Current Projects chat and miscellany

Yummy Max, looks great! PQR - what max said! although the grips/tape are definitely a priority :) apart from those, looks great, well done!

I'm going to ride it sans tape for the summer, and then get some brooks bar tape to finish it off. Too frikkin cold in the winter

chopped saddle and some grips :)

I was talking to Skully about this and i preferred to leave it as it was. Super comfy and if it ain't broke ...... etc

fair enough, nice bike anyway mate

fair enough, nice bike anyway mate

Cheers Max, now it is finished I have this overwhelming urge to start scouring the 'bay for the next one to do up.

Might change from spds to toe straps and keep an eye out for a shiny post but all done.

@ PQR - Where did the chainset come from?

@ PQR - Where did the chainset come from?
It came from a forumonger back in about March time,AL7 CNC. I don't know much about them but v. happy with it.

recently finished building this 1960 Carlton mixte for my girlfriend, she's well stoked

i was looking at puttin a coaster break on my lil brothers bike but was told the frame wouldnt sand up to the pressure on frame. was this guy just talking shit??

a frame should be able to stand up to it.

yep, unless its a £10 toys r us plastic jobbie, how old is your brother?

just missing a link... a half link!

^PORN, PORN, PORN!

EDIT: lateness fail.

yep, unless its a £10 toys r us plastic jobbie, how old is your brother?

nice one thanks. its a steel race frame so should be ok fingers crossed......
he's old enough just isn't confident enough on a bike to go fixed just yet but i'll get him there eventually.

:)

I'm going to ride it sans tape for the summer, and then get some brooks bar tape to finish it off. Too frikkin cold in the winter
Haha fair enough, did you paint them blue/have them painted blue? personally i think they would look nice polished. . . (everyone knows i have an obssesion with shiny things :D)

really gorgeous and dangerously close to my missus' bike!

cheers ed. has your missus got an old carlton too?

i was looking at puttin a coaster break on my lil brothers bike but was told the frame wouldnt sand up to the pressure on frame. was this guy just talking shit??

i guess, otherwise whats the point of a brake that breaks?

Yeah JapeS Katana is lush! Seen it in the flesh and it's even nicer!

Cheers dude! Congrats by the way- very fine skidding I say.

ps. race you to the black Advanced...

Haha, can you let me know how much they are mate?

Oh, and thanks :)

I can't get over how ridikulouz that Lo-pro is...

Going back to the tasty Bob Jackson; where did/are you getting it from?

sunday - whats to like?

just odyssey pushing another angle on stuff through Sunday, same shit different sticker and colours and vibe and well, it's ridden it's path now i feel.

if they came up with real good shit and continued their role yeah but i's been almost 4 years and well, shit's moving along, rider owned - dream on!!!!! Putitng riders at the head of something don't make it rider owned........

putting sunday bits on an fbm is like getting a lovely italian frame, stripping it and putting garish shit all over it from mtb companies and the like....

it is only my opinion though ;)
You have some interesting views Personally I love what Sunday and Odyssey have been doing for BMX, they're components (Since George French came on board) have been amazingly well thought out.

I've also got an original sunday frame which is was more progressive than most new frames that people are bringing out despite being years old. Shit's strong yo. Way nicer to ride than my old S&M was too.

echoing the 'tilt the handle bar comment' also tilt forward the saddle a touch.

If your bars and saddle are on the same horizontal plane you should get an even nicer ride.

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Nice Johan.
Rourke's unite.
Makes mine look positively comfy.

Nice Johan.
Rourke's unite.
Makes mine look positively comfy.

It is surprisingly comfy! Though need a longer stem!

Frame bought off the forum a month or so back. Still a work in progress but you get the drift.