Current Projects chat and miscellany

Lazy

No actually, I got it because I don't want to use my track bike too much on the street to prevent it from bad treatments (since I broke my holdsworth I keep thinking that skidding and that kind of things add fatigue to old frames...) So this one will be used for commute, but I will definitely try it on the track (although I will keep its wheels for track only I think...)

I just finished a little CAD exercise to get a set of stickers if I respray it...

Then I tried the colour scheme I was thinking of (the few pictures coming up on google when typing Mercier show pink bikes...)

... and realised I was not far from this!!!

Loic

Awexome - i have been trying to get hold of some decals for my Mercier for yonks! - need to get these ones ideally

Didn't know you had one!?

Its mid restoration - i.e stripped, ready for paint when i can find decals, with parts slowly getting polished up by yours truly.

Heres what it looked like when i picked it up for f-all from under a bed in a Brocante in Normandy . .

Nice.

prett much finished the Gazelle
mostly Dura Ace and Sugino

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nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnice

preeeeeeetty, preeeeeeeeetty good

cheryl!

I do like that Gazelle.. props

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp4pJ-mEmE4#t=1m18s

some painting for a friends colnago

Nice work Eddie

it look like those old Campag grip shift grip, when they made MTB drivetrain I think.

let hope that grip can fit onto the handlebar you want it to fit thought!

Gazelle looks mint, proper jealous

Heres what it looked like when i picked it up for f-all from under a bed in a Brocante in Normandy . .

have those forks been crashed?

rake looks funny.

Highly scientifically, I just held a ruler up to the screen - looks straight enough, but it's not taken at a perfect right angle...

No, all straight, just the pic.

My Planet X SL Pro Carbon has arrived:

Its the basic Euro Build, with FSA Alloy bars, stem and seatpost. On-One saddle which is suprisingly comfortable. Ride seems excellent so far, very impressed with the front mech shifting on Ultegra 6700 vast improvement. Just need to replace the brake pads with some swisstop and all will be complete. Carbon ISIS crank and BB will be replaced in the summer.

what size is that and what bars are those?

FSA Omega

mmm what is the effective top tube? looks quite large.

cheers pifko

cheers pifko

Very comfy and make for easy reach of brake levers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EWM0KTdCOY

Its an XL frame, effective top tube is 590mm

Bars are incredibly comfy, although take a while getting used to the looks. I have previously ridden ergo bars, however these feel just a good in the drops.