Jan Willem's outdated road bikes

That metallic blue is really nice.

^thanks!

The titanium stem arrived yesterday, aesthetically speaking a longer version would be better but that's unfortunately no option. I however might remove the spacer and probably have the stem sandblasted so it matches the seat post so that would improve things.

I also changed the tires (yes they just fit), disc brakes and cassette

Where did you get the post and seat clamp from?

I bought it second hand but according to the previous owner it's made by Pytitans (chinese). Clamp i don't know unfortunately, came with an De Rosa Alluminio I bought long ago

Finally an update regarding the Time. I mentioned repainting the frame three years ago, and it happened last summer. I took the frame to a car painter with the instruction to touch up the small damages and lugs. You'd think not much could go wrong, but it did. After much haggling, I left it as it was and hung the frame back on the wall. This winter however I reconsidered rebuilding the bike for the upcoming season. I bought another original fork (more on that later) and found a carbon seatpost and carbon 3T handlebars with some scratches in the parts bin. Some sanding and clear paint later it looked OK. And the painter had lost the attachment for the front derailleur, so I had to fix that again. Originally, it's secured with screws, but I've now resolved it using rivets.

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Also replaced the cables and bought new barrel adjusters. Wrapped a new bar tape and took some pictures this afternoon while the weather was good

Looks great!

Beautiful bike bike! Big time fun to ride, for sure.

Stunning build, looks fast! Assuming this has a full carbon steerer, what's the top cap and compression method?

As far as I know it's the original time compression plug that came with the fork, can check it when I'm back home

Pulled the trigger on a set 303 S. They came in with the wrong end caps for the rear wheel and an xdr body which I'm going to swap to an Shimano hg one. After two flats in one ride I'm also going to give tubeless a new change, but maybe I'll get back to that very soon

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Noice

Not quite my size, and now that the Time is back in action, the Braun has become redundant, so it will make way. In the meantime I've repainted the rear fork, replaced the handlebar tape with a black variant and cleaned it up a bit. Not sure if it gets replaced or make funds for a new road bike somewhere in the future

Saw this on Marktplaats, ridiculously good deal. Luckily it's not my size so I don't have to purchase it!

All bikes in this thread are top notch. Very very good work.

Ha, Herman Braun; Spike-city! ;)
( .. Excellent built ánd photography here)

It's been a while, let's say that having two small children doesn't help with finishing unfinished bike projects. But finally found some time to complete the Gazelle. Not many updates other than that the Braun has been sold and the 29er has been replaced. Now the important part, pictures:

Great thread! Beautiful bikes and photography

Absolutely gorgeous bike!

Until I saw the pics of you, I thought you were Jan Willem Van Schip. Nice bikes btw

He lives in a village nearby so you were close, probably you'd seen a lot more odd shaped stems and handlebars in here

^ thanks all

Some updates from a while ago, the stem and seat clamp of the Mitte were sandblasted to match the seat post and it research showed a tailfin bag fits nice inside the frame so that one was purchased too.

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Then I stumbled upon this Joven steel frame (or maybe I'd seen it for sale more than a year ago and had a notification set once i missed it..), in my mind this frameset could replace the alu Mitte V2 frame. But in the end the tire clearance is way to tight for gravel use.

Despite this I'm very happy with the frame because the geometry seems perfect for me, a long headtube and a very short top tube. At 3,1 kg for frame and fork it's not particularly light, it's frame is made of Columbus tubes but not sure which type. I'm told the frame builder is Jan Dejonckheere of Frame Works, Gistel, Belgium. Plans are to build it as a road plus bike or whatever category 30 mm road tubes on carbon wheels and a wireless group set fits in

It's a lovely frameset, but it also looks quite a bit oversized for such small clearances! Maybe it was built around tight spaces with 700c and a bit more room for 650b's?

Thanks! You could very well be right with the 650b suggestion, or it could be a cyclocross frame? I'm thinking of replacing the forks to a more road oriented version. It's also made for just wireless groupsets what seems a bit strange

Yes, somethin à la Midnight Special!

It's also made for just wireless groupsets what seems a bit strange

That's the full-on second hand custom frame owner's experience!