Current Projects chat and miscellany

those wooden bars will kill you, any wooden bars need to be formed, not turned

nice bike though

Cheers guys . . . yeah, welded the drop-outs myself. The bars weren't turned (don't think that shape can be turned?), hopefully I don't kill myself. Pick me up if you see me lying around London with one half of a handle bar in my hand yeah?

That handlebar is going to snap. On the curve you've cut through the grain - forming allows the grain to flow along the whole length.

But the truth is in the testing. A bar, any bar should take your whole weight on one end of it.

Cheers guys . . . yeah, welded the drop-outs myself. The bars weren't turned (don't think that shape can be turned?), hopefully I don't kill myself. Pick me up if you see me lying around London with one half of a handle bar in my hand yeah?

No probs. I'll tax your frame first, though ;)

yeah . . when they go thats where it will be, have been holding them at the bend in caution. Will only crack them out on special occasions - a weekend bar if you will ha

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Carlton Corsair rescued from skip (Can;t put it back,skips gone!)

I got few old bits lying around I'll build it up

Question Is it 531>
Why dont my 27" wheels fit in the dropouts, Should I file them?

Sorry bout size

My old Peugeot - almost finished. Need attention to the little details . . .

Before

After

Welded in some horizontal drop-outs

Made some wooden bars - will prolly snap - look cool for now tho.

wow, great job

I haven't quite figured out what to do with this yet... it's my wife's late grandfather's old Raleigh Super Course of an unknown year (I'd guess it's from the late 60s but it has non-standard downtube decals for that era, or any era of SC for that matter).

So anyway, it's probably 531 maintubes at the very least. He converted it to a Sturmey
S5, which needs some work. The bike itself seems to be in very good shape, having sat in a basement for the last 15 years.

I am thinking about making some changes: one I'd like to switch (back) to drop bars and either go single-speed or come up with some light-touring friendly arrangement (I need a touring bike, I tend to commute on my trackbike as it's already been through a number of winters).

Anyway, I never seem to post photos here, and it is British and all. Feel free to chime in with advice

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Where do you live? It looks lovely.

Nice work on the bike btw. Very neat.

T_M - really nice bike. Have to leave it that colour right? The chrome and maroon are lovely. The chainline is going to be spot on because of the Sturmey . . I would be inclined to get the rear wheel built up with a flip flop hub as the Sturmey will be heavy, but thats just me. Maybe just pull the cord from the hub to the right gear and weld it up, so you have single speed, that way you could keep the look.

Where do you live? It looks lovely.

Nice work on the bike btw. Very neat.

This is taken at my parents . . in east yorkshire. Its lovely, bit quite tho. The village has a spa shop - thats about it.

Moving to the london fields area on friday however, havent even seen the flat. You know what the area is like?

@James Alexander - Gorgeous bike. Working on my first project bike at the mo' (also a Peugeot), keeping my head down and reading the threads for info and ideas. Whats the reference to the Sturmey? Is that the rear hub?

@James Alexander - Gorgeous bike. Working on my first project bike at the mo' (also a Peugeot), keeping my head down and reading the threads for info and ideas. Whats the reference to the Sturmey? Is that the rear hub?

Cheers man . . yeah a Sturmey is an old hub with the gears in the hub itself. They are pretty heavy and can be temperamental. They work buy pulling a wire through the hub to change gear . . you can pull it to the right gear and weld them up. Not the best way of converting to single speed, but can be done.

Good luck with the Peugeot . .

Sturmeys should not be described as temperamental. My Dad's got loads of them, all about 3000 years old and VERY well used, all working as good as they day they were bought. NEVER diss a Sturmey, or i'll find you in London Fields...!

Yup. Ran a Sturmey 3 Speed on an old Raleigh as a kid. Couldn't afford a Peugeot. . . .

Sturmeys should not be described as temperamental. My Dad's got loads of them, all about 3000 years old and VERY well used, all working as good as they day they were bought. NEVER diss a Sturmey, or i'll find you in London Fields...!

haha . . had some trouble with them myself. Maybe i've had bad luck

I heart Sturmey, I got my sister a little shopper, it's not exactly the most functional bike ever, but the sturmey 3 speed work beautifully, all it took is a quick oiling to get it to work perfectly again.

a temperamental one would be one that have literally been pour with a bucket full of saltly water into the hubs.

I didn't buy my dad a present today for his birthday because I can't afford it. I'm in the wrong business Ed.

This is one of the most beautiful bikes I've ever seen. A fucking amazing conversion. I am wildly impressed.

Same colour as mine

I cant decide if I love this or hate it. Hmm Marmite.

@James Alexander: The Super Course is actually brown... but thanks, it will remain that color. I'm probably going to build up some sort of singlespeed wheel... I hadn't considered the possibility of doing a double sided free... who knows?

Thankfully I'm near a shop that regularly deals in Sturmey Archers, regardless of whether I build a new wheel (just found my truing stand after several years) I reckon I should fix the S5 anyway (and who knows, with it working properly perhaps I'll come to like the high-low range option enough to offset the weight issue).