Current Projects chat and miscellany

Thanks forthe kind comments Guys hoping to finish the Carlton pro next.

@ MT - lol
@ Dutch Cheese - it's hard to google by first names, could pls come up with full ones? :))

Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel
Petra Grimbergen

It seems, judging by google, that some great riders used that frame.. :) Still haven't figured out what Columbus tubeset it was build with though.

Tom Cordes, Rob Harmeling, John Talen and Gerrit de Vries became World Champion Team Time Trial in 1986 in Colorado Springs (USA) on those Batavus bikes.

Don't know exactly what tubing, but I guess standard SL, SLX or so.

I think thats about it.

I call bollocks. Man's addicted.

Hi

Some pics of my first fixed build here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/50982811@N08/sets/72157624226438464/with/4679548727/

Maybe not to everyone's taste but I have been riding it for a week now and love it!

Cheers,
Oli

Veronica "moser" Teenslain?

Thats better.

Pistamoser

Be careful though, in 20 years you end up looking like this

Ha!

Just wondering, for my new build (a road bike with some tt clip on bars) how would i be able to run two brake levers going to the front brake? (one on the normal brake shifter and one on a lever on the tt clip ons) could i just put two cables into one brake?

Tektro RL720 and RL726 'Cross Top' Brake Lever

velosolo.com does what your after. I'm using one as a single lever, so I don't know how they work really. Nice, but the cable goes directly to the lever, so it wobbles about every time you brake.

http://www.hedcycling.com/aerobars/third_brake_lever.asp

Dutch Cheese; That is so cool... :)

I hope I can find out why the frame is disguised as a Pinarello... It could be some really nice danish rider that used it.. :)

It's a japanese Univega made by Miyata.

It was in really rough shape and had no parts. i puppy-killed it, sanded the rough spots and painted it. I'll put some white decals on it, just to spice it up.

I also spent a long time cleaning up the seat tube cluster/seat stays with a file.

Click on the images, as usual...

It's getting a bunch of new parts. New generic deep section silver rims, chrome fork, and a brake. single speed. I stripped the black paint off of these levers. It's gonna look nice.

Tom Cordes, Rob Harmeling, John Talen and Gerrit de Vries became World Champion Team Time Trial in 1986 in Colorado Springs (USA) on those Batavus bikes.

Don't know exactly what tubing, but I guess standard SL, SLX or so.

i can check tonight what tubing they are made of, the batavus in the picture is owned by my friend, he has two of them actually both full c-record

Including the original Solex moped brake levers ?

nopes there were drops on both bikes iirc

Drops on lo pros ...

Looking forward to seeing it all complete... certainly doing it justice, love those rims.
This is how i had it mocked up... still have the campag seatpost to fit if you need one. Good luck.

Because I wanted the rims to be a pair, I assumed they would be...they're not but they'll do.

Nearly got my Gazelle sorted but the front wheel is juddering under braking.

I had that problem using a Gazelle track fork with round section fork blades too.

Is that the Tevano pista crank from eBay a few weeks ago?

I have recently obtained a carlton Mixte frame and currently set up with curly bars and 10 speed.

It been out side or a while so was thinking do I restore or single speed it? Was thinking may be a service and sort out then either give to a girlie or sell.

What do you guys think?

Oh pictures to follow.

Its a carlton courette, with centre pull wieman raleggh brakes and suntour gears. Heres the website details it a late 70's one. http://www.carltoncycles.me.uk/models/courette-2.htm

restore it if the drivetrain in good nick (i.e. teeth not badly worn out).

I had that problem using a Gazelle track fork with round section fork blades too.

Ordinata's advice worked a treat!

Thank fuck for that! Good stuff.

I have recently obtained a carlton Mixt frame and currently set up with curly bars and 10 speed.

It been out side or a while so was thinking do I restore or single speed it? Was thinking may be a service and sort out then either give to a girlie or sell.

What do you guys think?

Try your usual sweets/puppies line first

(joke!)