Current Projects chat and miscellany

First attempt so far, spent £55 quid so far

what wheels are they-how much did they cost you?
where did you get them from
bargin whatever

New bars...

love those bars!

Picture of new fixie with mandatory foreground dog.

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1131&pictureid=7039

Tron wheels.

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1131&pictureid=7040

jesus!

humungus

wow

Nice! Your taste in furnishings is exquisite!

The bike looks good too. Designed by...?

It's really weird, only having one side of the handlebars taped seems to create the illusion that the headtube is longer than the forks.

oh, wait.

ja!

Holy smokes batman.

You iz tall, Braker?

Are you going to cut the steerer tube or you waiting in case you grow more? :-)

More importantly.....where's your telly?!!

Tellybox is present, just out of shot.

@eei, i'm 6'6'', but the frame does look massive even with that in mind. The contact points are the same as this frame, but without the giraffe stem.

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=720&pictureid=4616

Incidentally, i won't be using xacd again.
I am happy with the frame and all the bells and whistles such as internal cable routing, integrated bars/stem etc, but there are a few problems. The toptube to headtube weld would be enough for me to reject the frame if the company wasn't on the other side of the globe. Also, the seatpost clamp is very slightly out, so the saddle is not perfectly in line.

If you add to this the risk of miscommunication during the design process, and the inerrant risks of value declaration if you want to avoid customs, then i would recommend going to someone like Justin Burls instead.

I'm sure there are those who will sing the praises of xacd, and indeed, I was very impressed at how prompt their replies were and the detail technical drawings. However, i wouldn't advise ordering anything non-standard based on my own experience.

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1132&pictureid=7042

its too small though. I'd be open to offers for the frame and fork.

Lovely frame, though.
That's the problem with lo-pros - you are never sure how the measurements correspond with the real life after you build it. My lo-pro is also too small, but it's so nice I just hunch.

yeah man, its lush to look at, but im 6'2 and i think its probably really like a 5'10 ish size person frame. the dude i bought it off had a positive rise a-head converter and risers on it and it looked like shit, so its a toss up between riding some awful generic riser lo-pro and it fitting well or trying to make it somewhere near what it was meant to be with a nice quill stem on there and some bulls and selling it on...

Thanks n3lson!

@ Gangsta Crumpets

Other than the Coaster Bake, what's the wheel/hub/tyre combo? Like it a lot.

Cheers, the wheels are basic 27" Weinmann's with SS spokes - front hub is a "Quando". AU$120 for the set inc the coaster. Tyres are Specialized Tri-Sport. The original wheels where too rusty. And I forgot the B4 pic so here it was (yes, I found it in the bin):

My dog bike. Nothing flash going on here - built for runs to the beach and back. Cheers, Gangsta Crumpets.

Nice. Isn't the brake a bit sharp (V-lever to standard caliper). I've done it before and you can only pull the brake a mm or two before its fully on.

Some of them have adapters though so you can use them on non-V Brakes.

Holy headtube batman.

i like it, but yea he's ^ right

@ Tallsam: I'd read somewhere that using a V lever on C's would feel sharp, but it actually feels and works great.

Gangsta, that before pic is amazing. That is, for me, what a conversion should be about. So often on here people post lovely road bikes that have been ruined to make a half-arsed fixed wheel, but that was a frame rescued from the bin and turned into something really rideable and stylish. Nice job.

Gangsta, that before pic is amazing. That is, for me, what a conversion should be about. So often on here people post lovely road bikes that have been ruined to make a half-arsed fixed wheel, but that was a frame rescued from the bin and turned into something really rideable and stylish. Nice job.

Thanks Sparky. Trouble is - building up this 1st one was so much fun I have to do it again. Got my eye on a nice old Raleigh frame and forks. . . going to build the next one up over time while riding the bejeesus out of this one in the meantime.

Finally, I'm collecting this on the 3rd March from Monsieur Stone, with hopefully a few needed components.

Looks like the Chorus Groupset is out and i'm going to go with a mixture of Dura Ace 7700/7800. Just secured some Ax handlebars which i'm looking forward to using.

The front fork is throwing me in terms of the colour scheme, dunno whether to roll with the blue or pretend it's not there. s'pose it'll come together with the build.

will post with progress*

*asumming i make any.....

If you can turn rusty, near-death frames into those, then keep going.