Current Projects chat and miscellany

Oh, no, it's salt from head sweat. And tonight I've been drinking beers at a Jazz festival (yeah I know.. what the fuck?!?!) with murtle and co. No coke, no weed, no pills, no nuffink.. sad times. Got to curtail since I'm all ready for a property arse fucking now.. I iz all growin' upz.. that's why this place can suck a hard one unless I'm bored/drunk.

Bye!

Ta-raa! Tally ho! Etc.

I did read them, went really on with the all thing, links an all, til the minute I realize that oxalic bath (acid), is in fact the same as WOOD BLEACH, which is among one of the most pollutant and dangerous to handle DIY substances, on the market. Considering this would be done by one of us at home: "oxalic acid is very environmentally hazardous. please dispose of it properly. do internet research and figure out where you would take it after you do this, do not just leave it curbside.".. therefore, could have it´s goods but damn right has is cons, for a more homie solution: "I use mostly vinegar for a few reasons:
-it does the exact same thing as oxalic acid, just takes a bit longer
-5% diluted vinegar is less toxic to work with (right?)
-It's cheap in small quantities (obviously you would have to buy a whole lot to fill a kiddie pool, and
that would be expensive.)".
And still, even if u do succeed in removing the rust, whats the point on having a chipped frame that within months (unless re-clearcoated), will present the same symptoms?
I have my thing as well with the finish that PCing gives to a frame, but I don´t have anything against re-painting one, bringing it back to life.

yes. use vinegar (or electricity, if you know what you're doing -- research first and take all precautions -- dont mess around) if you do not have the facilities to dispose of oxalic acid to neutralize the rust. I personally have simply poured the used acid back into the empty container until I want to bother with decanting or disposing.

you can get clear nail polish and touch up the scratches to prevent exterior rust. framesaver will prevent internal rust.

Ed, if I was a girl, I'd stab any other girl that even looked at you. You're 531 for sure. ;)

Leonie (Trip)'s track frame have arrived, it was designed for teenager for the track, but turn out to be a more than perfect fit for Leonie's petite 5'4 body. (48.5cm frame (TT is 54cm)), it's also a 531 double butted frame instead of the normal 531 awesomeness

my peugeot in tubular configuration

Looks nice with the drops! As said before, it's a (nice) conspiration of eclectic parts and it feels right at the end... Nice one!

Loic

Hippy - if the washing machine is broken you can use the dishwasher...

Fat tyred, massive forked, gusseted to fuck, throw it off a cliff, 24 bicycles Le Toy 3 has been started. Pics will follow...

that peugeot is sexy, what saddle is on it?

Okay..

The tandem longjohn is coming along... amazingly we actually dumpstered a complete frame of a vintage Longjohn, looks like it's from the 40's or 50's... while looking for parts for our tandem Longjohn :)

On another note, I just BIN'ed this frame on ebay half an hour ago..

Looks fun eh?

Recieved my 29er frame today, along with the belt drive kit. Hmmm, things coming together nicely. The gearing will be 55.8" instead of my original plan of 51.8", which might be a touch high on my local trails. Guess I'll just have to HTFU :)

Picked up some more bits, with some birthday money :)

Looking to take the edge off the fully rigid ride with a pair of WTB Weirwolf 2,55 tyres. To compliment the extra high volume tyres, I've got some wide velocity blunt (white) 29er rims in the post.
I'm going to lace the relativly lightweight (well for the thickness at least) rims 32,3x to some Hope Pro II hubs with lightweight DT revolution spokes.

Looking to achieve 'fatarse but light' to create a pair of grippy offroad climbers.

mmmmmmm...... can not wait for this.......

Cinelli Mash is finally completed. Pretty pleased with how it turned out.

the saddle is ready to take off!

Cinelli Mash is finally completed. Pretty pleased with how it turned out.http://static.londonfgss.com/memberpics1689-albums704-picture4288.jpg

Still waiting...............................................................

mmmmmmm...... can not wait for this.......

Reminton, nice!

Where from?

nice!

just building my own track frame and heres how it looks so far i havent used a jig but ive managed to get it straight so it should work the forks are cinellis out of another bike so there not permanent but the main structures finished

sweet. Do you fancy doing some sort of write up about it? I'd love to know how you did it without the jig. My Brother built one many years ago but made a jig (out of wood but it worked and didn't catch fire).

What? nobody thinks the RiGi is cool? :) damn' thought it was going to be a really flashy frame for a riser-bar equipped fluro-pink hiphop bike... :)

Love that homebuild trackframe flyingate.. whats the geometry.. ?

Finished building the low-pro today, will get a photo up tomorrow evening, ran out of daylight :)

sweet. Do you fancy doing some sort of write up about it? I'd love to know how you did it without the jig. My Brother built one many years ago but made a jig (out of wood but it worked and didn't catch fire).
THeres a fantastic set of videos on youtube with a guy who builds a frame without a jig, step by step process very interesting, have a search, if you cant find it hit me up with a PM and il have a dig around

I've actualy seen my Bob Jackson in the flesh now (see my original post here http://www.londonfgss.com/thread6261-248.html#post797992)

I had to get the forks strightened, which Barron cycles did for me. The Mavic stickers are off and it looks a lot better.

The rims (see the original pics) are Mavic Open 4 CD's which will be staying. I have a pair of Shimano 105 aero pedals coming with some original toe clips - I got those from the (great) tour de ville in Hackney.

On closer inspection the frame and forks have quite a bit of damage to the paintwork and the chrome. Its a tricky balance between restoration and keeping the character but I' ve decided to get it re-sprayed at Bob Jackson, because I want it to be protected and to last, but their brief will be too reproduce the current colourway and transfers as closely as they can manage, as I have warmed to the colour now and think it is fairly unusual looking.

Anyway you can see some shots here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jamesparker262/BobJackson?feat=directlink

I've actualy seen my Bob Jackson in the flesh now (see my original post here http://www.londonfgss.com/thread6261-248.html#post797992)

I had to get the forks strightened, which Barron cycles did for me. The Mavic stickers are off and it looks a lot better.

The rims (see the original pics) are Mavic Open 4 CD's which will be staying. I have a pair of Shimano 105 aero pedals coming with some original toe clips - I got those from the (great) tour de ville in Hackney.

On closer inspection the frame and forks have quite a bit of damage to the paintwork and the chrome. Its a tricky balance between restoration and keeping the character but I' ve decided to get it re-sprayed at Bob Jackson, because I want it to be protected and to last, but their brief will be too reproduce the current colourway and transfers as closely as they can manage, as I have warmed to the colour now and think it is fairly unusual looking.

Anyway you can see some shots here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jamesparker262/BobJackson?feat=directlink

I think the condition looks really good, I'd keep it as it is personally.

Looks much nicer without those Mavic stickers!