Current Projects chat and miscellany

woah. holy moly. i haven't got a project on the go, but i suggest if you have, finish it with these motherfuckers:

odyssey grips/aaron ross.
rad as fuck.

These have been on my Brooklyn BMX for nearly a year, they're well old...keep up :)

@ Nick lovely Katana, but why not paint the forks too?
And did you screw your cog on!!??

Thanks Donut, I left the forks because i like em like that. The Cog & hub is made by leVel... it's not a diy job, its quick release. Got a few cogs depending on what I'm doing which are easy to swap over sans chainwhip

Love the Katanas....for me personally i'd have gone with a black rear h+ and black saddle...but otherwise...really nice build.

Love the Katanas....for me personally i'd have gone with a black rear h+ and black saddle...but otherwise...really nice build.

+1

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A custom project I have just finished!

Does anyone have any hints where I could get forks similar to a Brooklyn gangsta track, or the forks from this Yama (the ones currently IN the frame)? I've been looking for rectangular forks for a while but with little joy; only ones I've found are the Goth-Langster forks, and they don't appear on their own too frequently.

Non-carbon, preferably. I'm riding a charge anyway so weight is hardly an issue but long term survival is.

Brooklyn forks are longer than standard track forks so will slacken your geometry if you fit them to a non brooklyn frame.

Fitted a 20mm longer and 5 deg lower thomson stem to the Brooklyn now and it's feeling far better for my back...also been playing around with the bars...this is my potential Dunwich Dynamo set up...used to run a similar set up on my Pace when i commuted on it...i'm gonna be greatful of the alternative hand positions if i do the Dunwich again this year.

It's a mechanical reindeer!

A comfy looking mechanical reindeer none the less.

I was that this morning and wondered if you'd been taking narcotics again.
Hadn't occured to me that you may be doing the DD this year.

The grip section is really narrow by the way, thus confirming my assertion that you have girl-handz

These have been on my Brooklyn BMX for nearly a year, they're well old...keep up :)
But the white ones are a newly released colour, so actually newe(ish) news.

Fitted a 20mm longer and 5 deg lower thomson stem to the Brooklyn now and it's feeling far better for my back...also been playing around with the bars...this is my potential Dunwich Dynamo set up...used to run a similar set up on my Pace when i commuted on it...i'm gonna be greatful of the alternative hand positions if i do the Dunwich again this year.

Had the exact same set-up on my utility/winter bike. I bought some fizik bar gel, and applied to the central 'bar-ends' and flats. I then taped the whole thing with standard bar tape for a cleaner look (standard pair of rolls fitted well).
It gets seriously stormy where I live, and I found those central bars give good position in nasty head winds.

Hopefully my new midge bars will be as good. I'm starting to miss my old bars seeing those pics ;)

The grip section is really narrow by the way, thus confirming my assertion that you have girl-handz

That's cos i almost never have my thumbs under the bar...i rest them on the top...my fingers go on the grip section, my thumbs rest over the centre extensions...so the narrower the overall bar length, the better.
But yes...i do have girly hands...just a lot rougher. :)

Had the exact same set-up on my utility/winter bike. I bought some fizik bar gel, and applied to the central 'bar-ends' and flats. I then taped the whole thing with standard bar tape for a cleaner look (standard pair of rolls fitted well).
It gets seriously stormy where I live, and I found those central bars give good position in nasty head winds.

Hopefully my new midge bars will be as good. I'm starting to miss my old bars seeing those pics ;)

Yeah i'm gonna get some soyos on the central bar ends.
Midge bars are amazing off road, but really wide to use on the roads.

...i do have girly hands...just a lot rougher.
Attention: This is a tactical quote.

Who knows when I might need to come back for this one.

hang on weren't you're the one who said it's perfectly comfortable riding with hand literally next to the stem?? ;)

Yeah i'm gonna get some soyos on the central bar ends.
Midge bars are amazing off road, but really wide to use on the roads.

They're on a cyclo-cross frame, built up for a bit of both.

I think I've managed to set them up to give a nice on-the-hoods position for road cruising and in-the-bends for control off-road/ winter riding.

I'll find out if I ever manage to finish putting the bike together. I figured putting a MTB groupset on a cyclocross frame would have its problems. I just did'nt forsee them all.

Problems left (I hope):-
I) Frame came with threaded cable stops on the down tube but no barrel adjusters. Adjusters now on order.
II) Front mech is of the chunky top swing type, so no clearance for mudguards. Conventional front mech on order.

Bloody geared bikes ;)

It's all about common sense my dear, different types of rides require different things.

120 miles is more than doable on the narrow bar setup but it's not as nice. The above setup would be a pain in the ass in London but perfect for long rides.

It's all about common sense my dear, different types of rides require different things.

120 miles is more than doable on the narrow bar setup but it's not as nice. The above setup would be a pain in the ass in London but perfect for long rides.

I'm not based in London so get a pinch of salt ready before reading but....

If you want to reduce your profile to a nasty rain/snow filled headwind. Pulling your arms together and leaning into those central extensions does a good job, while still allowing for good veiw of traffic.

hang on weren't you're the one who said it's perfectly comfortable riding with hand literally next to the stem?? ;)

Yes..it is perfectly comfortable...it's where i ride most of the time. Where's your point?
Have you ridden 120 miles fixed?..it's not the same as riding around the city for a couple of hours.

120 miles is more than doable on the narrow bar setup but it's not as nice.

Exactly.
I did the Dunwich before on my 38m Nitto drops with no hoods...but over 120 miles a few positions to choose between is far nicer.

I'm not based in London so get a pinch of salt ready before reading but....

If you want to reduce your profile to a nasty rain/snow filled headwind. Pulling your arms together and leaning into those central extensions does a good job, while still allowing for good veiw of traffic.
I think you're missing the point smallfurry. Edscoble is bitching because in another thread somewhere Scott said that he loved using his tinynarrow bars for London, yet here he is showing a totally different setup to that.

I personally agree with you. I have five bikes, all set up differently and used for different things. I also vary the setups depending on what I'm intending on riding.

Scoble seems to be implying that you're allowed one setup and that's it.

...but over 120 miles a few positions to choose between is far nicer.
Word.

Finished for the summer. Thanks to Zielman for the frame. Rides like a dream!

Looks good! Great to learn you like the ride. Enjoy