Current Projects chat and miscellany

Shifters could move up a bit.

The Ritchey looks so good.

What are these bars please?

Finished off my terribly named Big Dog on the same day the other terribly named Big Dog got finished off. Wahey.

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But blacked out the decals of the terrible name? Looks good

Looks good!
What's that silver front hub?

@si_mon628 taken off/never put on by the previous owner, thank god.

@kjlem cheers - it's a Hope Pro 4.

On another note, both tyres went up with a track pump and no sealant. Absolutely dreamy compared to every other experience I've had with tubeless tyres.

Nice bars!

Does it comes from you? (Soma HWYOne)

Bought this for almost nothing, tyres and groupset parts bin.
Had to buy a 1 1/8 straight through ahead adaptor as it's a 1 1/4 threaded headset, and couldn't find a decent stem.
Super fun ride, feels like a cx bike. Wish the paint fade was different colour, it's so dark you can barely see it.

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That’s mint!

Wish the paint fade was different colour

You could do this to it:

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In my quest to replace my 2x10 fsa crankset that came loose every 50km, I have bought a Sram Rival 46-33 crankset, only to find out it's 2x12. This means the chain rubs on the big ring when it's in the small ring.

Before I try to sell them on, what other options do I have to make them work? I figured a washer between the small ring and the spider would move it outwards, but the bolts do not let me do that, they're too short. Go 1x might be an option too. I need to ride!

Rebuilt the BRH with DA 7800 and managed to fit 32mm Marathon Supremes. Rides lovely with the plush tyres and aggressive geo with its short (97cm) wheelbase.

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What a great build. 32mm marathons sounds great for touring or commuting.
Btw I saw Emile from BRH on the tellie last week, in a recap from last year's floods. His shop got some serious flooding to cope with. Hope he's ok and it's all restored.

Bought this Mercian a couple months ago to get ready for my partners birthday. Advertised as barely used, and the chain, wheels etc were immaculate. The cranks had cracked on both the DS and NDS, possibly from over torquing or use on JIS bottom bracket. Left ergo wasn't working. So replace ergos and cranks as well as contact points and some cosmetic elements.

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Had Paradise cycles do the work so it would be a surprise to my partner and because they are excellent. Here's how it turned out. Might put on a lightweight rear rack and VO stainless guards.

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Guards would look great on this. More Rando!

Great looking bike

Cheers! Sad to hear about the flood damage but good to hear he keeps on going :) In fact I use the bike neither for touring nor commuting, it’s more of a fast road+ bike which is capable enough to provide comfort over rough road surfaces and sandy tracks in the Brandenburg Hinterland.

This is mostly done now, from Kualis cycles in Wakayama.

I noticed the saddle wasn't quite set up right after taking a pic and I ran out of ferrules too. Got the ferrules now though so should be sorted in the morning though and I hope to get a good ride in.

This replaces my Ritchey Road Logic (grey model). That was a fun bike but at the same time I wasn't a huge fan of the geometry.

This fixes the geometry plus gains a lot of tyre clearance. Easily 30mm with these Chorus calipers and potentially 32 with some others (e.g. EE brakes, not that I'm really looking to splash out on a set).

All better for the back-roads/mountain passes around here I enjoy riding yet which are often a bit of a mess, also as a 'travel' road bike I rinko around the country on roads I won't know.

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Here's the Ritchey on it's way out

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