Current Projects chat and miscellany

New geared project. Swiss cilo frame. Will hopefully be built up with a full shimano 600 AX groupset(weird 80's aero kit) columbus cromor tubing and wicked 2 colour fade/jackson pollock paintjob. Just about to finish my girlfriends cilo which is purple and white with standard 600 groupset.
Matching obscure swiss bikes ftw

giant picture from ebay ad fail.
just have to wait for it to arrive now... oh the suspense.

not so much a new bike but a reincarnation of my original conversion for commuting to save having to mess about taking bits off and on my track bike every weekend.

muddguards to be added when i find some.

total spend on this bike = £0

all from my various spares boxes, had forgotten how comfortable it is the the brooks.

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that is a freak of nature Ed.
i like it.

especially the bartape TT protector.

New geared project. Swiss cilo frame. Will hopefully be built up with a full shimano 600 AX groupset(weird 80's aero kit) columbus cromor tubing and wicked 2 colour fade/jackson pollock paintjob. Just about to finish my girlfriends cilo which is purple and white with standard 600 groupset.
Matching obscure swiss bikes ftw

giant picture from ebay ad fail.
just have to wait for it to arrive now... oh the suspense.
Arabesque ftw :) its the old ultegra, man it looks good, my mate has a full gruppo on his dawes, looks great!

heres mine just finished, single speed for now but will be fixed soon.

Single speed with only a front brake,
nice ¬.¬

Arabesque ftw :) its the old ultegra, man it looks good, my mate has a full gruppo on his dawes, looks great!

For real, arabesque looks tight on a 70's build. Would love to have a full gruppo tucked away ready for when the right frame comes up. Deep orange metallic, gum walls and arab set. Damn that'd look good.
However, for a stylin' 80's speed machine you need 600AX, early attempt at aerodynamic parts, right down to the rubber headset condom. The water bottle and cage is pretty bum as well.

http://velobase.com/ViewSingleGroup.aspx?GroupID=fa0cc1cf-9607-45db-a147-e9ac286da0ee

good a set of these bad boys winging their way over from poland as we speak.

Single speed with only a front brake,
nice ¬.¬

thought it would be abit of a waste of money buying another brake and leaver as im going fixed soon...

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new saddle - rolls to regal and new chainring.....not sure on the chainring, old one was silver, comments please???

Looks ok, i think silver would probably look better though...

got some conti tubs i might put on, put some more black into it....

I agree on the conti tubs, i've stripped the black off a few chainrings, generally they come up well. Also dayno, didn't get back to you about that caliper, would just be after the £10 i paid. Give me a PM if you still want, i'm about all weekend.

heres mine just finished, single speed for now but will be fixed soon.

ooh. i quite like that.

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new saddle - rolls to regal and new chainring.....not sure on the chainring, old one was silver, comments please???

sometimes i wonder if it's all down to the photos, and not the bike that make them most comment worthy. you have a lovely BJ there. you need to try and do it some justice i think.

Had a friend jeweler/welder braze in some track ends for my stripped rat frame yesterday.

Number 12 for the 12th frame that he has put his (custom made) track drop outs into. They supah light and tight!

That looks wikid are you/have you just clear coated the frame? It looks dope, if you havn't, you should!

Good work eddie!

Clear coat ftw

For real, arabesque looks tight on a 70's build. Would love to have a full gruppo tucked away ready for when the right frame comes up. Deep orange metallic, gum walls and arab set. Damn that'd look good.
However, for a stylin' 80's speed machine you need 600AX, early attempt at aerodynamic parts, right down to the rubber headset condom. The water bottle and cage is pretty bum as well.

http://velobase.com/ViewSingleGroup.aspx?GroupID=fa0cc1cf-9607-45db-a147-e9ac286da0ee

good a set of these bad boys winging their way over from poland as we speak.

Oh you will have so much fun with those, i have a set you could have had for just the postage.....

a "custom made" rat bike...........is/sounds totally wrong.
a "rat bike" is that way because it has had the life riden out of it, you can't custom make one.

Best speak to Ed about rat bikes....

For real, arabesque looks tight on a 70's build. Would love to have a full gruppo tucked away ready for when the right frame comes up. Deep orange metallic, gum walls and arab set. Damn that'd look good.
However, for a stylin' 80's speed machine you need 600AX, early attempt at aerodynamic parts, right down to the rubber headset condom. The water bottle and cage is pretty bum as well.

http://velobase.com/ViewSingleGroup.aspx?GroupID=fa0cc1cf-9607-45db-a147-e9ac286da0ee

good a set of these bad boys winging their way over from poland as we speak.

let me guess, that poland vintage bike ebay shop!? i've seen alot of period shimano parts on there, i remember what 600AX is now, its quite nice from what i've seen, not to sure about those calipers though ;)

hang on a sec, did you buy some geared 600AX hub-ed wheels a little while back of the 'bay?

Button well and truly pushed for the geared road bike....

Empty wallet and angry wife to follow :(

^ More pics!

Finished my hideous carbon Planet-X yesterday. Now flying out to Tenerife with it. Of course pictures of it are far more important than riding it, so I'll have some soon.

Button well and truly pushed for the geared road bike....

Empty wallet and angry wife to follow :(

At least she'll be content that you ordered it in Red. That should shave a few seconds of your times.