Current Projects chat and miscellany

fucking lo-pro with my back!?

I have had to wheel out the Masi Prestige before she is completed. split rear wheel spacer and no headset press has left me bikeless. The plan is strip down the frame, get it resprayed light silver and pick out the lugs with blood orange/yellow, stick on the decals (bottom) and a campag groupset to give me 10 whole gears.

I picked up the frame as is for cheap. but the colour has grown on me! oh the saddle is back to a black brooks Friday.

You could build your own headset press.

http://www.instructables.com/id/ETFWTQSTS6EP286CO5/

I just took the Storck out for it's maiden voyage...50x17 singlespeed.
Going from a bike like my brooklyn to a bike like the storck is bloody hard...i'm so used to being able to plow through potholes,up curbs etc...gonna take me a while to learn to be delicate again...:)

Also...this is the first road bike i've ever had to mount by swinging my leg over the bars....reason being...i just sliced my shin open swinging it over the carbon saddle and catching my leg on it...:)

ooohhh... get it on some post office scales!
I would love to ride that bike up a hill.

bit of an update new front wheel and seat post

http://www.londonfgss.com/members1730-albums40-picture989.jpg

looks nice, although I'm not keen on the way the flight saddle look generally. Did you get the colnago for 10 pence too?

Where on earth did you get that bike for 240 quid?? They are campy pista cranks and ring too!

no, the colnago was a bit more then 10p!
yeah im not sure about the saddle

Get back to work Scott or you'll end up so poor that you have to sell it to me :]

Knocked down price of course.

LOL 've repped for that! Now I have a name for my bike.....Thumper! ;)

Took it out for a quick burn tonight. Twitchy front end, but in a nice way if you know what I mean. Bloody light (compared to the other one anyway) and very nippy. Still not to sure about the stem though. Might have to raise it up a bit!!

Here is my latest build with BMX flavor.

what frame is this?????

crack'n'fail (cannondale)

can of ale

crash and bale

crack'n'fail (cannondale)

don't think so........different drop-outs?

Look at the piss poor welds!?

Look at the piss poor welds!?

Hey, don't mock, thats the first frame I ever made, I'd never done any welding before :-)

its an nyc bikes frame - cheap and cheerful

My current project, or first build. It's a Raleigh Royale, picked up for about 8£, I live in Norway so parts are hard to scavenge. If you guys have any tips in how to build this as cheaply as possible, shout out
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/48/img0001rm6.jpg

Hi johnp3004
I also live in Norway (Ålesund), and have also had difficulty getting parts (+tools) for my build. I am not really doing a budget build as such (although it started that way) so I'm not sure how useful this will be to you, but here is were I bought my parts from.

www.probikekit.com
Cheap with free delivery to Norway

http://www.branfordbike.com/
http://www.velo-orange.com/
http://www.universalcycles.com/
Based in the US but with resonable delivery charges

http://www.hubjub.co.uk/
http://www.freshtripe.co.uk/Freshtripe/Home.html
Based in the UK

I also bought a far bit off Ebay. The main problems for me were frame and wheels. It looks like you already have a suitable frame (nice BTW) and if your rims are in OK shape you could just get the back wheel rebuilt with a suitable hub (there are other ways of fixing the back wheel but they are a bit beyond me).

Good luck!

PS I'm hopping to be finished in time for the 2009 nibberittet (havent decided on my gear ratio yet though).

PS I'm hopping to be finished in time for the 2009 nibberittet (havent decided on my gear ratio yet though).

that looks awesome, been meaning to visit Norway for ages. Good luck!

also congratulations on an excellent taste in cartoons.

Off to England tonight to pick up my Bob Jackson Vigorelli!
I had it delivered to friends to save on postage, customs etc (I live in Norway).

20" Flamboyant green with silver lug lines and red down-tube decal, ordered a few months ago. I feel like a little kid waiting for his parents to get up on xmas morning!

just built this a few days ago, some peoples saw it at fiddy's drinks, oi loik it.

This one is better

what is the frame?