

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Like that a lot. Looks like fun.

Think you're right. Periodish upgrades are probably the only way to go then, as I don't think I'll find a matching stem any time soon and I have some 90s XT/XTR in the garage too.

Awesome frameset. Love that fork especially.

Thanks. Cornering is great with these original forks. I recently finished a similar one (https://www.lfgss.com/comments/15230853/) and went for modern forks but it's not half the fun of this one.

Nice! Original fork? Edit: new page fail, just saw the comment above