Current Projects chat and miscellany

Awesome, glad it turned out well, you crazy axle!

I think I read the older 70s Ofmega stuff had slightly different taper, but the later 80s and onwards stuff like this Mistral is standard ISO fit.

Nice nice build!

Decided to take the plunge and buy a polished Litespeed Classic (in lieu of a Look KG292 in the right size). Chorus/Record 10 speed, Proton wheels and Nitto finishing kit.
Temp pedals and saddle (probably).

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Very nice

sweet
how does it ride?

Dunno, only finished it last night, it's pissing down and strong winds forecast for the next few days up here.

Great, that gives you time to source and fit a cinelli grammo ahead stem. And make beter pics ffs.
All jokes aside, very jealous, stunning bike!

Kids new favorite bike to ride on.

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Understandable:)

Can chain wrap issues cause slipping? This is a 10-46t Garbaruk 11 speed, xt mech and 42t front. Brand new chain but I get slipping in cogs 2-5ish. Tried undoing the b screw but then it rubs when in the 10/11 cogs. Cassette looks fine and not worn out

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Could do with a few more links on that chain imo.

Cassette looks fine and not worn out

In my experience that's not something your eye can be the judge of.
But what Josh said, chain do with an extra link or two.

It'll encourage the guide jockey wheel to scoot a bit further under the cassette, meaning more engagement. :)

Hmm it was a bit of a bargain off here. Maybe there was a reason for it...

This was the whole chain! I didn't remove any links. Anyone got a couple spare links for a KMC X11?

A build thread for this would be lovely to follow!

Brand new chain but I get slipping in cogs 2-5ish

Not a bent hanger?

Pretty happy with how this functional build for my gf has turned out. The Dia Compe fenders were a headache, so replaced the struts with PDW ones which instantly made them way more solid and easier to fine tune

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I might well do. Let me take a look shortly!

Edit: no dice, sorry!