Current Projects chat and miscellany

i find riding in track drops absolutely uncomfortable, if i ever put them on my bike, it would only be for the looks. Same goes for Cinelli Criterium, even though they're wider, still same curve would not allow me to hold on to them properly when sprinting/going uphill. And drops themselves are way too low.
Of course, all of this is true only for road riding, as i only come near track when i need to buy some equipment :))

They are good enough for short trip, but... never with brakes fitted. There's just not enough space to find a comfortable grip for more than 10 mins.

By the way, as for riding in drops per se, I prefer shallow bars like Major Taylor. They are perfect for a brakeless bike.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e385/thiscocks/Bike%20shit/Rob4.jpg

Nice bike, but of all the things to show in close up I wouldn't have chosen that ugly stem.

YAY! You might try Jan van Dalen of Duell fame (has a 'steel heart'). He has his workshop not far from my place: http://www.duell.nl/

Jan van Dalen may be okay, he brother can do a paint job. Logistics perhaps all via 's Gravenzande.
Maybe even closer to Fruit's home town: Herman Braun, Spike City

Nice bike, but of all the things to show in close up I wouldn't have chosen that ugly stem.

agreed - bubblegum welds aint so pretty (not mentioning the colour)

each to their own I guess- I quite like the rawness to it....

Just finished a Roberts steel frame for a fine weather summer bike-Could be a while until I use it...

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e385/thiscocks/Bike%20shit/Rob2.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e385/thiscocks/Bike%20shit/Rob4.jpg

and an arty fart one:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e385/thiscocks/Bike%20shit/Rob3.jpg

Beautiful bike,
But...Er saddle position?

A teensy weensy bit far forward?

Just sayin:-)

Yeh, fling that stem to fuck. I cracked a kalloy uno stem of a similar design when I was young and went otb. I personally don't trust this cheap style of alu stem.

And double post, but I have to say, despite what people say, 26" is likely. And unless clearences are tight, 700's and not too big tyres should be just fine.

I measured the actual width of the wheel, and compared it to my dahon's 26's and it's not a standard 26" so i have no idea. I've decided to rebuild the original rim to a coaster brake hub.

^if you don't know what rim it is, how will you buy replacement tyres? Is there anything engraved on the rim to say what size it it? Some numbers, loike.

I trust in bad chinese welds...

:/

^^^ If its a roberts, why does it say lee Cooper on the headtube?

curing I think they call it
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4588274687_efd6476f21_b.jpg

Is that my old Roberts frame?

Looks good!

Its a lee cooper!!???!???

Maybe resprayed by Lee Cooper?

sammy- yeah Lee did the respray (and some repairs) to it and offered to put his new logo on it for me. I don't mind advertising for genuinely nice blokes who are v good at what they do!

Its mainly campagnolo Mirage (2003) and veloce cranks. Have older single pivot brakes which need new pads- not much stopping power atm!

dmczone- not sure, I got it from retro di corsa last year. I bent a drop-out hence the current re-build. When did you last have yours?

fair enough! I thought i was seeing things!

yeah it's a bit of a mongrel now!..

Don't normally comment on people's bikes, but the Roberts is looking very good.

However, it deserves a better stem. Maybe a shorter stem (& a little higher?) would enable the saddle to be more central.

Yeah Hutch picked it up on behalf of someone so it's the same frame.

And you repainted it the same colour?

yeah, more or less. Had to add a bit of silver to get it roughly the same shade. v pleased with the result though. It's also got vertical drop-outs now which I prefer. Rides really nicely, just getting used to the extra noises you get with gears campared to fixed...

How long did you have the frame? Do you know the age of it?

ph1- ill look at the stem issue. Perhaps a 80mm might be better...

^if you don't know what rim it is, how will you buy replacement tyres? Is there anything engraved on the rim to say what size it it? Some numbers, loike.

You have a point. They have 26 x 1.3/8" on them, a redundant size? I believe Michelin do a tire (World Tour) that is the same size.

They have 26 x 1.3/8" on them, a redundant size?

It was a very common size in the olden days, so there are still some basic shopping bike tyres available http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/category-Tyres--26-(590)-199.htm

It was a very common size in the olden days, so there are still some basic shopping bike tyres available http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/category-Tyres--26-(590)-199.htm

Thank you for letting me know, it makes sense now as the bikes from the 80's. The nutrak ones look like a good replacement.