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Finished this on sunday. JRJ Path frame with Chater Lea, Airlite, Bayliss Wiley, Renolds & GB Ye Olde English bits. Wolber & jalco (stripped) rims, Belleri bars, Salmon muddies.

Wish Dave Crowe hadn't bothered putting the headtube crest on like I asked him not to, as it doesn't fit between the massive lugs.

Still, I love it.

All courtesy of Furious Tiles for the frame, Dave Crowe (colourtech) for great work (transfer notwithstanding), and to Dale, The Bonk, Keith Wileman in Emsworth (a CTC forum guy) & Madgett's in Diss for essential bits, and Keith at TdV for some help.

No Dale, it's not a fucking dawes.

Madgett's in Diss??!! I live just outside Diss, or rather my folks do. I'll be returning with my Carlton this weekend, will be out and about the Norfolk lanes.

skullhead, I love it, properly nice!

@lunchmeat- no that street is always empty.

Very nice Mr Skully. After our conversation and having seen your Mercian I knew it would be a beaut.

Cheers spins and eyebrows. I had fun building this, whereas the Mercian seemed to take forever and was less therapy, more 'the rapy' (of my wallet and patience).

tobyprice Madgett's get thanks for having a certain thing that no one else had, namely some old stock pasela tyres which are much narrower than the 'same' tyre's current size. The back wheel clearance on that JRJ is a bitch, couldn't quite believe it when I put the wheel in last saturday and the penny dropped that it was really tight. Completely different from the front fork.

That chub rear wheel will probably ride like a disc wheel but for a fraction of the cost of one. Planex X were clearing some of those 101mm rims for £98 before Xmas when I had no money :(

New Members, read this and put your name down in the thread if your interested, link below..
http://www.londonfgss.com/thread15291-11.html

Things we do well on this forum, organise and go on a regular basis to Drinks, wherever they may be, and Ride.
So in the spirit of these two elements, comes the all new,
New Members Compass Beer Rides.

It has been noted that meeting up with a big group of forumengers that you don't know in a pub can be slightly intimidating. So to make it less so, this idea has been put forward to combine drinks and rides.

Think of it as a Forum Fresher's week, without the hazing, so that the previous months new members get a chance to meet up with, and ride with fellow forumengers. Talk bikes, find out where drinks are, and get a good ride in at the same time
You can come out to the beers closest to you, or trek out to a beers on the otherside of town, safe in the knowledge that you'll be with people who a) know where they are going, and that b) someone will be heading back in your general direction so you can ride home in the company of another forumenger.

So For One Week, every couple of months, there will be rides from Trafalgar Sq, to the Beers,

**Monday - Souths @ The Coach and Horses
Tuesday - Norths @ The Flask or
Tuesday - South Easts @ The Kings Arms or
Tuesday - Trixie Dix @ **White's Row Car Park Roof. White's Row, Off Commercial Street
** Wednesday - Easts @ The Royal Inn on the Park
Thursday - Wests @ The Crabtree or The Ship (season dependent)
Sunday - Polo @ Downham Rd Polo Courts.**

A couple of regulars from each beers will be at Trafalgar Sq from approx 6.30 for a prompt 7pm departure, (1pm for a 1.30pm departure on Sunday) And will take any new member who so wishes for a ride which will arrive at beers/polo.

The Next Compass Beer Rides will be
May 11-17** 2009**.

Wow - whats the rear rim made of?

Carbon

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m35/blackdice23/BJ_RAINBOW.jpg

After having the Chubs and Planet X rims lying around for almost 7 months I finally got my act together and got the hubs laced to the rims.

Nice Bubblan... that rear rim is nutz. Pure Liqourice!
keep an eye out for the LoProRide™...
coming soon

@Bubblan: You're going to carve open a wormhole on that fucker
@shootsthebreeze: Nicest lo-pro i've seen in a while
@skully: Awesome build
@Provenrad: Want that frame!

brilliant bikes chaps

keep an eye out for the LoProRide™...

awesome.
i am so fucking in.

Got the GF's bike ready for powdercoating tomorrow. last few days been spent polishing up rims, bars and stem having removed all the nobbly bits from the frame. Picked up some alu forks today (thanks Jos) and polished them up to a chrome finish. Saddle arrived this morning, bit greyer than looked in ebay pics but its a proper ladies saddle which I think is more important. At the moment I'm thinking RAL 5024..

Started my first project today. Picked up a nice Olmo today thats just had a few amputations prior to a powder coating. Should be a nice surprise for the GF's birthday:

Gutted I forgot to take a before pic fully assembled, ah well.. got one from the ad
Got a couple of questions:
Is it possible to use any kind of filler for the brake cable holes if its going to be powder coated.
If not would it be an idea to screw the bottle holder screws into their holes, then file them smooth?
Cheers J

First build is now finished, just got to keep it quiet for two weeks :(

nice build.... she should be happy!

skully, looks nice. but what did i help with the build?

liking the powdercoated bars/lever

I thought I might show something thats been going on in my shed.

its a very old 1930/40's frame (Malvern Star) so its pretty long, even with 27"ers it looks a very relaxed geometry.

I'm currently trying to find some fairly relaxed bars that still have a nice shape. I just offered these ones up to see how far the saddle to stem distance felt.

The frame is in a half stripped/rubbed state at the moment, possibly for an old style paint job, or just rubbed down nicely and sealed. Who knows, I've been taking my time.

I particularly like its white walls, heaven knows where to find any more though.

James

@Broker... cheers
@BigFoot...
V.Nice...
Lucky gal.
Just done 1 for my missus an all.
Nothing quite as spectacular.
Good job she's not on here.... she'd be breaking ma balls

I've got this guy coming in the post:


I'm a-gonna kill me some puppies

^ something to get yer teeth into

I was going to make a teeth joke but I missed the boat.. :(

:i

secondary joke.. make sure you get a TT protector..

@j4mmd, malvern star - yes! even though it's long, the lines are good, nice work on the gumwalls and the pump just sittin there is classic, a really nice pump would make that bike once it's done....

@ dayno, cheers!
I'll stick an update in, in the future.

any thoughts? should it be just a clearcoat finish over decals after its been rubbed/polished up.

on the other hand does anyone have any recommendations on where to get it painted?
perhaps someone with some skill in details.

like so:

Finished this on sunday. JRJ Path frame with Chater Lea, Airlite, Bayliss Wiley, Renolds & GB Ye Olde English bits. Wolber & jalco (stripped) rims, Belleri bars, Salmon muddies.

Wish Dave Crowe hadn't bothered putting the headtube crest on like I asked him not to, as it doesn't fit between the massive lugs.

Still, I love it.

All courtesy of Furious Tiles for the frame, Dave Crowe (colourtech) for great work (transfer notwithstanding), and to Dale, The Bonk, Keith Wileman in Emsworth (a CTC forum guy) & Madgett's in Diss for essential bits, and Keith at TdV for some help.

No Dale, it's not a fucking dawes.

Finally got those pictures then ;)
Bike looks so good in the flesh!
Cheers for the brooks mate, ill pop some pictures up tomorrow.
Good to see you as always.
Might catch you down the track tomorrow if i can get some work done tonight...