Photo Heavy Love Story to an XO-4

Fucking sweet perfection 👏👏👏

Excellent build, well played.

however, it's screaming for rene herse rat trap passes.

Humptulips Ridge. Black side wall obviously.

Excellent bike and thread. Extra points for the cat transportation and pat butcher luggage 👌👌👌

If only they made them in black! I’ve actually reached out to them about a black pair because there’s a set of one of Jan’s bikes, but they were just a one off I guess. I’ve had the tan walls on this before,though, and they will probably make another appearance.

sub'd - lovely bike!

Really lovely build!

Very lovely build.

Thanks guys. Here’s a little update. Fender day…

mockin up

chamfered

just in time…gonna rain all week…red strut was an experiment…not gonna do it

ran out of time for tweaking…front one needs massaged but clearance is good!

Been looking at your photos on Flickr, much love for this one and the Steamroller! Really inspiring

We went with the Pacenti crown as an ode to the higher model Bridgestones, and also because it one of the best looking crowns in the game imo. I had it powder-coated to match. Really happy with how it turned out…

It looks great and a perfect paint match. Do you recall the paint code / name ? I had a matching Bridgestone track bike and always thought it was the absolute best red out there.

Thx guys. @flatik you have some of the best patina'd bikes I've ever seen. Absolutely love your Marin.
@Tychom the color is from Prismatic Powders and called Ruby Illusion
It's what drew to me this frame originally. Such a good color. Here's a bonus pic from today...hauling in supplies to build a paint booth.

Love this. My fave guise was the sun rims with the tanwalls, mudguards and bag. It looks good no matter what build though.

In contention with my forum favourites this.

So nice.
Any update on that Merckx cx frame?

Small update...been running this bike unchanged for the past year. I noticed right away after installing the new forks that the bike lost a little of it's playfulness. The new wheels and forks made the bike a bit heavier and sluggish. I had had the new forks overbuilt to compensate for front portage, so this was to be expected, but I was still a little bummed out by it. I could deal with the weight of the wheels, but the front end felt dead. So, I got to thinking of a solution. The bullmoose bars, while I love the look, are very stiff and quite heavy. I wanted to lighten the cockpit, but also install a little flex. I had an alu control tech quill with a bit a rise in the bin...but it was black.

Couldn't have that so I got to strippin'


And then a quick polishing...the welds really started to pop...not the best pic

I sourced some Crumbworks/Nitto bars to pail with the new stem.
The "KT" bar. Little bit of rise, some nice sweep. Akin to a motobar. Absolutely love them.


Really transformed the bike all over again. It's got it's playfulness back!

Looks great 👍

Oh my god, how am I just finding this thread now. This pure gold. Such a dream build <3
I love everything about it. New bars and fork look great.
How did you go about polishing the rims?

Also what's your method for stripping and then polishing? I've used oven cleaner before and it's pretty good, but not full showroom shininess, and also flecks of paint/anodising were left in crevices. Thanks

Thanks guys. I use oven cleaner as well. The key that I've found, is to fully submerse them in water periodically throughout the process. This helps stop the de-anondozation process in the areas you don't want it. I think I hit these with a bit of scotch-brite, then polished on the bench. I also used a Hozan brake polishing block on the MSW after.