Current Projects chat and miscellany

I just noticed in the top pic I’d put my Renthal lock-ons from my MTB on. They’d look ok if I taped over the logos on the end caps, they’re pretty plain otherwise. Still think I could do better though.

Ergon - no sympathy.

Brompton grips, yes you read that right, tenner a pop and they look and feel right, thank me later, a tinnie of Red Stripe (or two!) please!

Yes! thank you they look great. Think that’s the winner. Also saw Brooks Cambium
grips appear on the same google page, they’re more extravagant than I had in mind but well nice.

If you want comfort and subtle looks I really rate ESI.

They’re nice too, might feel nicer than foam. Chosen by world champs and Olympians too. Says so.

New project incoming! Columbus MAX frame with nice selection of high end late 90's bits and pieces.

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Brooks Cambium look nice but really aren’t all that comfortable unfortunately.

Wuuuuuut!!! Insane!

What are those disc brakes?

Brakes are Formula with some sort of cable actuater. Sounds like a great idea, but no idea if it actually works.

Cork grips

Obviously this is not EC44/40 but rather 44/30. Damn it, wolftooth doesn't have these :/

Anyone has experience with the Pro ones? I'll just get the bottom one and keep the wolftooth in the upper.

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How you gonna pull that brake lever?

Cant you just fit a Hope Headset Tapered Reducer HS136 to the fork steerer first?

I purchased this on 21st Feb from a far flung corner of the world. The world was a very different place then. It was partially shipped across a continent, then some pesky virus hit and it was trapped. It was finally shipped to me on 28th May, and after a long and anxious wait in which I envisaged all manner of horrors, it finally arrived today. LONGEST WAIT EVER.

I'd have been in the Winchester waiting for this all to blow over,....if only the Winchester was open.

It was worth the wait, and the 5 month delay has at least given me time to acquire most of the parts to go on it. It's going to be a classic old school 753 racer, shiny Campagnolo, 7 speed down tube shifters and shiny pedals with clips and leather straps, with the only concessions being double pivot front brake, aero brake cables as I hate the big loopy old ones, and I managed to find some NOS Croce D'Aune hubs which I'm getting built up with some new wide Pacenti Brevet clincher rims for that plush tubular wheel feel without the tubular hassle.

Bit of a rarity being a chromed Reynolds 753 Merckx, and in a rare colour scheme that I'd not seen before but fell in love with immediately. Frame dates from 1988 I think, and seems in remarkable condition for its age, and has clearly not been used much.



I've ordered and am just waiting for a saddle, headset, bottom bracket and all cables and housing, and then its ready to be built up along with my Columbus Max Nikor which has also been waiting patiently to be completed. I've never ridden a 753 frame before, but am struck by how light it is, the frame fork and headset are noticeably lighter than just the Nikor frame excluding fork. Exciting times.

Yeah that’s nice. Someone posted a nice pink version of this somewhere on here too a while back

Don’t, it’s a legal requirement here to be installed not to be used.

But thats from 1.5" to 1 1/8? I would need one from 40mm to 30mm. But I dont really like adapters. Thank you, though!

Damn, that merckx is something else. Must have cost a small fortune. Very rare, extremely good nick, this goin be good

But thats from 1.5" to 1 1/8? I would need one from 40mm to 30mm

Same thing. 1⅛" headset bearings are 30mm ID, 1½" headset bearings are 40mm ID

You can also use a ZS44/30 lower to fit a 1⅛" fork in a 44mm ID head tube, it alters the geometry a bit compared with EC44, but if your frame was always supposed to have a straight steerer, the geometry may already be set up for a ZS lower.

It is i guess! Website says ZS44 EC44. That's what i got now. A ZS44/28.6 in the top and ordered a ZS44/30 lower. It's not gold as the top from wolftooth but i couldn't find a fitting lower at wolftooth.

Frame is 44mm and Fork has a race of 30mm. So ZS44/28.6 and ZS44/30 should be perfect.
http://www.velocicycle.com/disko80s

I am using one to solve the same problem. It will work fine with an EC44 lower cup and 1 1/2" crown race on a straight 1 1/8" steerer. Think you are getting confused by the metric to imperial conversion and the dimension of the crown race shoulder at the bottom of the 1 1/8" fork (which is 30mm dia).

The alternative is to use a ZS44 cup, but think it depends on what the frame was designed for.
I looked at this initially, but it means the fork is effectively 15mm shorter as the ZS bearing sits inside the 44mm headtube as opposed to the external cup of the Ec44 and I didnt want to lose that length/negative handling effect.

BTW the HS136 is a VERY tight fit on the fork 30mm crown race shoulder. The trick is to put it in boiling water first to expand it. It will then contract onto the fork steerer to be a very snug fit.

Sorry missed the last two comments whilst was replying

It isnt clear whether that frame geometry is designed for an EC or ZS lower cup. Geometry drawing suggests ZS lower, but all google images show it with an EC lower. Think I would want to clarify that with Veloci Cycle, and fit whichever lower cup they recommend.