Current Projects chat and miscellany

Your right, I looked closer! However, now looking at the brother steel fork.

I’ve seen photos with 35c fitted right at the end, so I’m hoping to get a 33 in there.

Not actually married to those components at all, in fact looking at this now: https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Magura-MT5-2-Finger-For-Left-or-Right-Single-Brake_101276.htm

Only problem is by the time I’ve got a fork, wheel, tyres, components. I think I’m looking at about 500... at thick point maybe it’s just worth looking at a genesis day one or similar... thoughts?

Get a steamroller fork instead, keep your wheel, keep the geo more similar to original, get the clearance

That superb. Love the look of those bars, are they 30s as well?

Cheers. The bars/stem aren’t period correct, iirc they’re from a 50s Raleigh Lenton.
Bars, stem, saddle and chainset are placeholders just to get the bike rolling. They came from my previous historic rat build (50’s Dawes for the 2012 eroica)

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I've just got a 30mm tyre into my Dolan PC. It has the winter road fork. I think a 32 would go in the back easy.

Not sure I understand the urgency for a disc brake on a fixed bike. They don't really go fast enough to need them unless your running track gearing.

Personally speaking, improved Wet weather performance, especially with heavier stuff on the rack, reduced road buzz to rider/cargo (afforded by bigger tyres) bumping up/ down curbs. I like riding fixed in traffic/slow speeds because it feels way more controlled, but don’t always want to rely on my legs for a quick stop.

You could just stick a 650b wheel in and pull harder on the lever.

It sounds like a Clydesdale fork is would make the Dolan what you’re after. Or a fixed Brompton/Orbea Katu maybe?

How would any of those meet the spec?

A 650b wheel would let you run a 40mm tyre. Pulling the lever harder gets over moisture on your rim. Everyone is happy and you didn’t have to buy new forks ;-)

The Clydesdale fork would give you a disc and make your Dolan less unsuitable for front loads.

The Brompton or Orbea would be better than a track bike for front loads in town.

Yes, Day One/Croix de Fer forks would work. Have a look at Light Blue forks too.

500 is on the upper end, IF you know what you're doing you should be able to do it for sub 200.

Ha, of course it does, and I guess you won the "who wore it better" prize. :D

Finally bled the brakes, switched tires and took it for a test ride yesterday. Tires sucked I’ll keep em for the summer, wiped out on some tram tracks and ended up leaving it in a bar for the night....
Gonna switch the tires today and try again

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This is so frikkin rad! Love it.

I’d ditch the funky tyres, shopping list stickers and chain keeper.

Yep 100% agree, gotta bite the bullet and buy a thick/thin chainring. Put some conti’s on and rides so much better

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Weird, that never happens with mine.

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Cross post from my cp thread

Can anyone point me to the reason why the right mini-v arm has a different angle than the left one when the brake pads touch the rim?

Spacers on both sides are identical and the wheel is centered, too

Many thanks

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Possibly the height and angle of pads in the brake arms? Looks a bit like right one is higher than left but could just be photo. But tbh as long as long as you adjust it once set up don't see it will make any difference apart from slightly different wear on each pad.. It could just be the tektro arms are not manufactured to super high tolerance to be symmetrical as well tbh

Spacers on both sides are identical and the wheel is centered

If it's centred between the dropouts, it might not be centred between the brake posts. The position tolerance when they were welded on probably wasn't super tight, and it doesn't take much to throw the angle off to a noticeable extent.

Many thanks, very helpful as always

Does that mean i can still run this frameset (fork) with mini-vs only or is that too way off so that I should switch to cantis instead?

(Option 1 preferred ^_^)

i can still run this frameset (fork) with mini-vs

Yes, it's fine. Mini-Vs are designed to accommodate axial runout in the rim (which as far as the brake is concerned is what asymmetric stud locaction is) without its feeding back into the cable. That's just one of the many advantages over cantilevers.

kind, but i don't think so.. better get back to my own game (trying to find obscure parts at remote locations of the planet) :D

Thank you, sir

This was so much fun on today’s Essex lanes.

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Think I'm getting closer on this bar bag. Idea is to make it easily accessible while riding, fast to attach/remove and NON-waterproof so it can be washed and dried after carrying food on long rides. I first tried using heavy weight canvas to get it to hold its shape, then tried sewing a couple of rare earth magnets into the hem for soft closure, and finally put a fidlock magnetic snap on it with some closed cell foam for structure.

Also made a load (~40) of these saddle bags while out of work during summer, sold and donated the proceeds because #2020. Very basic but easy to color match the zipper which some like.

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Perfect !