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^^That looks like a pretty insane riding angle no?

^^That looks like a pretty insane riding angle no?

actually it's surprisingly not, had the same setup on my Bianchi and after being slighty comfortable with previous setup (normal stem 90mm being about 10mm high), getting that stem on my bike end up being the most comfortable ride position ever.

it's varies from person to person really.

He's changed it back to risers now, and possibly a different stem, that bike is even sexier in the flesh, i'm more of a function over form guy personally, but I still appreciate aesthetics, and that beauty is like a piece of metal artwork

fixed.

Shadow fail

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actually it's surprisingly not, had the same setup on my Bianchi and after being slighty comfortable with previous setup (normal stem 90mm being about 10mm high), getting that stem on my bike end up being the most comfortable ride position ever.

it's varies from person to person really.

Fair enough. How much pressure on your hands though? I mean I'm running flats with an angled (positive) stem with a normal seat stem/angle and I get a decent amount of pressure on my hands when not pedalling.

are those mavic rims?

good idea

Fair enough. How much pressure on your hands though? I mean I'm running flats with an angled (positive) stem with a normal seat stem/angle and I get a decent amount of pressure on my hands when not pedalling.

I find I get less pressure when riding in the drops that I do when riding flat bars. The body doesn't feel like it needs to be held up.

Saying that, those drops look too low for me and the saddle is pointing down which is asking for trouble (unless the drop part of the bar never gets used...)

I find I get less pressure when riding in the drops that I do when riding flat bars. The body doesn't feel like it needs to be held up.

Saying that, those drops look too low for me and the saddle is pointing down which is asking for trouble (unless the drop part of the bar never gets used...)

+1

Riding the tops, I slouch forward adding weight to my hands.

Riding the drops, I shift my bum back on the saddle and weight the pedals more, removing weight from the hands.

Might just have a crap position on the flats though (+ trackish seat tube angle).

This is what became of my old Vivalo, brought a little tear to my eye and a nice warm feeling to know that Chris(crabtree off here) has done a stirling job!
Well done my friend, well done

Gx

When did Crabtree set that one up? I haven't seen it about.

This is what became of my old Vivalo, brought a little tear to my eye and a nice warm feeling to know that Chris(crabtree off here) has done a stirling job!
Well done my friend, well done

Gx

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Where did you get the elk hide bar tape? I can only find the honey colour.

You can easily make some from leather bought cheaply. Or I can make you some, not as cheaply.

Illustration purposes only, not readers wives.

if I were to buy some leather, how would I create the perforations for stitching?

leather punch

Awl.

thanks

Beautiful. But then I would think that. Obviously a bit of air in those tyres wouldn't go amiss. And at $2000 it ain't cheap.

Word, that bike is well lush! Haven't uttered that in a few years. Loosely going to be modelling my project on this with plenty of shiny bits!

Word, that bike is well lush! Haven't uttered that in a few years. Loosely going to be modelling my project on this with plenty of shiny bits!

-1 crank dust caps missing

leather punch

In Finnish that tool is called "nahkapaska". "Nahka" means leather and "paska" is shit. Of the etymology of the word I've no idea.

I know the mudguard should go, but I'm loving this Concept Pista:

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Where did you get the elk hide bar tape? I can only find the honey colour.

http://www.velo-orange.com/elsebarco.html

Flimsy ankle fail

You can easily make some from leather bought cheaply. Or I can make you some, not as cheaply.

Illustration purposes only, not readers wives.

So where is this image from? They are the nicest looking leather grips I have seen yet. I really like the large stitches rather than the little messy ones I'm used to seeing.

I imagine it would be relatively easy to make your own leather grips, but it would take a few practice runs before you were happy with them. Plus I'm not sure where I'd get the leather from or whether it'd be the right stuff.

*Edit: How much do you do them for Jol?