650b conversions, some new bikes, all nonsense

They are done. As mentioned above, don't think there's any difference. Used Brompton brake cables as straddle cables as they seem to be thinner than others. They aren't, but this is all about the feel. This bike is going to be my winter commuter, I've already got my Pancho. It's 90% spare parts which is nice, I just want to sort the dynamo setup.

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<3

After making those last bits, things escalated.

Managed to pick this up off eBay for a song, then spent as much getting it back to London. Borrowed a VFD from another project to get it running. Can't express how excited I am to get it stripped down and working more better.

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Some fantastic tinkering

Sooooo.. after 10 months, the lathe is still broken. It's in more pieces when it started, but it does now have an electronic lead screw, so that's nice. The building my tools are in started leaking quite badly, so efforts have been made to fix; I tarped it. Is this a long term solution? Knowing the lathe is still broken I'm guessing so.

Either way, this came across my path the other day, and I've always thought it was cool- so I nabbed it. The front wheel is trashed, all the spokes are loose, but it came with some new mudguards so I thought I would fix it up and ride it this winter. See what I think.

I've already got a good Brompton bag, so I'm going to go for a ender style carrier block, see how that goes.

Also it came with HS33's which I think is nuts. If anyone is interested in them let me know.

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a dream! dibs if ever passed on

I really like this frame, how is this build going now?

This is so fucking cool.

I think you should get the cleaning brushes and tcut out though, and give it a proper seeing to.

Make that red ✨

Whatever happened to the 650B conversion?

Would love to see some more on the 650b frame!
Also, did you have any further versions of the rack? Looks super nice on the Brother

Ill keep you in mind, I honestly dont need it but Ive always wanted one so we will see how long it sticks around. After my first commute, I kinda really like it.

So I ended up ditching the On-one jones and putting drops back on, and a lovely Velo Orange rack and it serves and a winter commuter. Admitidly I dont ride it much, but I do like it. Its main super power is its one of my few bikes thats in good working condition and can have a pannier- My laptop for works weights a tonne, so any respite is welcome.

I will do. When I got it, it was covered in about a years worth of dust from living in the back of a workshop, so it took a while to get all that off, and scotch-bright any rust off (mostly on the exposed metal thankfully). I had this slighly mad idea of repainting it the similar blue from the Moulton videos from the 70's, we will see.

Currenlty its a single speed pub bike, I bent the rear triangle so it doesnt do gears anymore, which is a pity. Its fun to rip around on though, and its janky enough that no-one has attempted to knick it yet. V2 is on the cards (I have tube, just lacking time).

So that rack worked so well, considering I made it like 3 days before leaivng for the dolomites. I had to twat it with a hammer a bit to get tyre clearance, and it didnt fair well on its repatrication back home, so at the momenet its closer to a less functional mudguard than a rack. I had an idea about a low slung panner rack on the rear that holds the bags closer to the centre of the wheel, rather than ballancing all the stuff on top, but I havnt had the time to prototype anything. Ill try to sketch what I mean later.

Any current pics of the pearson? It looked like it was/was going to be a nice bike

^ this please