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if its got slack geometry then its gonna be for a reason. Not designed to be a track or TT bike.

May have just been laziness

The geometry isn't that slack, (well, apart from the rear triangle), look like it's designed for Audax as well as road racing.

remember in the past, bicycle geometry were usually slacker due to the poor quality of the road (look at Tour De France in the early 20th Century for instance), not sure if it still the case 40-odd years ago thought, I'm just making assumption.

May have just been laziness

very true. The term 'slack' when referring to geometry actually came about when a UK frame builder (i'm not going to mention their name) got quite drunk the night before he was due to ship off a batch of frames which he had not completed building. In his drunken state he quickly assembled the frames without paying attention to tube length etc. When his co worked found out he said 'oh blud you are slack' and thats where 'slack' geometry comes from

fact.

fact.

fail.

new mtb frame on its way
sorry if gears and big suspension hurt ur eyes

The geometry isn't that slack, (well, apart from the rear triangle), look like it's designed for Audax as well as road racing.

remember in the past, bicycle geometry were usually slacker due to the poor quality of the road (look at Tour De France in the early 20th Century for instance), not sure if it still the case 40-odd years ago thought, I'm just making assumption.

hmm, think you are confusing slack with tight clearances,

that geometry isn't that slack at all.. pretty standard, just got loads of clearance tis all

in mountain bike terms it tends to be defined by Head Angle. A "slack" geometry is probably a bike with less than 69 degrees....while a "aggressive" geometry tends to be 70->75 degrees.

this is slack...

new mtb frame on its way
sorry if gears and big suspension hurt ur eyes

You better just do this frame justice and spend a shed load of cash on it, as it is a seriously nice bike. haha. Congrats

Herr Wulfenstein (the first pic) has a slack chain too.

seriously nice MTB frame. you going to get it muddy?!

hmm, think you are confusing slack with tight clearances,

that geometry isn't that slack at all.. pretty standard, just got loads of clearance tis all

hence audax frame.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/dmczone/MrSmith?authkey=Gv1sRgCMH76I_DybijSw#slideshow/5339696971798202722

MrSmith, looks like it's up to you to post a full colour drive side photo of your beautiful bike.

That's if you really exist.

lovely bike Mr Smith nice to see it at long last....

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/dmczone/ObjectMobile?authkey=Gv1sRgCK28yeW9sbqGUA#slideshow/5339688771493923442

must be feather light ?
looks good too.. proper bit of kit that.
Well done Mr Plagiarist...Make sure you insure it !

The geometry isn't that slack, (well, apart from the rear triangle), look like it's designed for Audax as well as road racing.

remember in the past, bicycle geometry were usually slacker due to the poor quality of the road (look at Tour De France in the early 20th Century for instance), not sure if it still the case 40-odd years ago thought, I'm just making assumption.

Well whatever the reason, old road bikes are nicer to ride casually because I find them to have far slower handling. I used to be able to ride along, light up a ciggie and throughly chill out on the way to field to meet my mates up with a bottle of cider.

Both Em's and Mr Smith's bikes are lovely...makes a change to see a Pegoretti in such tasteful clothing

MrSmith, that Peg is gorgeous. Seriously impressed. Not entirely sure you're 'allowed' to put Shimano on an Italian frame, but it's probably just what I'd do as well. ;^)

Mr. Smith, I would have liked to have met you on Saturday. Once again you were allusive!

Just got my frames back from a respray at Bob Jackson - I think they look class! Both are late 60s early 70s and were a wreck before. Going to build up the Merlin as a geared bike with Nuovo record, record, gran sport groupset I have and a nice brooks. Thinking about building the Freddie Grubb as a fixed with black deep v's on some gold on one high flange hubs I have but will probably sell it as my bike collection is a lot healthier than my bank balance. Here's some pics:

That Freddie Grubb is a gorgeous colour. Love the head badge too.

very nice joe, what colour was the green? Lime? Did BJ re-attach the headbadge for you?

Mr. Smith, I would have liked to have met you on Saturday. Once again you were allusive!

i was trackside mostly chatting to markyboy and VeeVee and trying to wind corny up.
i think those 'hi my name is' badges would prove useful, a couple of people introduced themselves to me but i seem to forget names but not faces

that merlin looks nice, weren't they built by jackson's or mercian?

Yeah the Grubb is in Lime and the Merlin in Ivory. The Merlin was built by Bob Jackson and they currently have the tea boy routing around for the original work card for me. The grubb headbadge is original to the frame and BJ were happy to re-attatch after the paint job, it's got a bit of a pattina to it and I like the old and new look you get. Plus I'm pretty impressed that the BJ boys seemed to have attatched different Reynold stickers according to the period of the frames. Either that or they didn't have 2 the same style!

whoever did the electrics/painting in your room needs to try a bit harder and not be so lazy.

I know, my dad's cack-handedness is legendary.

Hey Joe1983, what do Bob Jackson charge per frame for respray and adding new decals?
The frames are looking good man. Loving the Freddie Grubb headbadge.

Here are my current projects.
Bianchi

White rims or black? Im undecided, leaning towards black to be honest. White might be a bit much.

Future project:
Bob Jackson

Seat tube needs replacing.