Current Projects chat and miscellany

Yup and they're fine and good enough for daily use. Cassettes and other parts are not too shabby either.

This looks great, a nice light weekend tourer. Loving the tinkering cave too.

Looks like it's gonna make a nice build, definitely a silver headset though!

This looks fast as fuuuuuuuuuck. How is the ride?

What is that stem by the way?

Thanks. First impressions are positive, still tinkering with it but it’s very responsive. The stem is a Deda super leggero. Merlin have (had?) them on sale for about £80 recently

Thanks pal. I've had a few quite modern disc brakes bikes recently and hankered after a classic looking machine.

The cave is very much a work in progress. Electrics are the next step.

Quite happy with my updated touring setup. Might go for some smaller panniers in the future.

Picture courtesy of @Tijmen.

bomber, like that a lot

Such a forum favourite for me

yep, still the best

Thanks! I realise I've been spamming a little bit lately, with not a lot of changes. Might start my own thread after all, so I can keep the fox contained. 🦊

Fantastic!

The last page had 7 actual fixed gears or single speeds on it. I thought we'd all grown up a bit? Is the forum having a collective mid life crisis?

I just bought a sweet fixeh too, took it down the street and almost fell off it after the first meter trying to coast. Then I realized I cannot skid a 46-16 no more without foot retention. I feel old.

Is that a pelago rack with the lowered struts for pannier mounting?

No sir, although I thought about it.

It's a Velo Orange Campeur front rack. Attaches to the V-brake studs, besides the dropout eyelets. Very convenient.

new bike day!

Scapin columbus genius + full carbon 1" fork
105 group(11speed) + ultegra cranks
Ti seatpost, Ti flite, silver bars and stem, novatec hubs + dt swiss rims and michelin tyres...
Total weight 8.9Kg

im kinda happy

Lovely!

New old bike day!

The original handle bar set up feels very narrow.
Most likely would be replaced by some wide risers/towniebars with a nice sweep back.

Fenders and a set of smoother tires is also on the to do list.

Awesome! I wish I still had my Bear Valley SE, best retro MTB I've ever had.

yeh that is cracking!

Ive got one of these frame with a stuck seat post with my name on it...just got to get that bad boy out!

Rad frames

I’m an idiot and I got some forks stripped and painted for my frame, the frame being 1.5 inch tapered and the forks being 1 1/4 inch tapered. Doh.

I can only seem to find 1.5 to 1 1/8 inch crown race reducers and not 1.5 to 1 1/4 inch. Do they exist? Anyone know where I can get one from?

Change the lower headset cup? Or is it a drop in bearing situation?

Is this right?

https://www.spendow.com/uk/p/lauf-crown-race-1-1-2-headset-to-1-1-4-steerer/2572_7A958D6ABBA3

Just be wary of the bearing angle

It has a Hope headset currently. Hope don't seem to make a lower headset cup for a 1.5inch headtube and a 1 1/4 inch steerer.

@MCamb that is the size I would want but like you say, now I'm not sure if it would work with the Hope headset I have. Weird that hope don't seem to make one. They don't seem to cater for 1 1/4 inch at all.

Edit: I looked at Hope tech info, the bearing angle on the 1.5 inch is 45 degrees so I don't think that would work.