Current Projects chat and miscellany

Ooooooof! Schweeeet!

Lose the pony saddle too

it's for riding round in circles, not posing....

my ass is comfiest on this saddle when riding round in circles.

Looks sweet, Rob.

It's not the most gainly beast, but this week I finished the Inbred (never has a bike been so appropriately named). I don't know what kind of acid flashback On-One's designer was having when he came up with the kind of geometry that requires a 410mm seatpost, a 30mm stem and 60mm of spacers (for a rider who LIKES a big drop to the bars) and the head tube is laughably short, but that's the way it is. I live in the sticks and the first two miles are unlit horse poo-strewn lanes, so my requirements are slightly different to those in the Smoke.

I got the Diabolus DH stem half price from an eBay seller in Portugal. Don't look up the full price, you might scare yourself.

Is it a dinner plate? Is it a frisbee? No, it's a 205mm brake disc for drag-brake stupidity. Note old-school steel QR tucked under the caliper so it can't come loose.

Fairly simple control layout.

It rides...well, beautifully, which is surprising given the weird geometry and the slightly short forks (the frame is recommended for 470mm sussers, these are 445mm rigid Project Twos).

Kit list: On-One Inbred Slot Dropout 18" frame, Kona Project Two fork, Race Face Diabolus stem, Syncros bars, Cannondale grips, X-Lite Stubbie bar ends, Hope M4 (original) hydraulic disc brake with Mini lever and 205mm disc (no.8 caliper), Cane Creek S6 headset, Hope 30.0mm seatclamp, Thomson Elite layback seatpost, Specialized BG Comp 143 saddle, Shimano 107mm UN54 BB, Sugino XD cranks, Surly 38T s/s chainring, KMC Z510 gold chain (the cheapest thing on the bike - a fiver!), E.A.I. 14T sprocket. Wheels: rear Goldtec track hub, 36 DT Competition black spokes, Mavic XC717 disc rim, Schwalble Marathon Plus 26 x 1.35 and front Hope Pro II hub, same spokes, rim and tyre. Accessories: Halfords full mudguards with lots of custom bracketry and Smart 1/2-watt rear light. Hope Vision 1 front light not shown.

so much seatpost out.... scary!... i've got that same laidback thomson, and can't remember it being so long (is there 2 sizes of it?)

Yes, there are different sizes. It goes in to about an inch below the top tube joint, as it should. The bit of wrap between the rear light and seatclamp, incidentally, is for protection against Sheffield stands.

On-One say the 18" frame is suitable for people up to 6'2". I am just under 5'11" and I have no idea where someone taller would find a suitable seatpost.

i just picked up my new Pinarello frame this morning.

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Very nice Rob.

This is my other fixie - a rather different prospect altogether. Since the photo was taken it has acquired an S3X hub with the shifter on the left-hand end of the bullhorns.

Nice bikes Rog. I really want to have a go on that On-One!

@hoops - lovely frame. Are you going to put the Campag cranks on it?

coupla other projects:
Cannondale m800 Beast of the East SS

Coyote HT3 (I think)

Loads still to do on the Coyote, nearly there with The Beast tho :)

and nobody got nuffin to say about my Speedway bike? : /

Hi Chaps

I've been an occasional lurker on the forum for a while now and thought I'd share this little project with you...http://static.londonfgss.com/memberpics981-albums947-picture5868.jpg

It's an 1938 A.J.Hodge frame (apparently the second he ever made), bought on Ebay. So far I've got a Brooks B17 sprinter (courtesy of Skully), a chater lea crankset and an a pair of Nitto Major Taylor bars (the nearest thing to Lauterwasser I could find)

http://static.londonfgss.com/memberpics981-albums947-picture5865.jpg

-Nice inscription reads 'if you take care of me I will get you there'.

Any ideas or advice on where to source vintage parts like airlite hubs, nice GB bits and BB gratefully recieved. It takes a 63mm Chater Lea BB with 5/16" ball bearings I think...

Cheers

K

@hoops - lovely frame. Are you going to put the Campag cranks on it?

afraid not Andy, timing was not my friend on this one. i've been advised against one-off anodizing, so last week i traded the campag cranks for some black sugino 75's & a phil wood BB... which are going on the Tank, but that will leave me with a set of Miche Advanced cranks & chainring to go on the Pinarello, which should do me fime for now..... the only thing i've been thinking about, is will the Pinar have Itallian or English threaded BB? i assume English as it's fairly modern.

the Campag's would have gone a treat with it though.

I'd wager a fair amount that the Pinarello will be Italian threaded. I had a road version of that model and it definitely had Italian threading.

Well at least the Miche BB's are available in italian thread & cheapish!

cheers Andy.

To second what Andy said, I had a modern pinarello which had italian threading so definetly worth checking

just finished.

That's some saddle to bar drop. What's the (titanium) frame?

@spaghoops, Miche BB's are worse than satan's codpiece. Campy centaur BB's are available in Italian threading.

Perspective exagerating it a bit I think

Any ideas or advice on where to source vintage parts like airlite hubs, nice GB bits and BB gratefully recieved. It takes a 63mm Chater Lea BB with 5/16" ball bearings I think...

Cheers

K

Tour De Ville and Sargent & Co from the top of my head.

http://www.tourdevillelondon.blogspot.com/

http://sargentandco.com/

I'd wager a fair amount that the Pinarello will be Italian threaded. I had a road version of that model and it definitely had Italian threading.

To second what Andy said, I had a modern pinarello which had italian threading so definetly worth checking

it's got a Dura Ace BB in at the mo, which i dont have the tool to remove, so BC will be takin it out, i'll see what Jimbilly says.

cheers guys!

nice frame tick.
looks a bit like a D.A.M.P

nice frame tick.
looks a bit like a D.A.M.P

cheers.

it's a litespeed. got the frame off a guy and contacted litespeed and they confirmed it's a frame they built.

it's got a Dura Ace BB in at the mo, which i dont have the tool to remove, so BC will be takin it out, i'll see what Jimbilly says.

cheers guys!

There were loads of NOS 111mm Italian threaded Campag BBs at the last HH jumble... 8 squid... Nice job, Bobby... Sweetness...

@moonshinewilly

canondale looks like it would make a rad polo bike