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That bar wrap is Teh sex.

how did you find stitching it up?

We don't ALL have mountains in our back garden ;)

They are motivation to get the SS 29R built ;)

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That bar wrap is Teh sex.

how did you find stitching it up?

Cheers. Takes ages, but is'nt really tricky.

Darkened and water-proofed with neats foot oil, which is something made out of boiled cows feet (I think) that they put on horse riding saddles. Recommended by the guy at VeloOrange, stinks! (funnily enough)

Cranks are 165, pedals are mks gr-9 platforms that maybe could be shorter, and clips are plastic Zefal ones in M. The overlap is 2-3 cm, so I'm just gonna try out some shorter pedals and more compact alloy clips.
In the menatime I need to find me that fork, someone is selling them on Ebay nicely priced, but wont ship to Europe. Mosquito-bikes.co.uk seems to have them but I find them quite pricely. Anyone know any other sellers?

2-3cm is nothing.. It's better learning to live with it than sacrificing the geometry of the bike. You have to go round REALLY sharp bends for overlap to be a problem.

1st wheel build:

profile: open pro cd
same on rear:

tmw i'm taking some daytime photos, to show it off better- the hubs aer more likle the bottom photo than the top.
the gran compe tyres are very low profile, so will allow me to fit a brake, and then I'm getting a bullhorn with george sportif's green/purple fade tape.

I'd hoped this would have come for the tweed ride, the build today was hilarious, nothing was standard sized at all.
1930's entirely Chater Lea bike (my hack/ chore bike):

again daytime photos will be taken...

looking good henry.

nice on Henry, that wheel looks superb !
Should have ridden that geekhouse for the tweed ride, its got all those tweedy vinyl all over.

so, thats were my profiles went then??
;)

Should have ridden that geekhouse for the tweed ride, its got all those tweedy vinyl all over.

errr he did...

Should have ridden that geekhouse for the tweed ride, its got all those tweedy vinyl all over.

i did!
i couldn't count how many times i was asked if i'd d=done it for the ride.

damn you ved.

@gus, yes- reccommended
ha!

the tyres are super skiddy.

I might aswell post it here.
Starting a rebuild of my old frame.
From this (frame, saddle, and drop, rest is curently on my other bike) :

To this:

Shamal 650c is allready here.
Getting the backwheel on sunday.
And hopefully I´ll get the rest of the parts on friday, but probably not with my luck.
I´ll make sure I´ll post here when it´s done.

Most definitely a step-up from from an already great looking bike (IMO).

Beater project undergoing some cosmetic change (removing the drivetrain, clearing up some mess etc.)

it should be a beater/town bike with a front rack, I'm keeping the 27" wheel but adding a singlespeed kit with lots of spacer.

next on list: mudguard, 2nd hand brook B17 (no way I'm paying £50 for a new saddle to put on a beater), flat stem, singlespeed spacer, possibly new tyres, and front rack.

nice bars

nice bars

biggist irony is that it cost more than the bike did.

a track fork, yes but there are straight fork that have a road geometry, even thought they're straight they sit further forward, like the charge one below;

Then they're not really straight are they? The rake just happens at a different place.

aha ! nice one !

i wasnt there u see.

i did!
i couldn't count how many times i was asked if i'd d=done it for the ride.

damn you ved.

@gus, yes- reccommended
ha!

the tyres are super skiddy.

this picture illustrate it better, imaging the red line is your typical road fork, they're usually in line with the head set, but bend forward near the end.

The straighter forks will help with bar-spinning. Roman was concerned about toe overlap, in which case; you're talking a load of shit.

I wasn't talking about the bar spinnablitiy of the fork at all mate, I was saying that the Fixie Inc. fork (or any road fork) isn't as tight as track fork like the one Roman have on his bike.

Then they're not really straight are they? The rake just happens at a different place.

straight in the sense that the fork's not bend near the end, not on the rake.

Too much toe overlap. Will try to fix with straight fork, !

I wasn't talking about the bar spinnablitiy of the fork at all mate, I was saying that the Fixie Inc. fork (or any road fork) isn't as tight as track fork like the one Roman have on his bike.

straight in the sense that the fork's not bend near the end, not on the rake.

It does not matter, in terms of toe overlap, where the rake happens.
Obviously the determining factor is the distance between bb shell and front hub.
The less rake on the forks (ie. the straighter they are) the shorter the distance, ergo: the bigger the problem.

I didn't understood what rake is, I thought it was the steerer, whoop.

http://davesbikeblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/trail-fork-rake-and-little-bit-of.html

Getting itchy for the track again. Got this back rejuvenated and intend to try 45:18.

50/14 - I LOVE IT x

Try it with lime ,salt and NO honey!