Current Projects chat and miscellany

What did you use to attach the bottle holder on that katana's down tube?

Looks like a clamp-on cage. You can buy them from wiggle.

yep clamp-on cage mount - also available in condor.

the reason i really like the post mounted rack / bag is that i can attach / detach the whole affair - and keep it ready for the next time I plan* to do a long ride

• i don't plan long rides, I decide at the last minute....
  

where did you get the seatpost mounted rack fred? does it come with the bag?

quite a handful of LBS stock them, like Evans for instance, they're usually designed for MTB I think.

cool.. I've got a carradice on the way and I'll see how that works out before I consider going down the seatpost rack route

Fred, I just need to ask . . . Swimming trunks!??

to swim in the sea, dunwhich is on the coast!

to swim in the sea, dunwhich is on the coast!

Not true, I saw fred using them to entertain the feed stop queue with a saucy dance routine.

little more welding.

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I really like that brucy.

brucy = mental.

Love it.

:)

Im definitely intrigued, crazy, but very cool!

My new/old project:

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Finally going to put gears back on my old Carlton and sort it out properly. The decision was prompted by the blue Peracinni bike bought off here and the failure of my cottered cranks. Shame as I have been loving FG riding, but I think its for the best.

Just got to say how sweet the Peracinni was to ride it back from Victoria yesterday - despite being way too big, unadjusted brakes, knackered tires and being pissed on.... loving the mix of campag/dura ace components on a nice frame.

Currently stripping the Carlton for armotex (as close to this as I can get) and contacting H LLOYD CYCLES for the decals. Unfortunately they can't match the original (problem with them being "imichrome"?) so going to get similar type.

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@TS - The Roberts looks good, pretty much as I would have built it (wheel not spok of course). Get the stealth CK on there!. Hows she ride?

Looks like a clamp-on cage. You can buy them from wiggle.

don't buy these http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Elite_VIP_Bottle_Cage_Clamps/5360035638/

they don't work.

They just look like glorified zip-ties.

in contrast, this was my DD setup:

Love this setup fred, one minute a lightweight tourer and a couple of bolts removed later a turbo machine, very nice!
Is that a standard rear rack, where did you get it?

I like the fact you could swap the back bottle out for something with a little extra juice ;)

YouTube - Rocket powered car flying off a ski jump

They just look like glorified zip-ties.

not even as good as that, Zip ties would actually work if you used inner tube underneath them!

Everyone knows it's all about bottles on the forks! ;)

cool.. I've got a carradice on the way and I'll see how that works out before I consider going down the seatpost rack route

I've got a similar rack and I don't like the way it makes the bike feel. a decent saddlebag, which holds the weight closer to your arse, would be my preference.

Just started building a set of wheels yesterday.. Milliard highflange hubs (67mm diameter) 24h to Mavic CXP14 NOS 24h rims.. using "aero" ACI-spokes. crossed 2x.
Got all of it really cheap, the wheels a going to cost me less than 100 pounds to build.

Don't really know what to use them for... perhaps I'll just get some wheelbags and store them for later use ;)

Not true, I saw fred using them to entertain the feed stop queue with a saucy dance routine.

at one point I was so tired I wore them backwards for about an hour :-S

Getting the Gitane 531 paid off today!! (hopefully) then will be using it for a beater for a while until I can restore some stuff. :)

That is sick....