Current Projects chat and miscellany

If you use a three piece bracket with long holes on the outer bits instead, it would be easily adjustable in width.

Theres a bridge with a downward facing bolt, or rack mounts. What do you have in mind for the prior?

Also just remembered i never got that 130mm 3t from my parents place. Do you still need it?

I can 3d print something like this if you send me measurments

Just that it would be easier to have the light centered by using a T shaped bracket on the bridge to mount it like the velo orange one

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I made myself one like this, super easy

Oh this would be perfect. Will pm!

I found this in my shed.

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I have a question for the hive mind. Can I install an 11 speed Shimano cassette on an Ultegra 10 speed hub? Thanks.

I believe you need to get the cassette machined down to fit. I know this place does it but there may be others.

https://www.bomberbikeworks.co.uk/engineering-services/

Only the HG800 11-34, I believe.

It's good

Awesome, better get some air in those tyres and roll out.

I've been stripping and cleaning the Ron Cooper track that @pharoahsanders kindly sold me last year. I washed the frame, used paint restorer judiciously, then went for a layer of polish and three layers of carnauba. The paint looked good before. Now it shines that little bit more in the sun, and the brittle transfers look to have benefited from the treatment. Here are some before and after photos.

Next to rebuild it with some more appropriate bars and stem.

Most framebuilders file back the seat tube rather than the down tube, where the two meet at the BB shell. The theory is that the down tube takes the most stress between the pedals and front end, so they take material from the seat tube instead. Ron has filed the down tube on this one, just like the two other Coopers I've looked at the insides of.

Ron was an acknowledged master craftsman and learned his trade alongside plenty of excellent Gillott framebuilders. I wonder if he always treated his BBs like this and, if so, why.

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Looks amazing! Goes well with mine by another great English framebuilder.

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Can't help my self when a good deal for a Rockhopper comes around.

After a clean up it seems in decent condition, love how easy the 2.35" tires fit.

I like how you installed a different saddle but kept the saddle angle the same

Looks amazing. Nice to see it’s in good hands. Keep up the good work

Did one of those eBay lowball bids the seller will surely reject and have ended up with this clown bike of vague provenance. French made, no idea on tubing, not mega light but seems nicely put together and in good nick. British BB bodes well and room for 28s.

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Cool!

Yeah, I'm pretty happy with it! Someone has made a mess of the seatclamp but a straightforward fix I think. Threw these wheels on to get a look at it and obvs looks cool like this, but the plan is silver Chorus 10s, shallow black ano rims and tanwalls. Maybe scope to get creative/flirt with anti with bar tape and saddle colour and the like.

Sweet frame and I like the colours as well. Perhaps some of the French forumers can tell more about the provenance.

Probably built by Jean-Francois Kaufmann in his workshop near Troyes in France.
Kaufmann was thought to have built frames for several Peugeot Pro riders. Afaik, he built under the label JKF rather than JFK as that acronym was already taken :)

Hey so I'm building up a nice classic wheelset for use with rim brakes. Having looked for silver open pros, they don't seem to exist any more. What's another option for nice, silver, rim brake, low profile rims? Thanks in advance

@tuiloui H plus son tb14 or Pacenti brevet are lovely box rims.
I got some wheels built in the polished DCR 23x23 if you want a more rounded profile and the machined brake track works great.