Current Projects chat and miscellany

Nice ciocc! convinced me to take a crappy shot of my work in progress to share

All these Ciocc’s! Making me regret selling mine now .. Lovely builds you guys

^steamroller looks ace with fat tyres. always like those cranks too.

what cranks are they?

SRAM/Truvativ Omnium

I know what you should do with it! Sell it to me!

Looking for some advice with my current project. It's a David Lloyd lo pro made from 531c that I picked up not long ago and I think I've got the components sorted in my head and the colour, but having trouble with a couple of details.

Here is the bike not long after I got it:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/4897887048_9541c1851d_b.jpg

I've added the Zipp and since gotten a rear WI eccentric Eno hub laced to a silver Open Pro for the rear. Every other component bar maybe the headset and BB (chainline depending) will go. The original paint is a pearlescent white which is quite nice, but someone has painted over it in flat white, leaving 'windows' in the paint for the stickers. The stickers are horrible and the paint needs to go. I'm thinking of a dark yellow, similar to that Merckx colour you see, but maybe in pearl. I have a set of the old style fluted Dura Ace cranks coming. It'll have silver bull horns, stem, seatpost, pedals, cailpers, hubs and cranks. Black bar tape, saddle (looking for a cheap Arione), tyres, aero levers and cables.

I'm thinking of pushing the boat out and sending it to Argos for paint and getting the forks chromed and the rear triangle up to the point where the rims end.

I'm not 100% on the chrome for the rear triangle though and I'm really struggling on what to do with frame decals. I don't like the ones on there and am not keen on any of the David Lloyd ones I've found Googling, but I think it would look better to have something, rather than a bare frame. Should I just pick a font I like and have David Lloyd text printed up? I like the idea of a very dark grey panel for the down and seat tubes with the name in yellow, but am not sure how I go about getting stickers made up and whether they could cut out the lettering or leave it clear. I assume trying to colour match lettering on a sticker to pearl paint will look gash. I like the Robin Mather style panel/lettering. Any suggestions on designs/ways to handle it/typeface or whether it would be best to leave it plain?

I'm not sure what you're getting at here? When ppl print vinal stickers, they usually also cut them at the same time. So all you have to do is apply and peel. There's a thread about vinal cutting/decals/etc. - search for it.

I was wondering whether it was possible (from a cheap, commercial place doing a run of a couple of stickers) to (laser?) cut out the lettering so that I could have a panel with lettering that is just the paint showing through, rather than say a grey sticker with yellow printed on it.

whats with the one brake and gears?

That's the way it came. I've never ridden the bike, just put on the front wheel and took it into the back lane to take a picture in daylight.

Hey, new member here. Have been lurking for a while but never signed up...

Vivalo

Bosomworth, New Zealand made frame. Old wheel set on it, front still for sale. I'm building a 28hole hed rear clincher rim for it and trying to find a matching 650c hed for the front. If anyone has anything I'd love to hear from you!

Clamont, Just got this frame. Got a front 650 Shamal for it and now currently building a rear clincher Shamal for it at the moment.

and Gutterball beater, Fun bike but now gone.

Thanks

not too shabby for a lurker, vivalo-wise at least :)) i know those rims are hipster-style, but suit the build well imo

nacnud. Are these your bikes? If so...........naughty, naughty, very naughty! If not, then.......e's are good, e's are good, e's ebaneezer good!

Yeah, apart from the gutterball, its now owned by a buddy of mine. Will post a better picture of the Clamont when i get some more bits for it

Nice bikes, is that Bosomworth really 650 up front... looks smaller?

http://foundbikes.posterous.com/25938774

Found this beauty yesterday in the trash, gonna be my new project :)

Yup, its a 650c

SOYO THUMBS!

sell me that seatpost and chainring? ahaha kidding, great build!

Sam, I bought your Rourke. Good job on this - what seatpost is it?

Finally finished building this for the missus, and handed it to her as a complete surprise yesterday. Unfortunately I had to scrap my idea of drop bars after she announced she liked to sit up when riding, hence the tiny stem and risers. She hasn't ridden in a fair few years, and it's just for fun, so no clipping/strapping in (and she'll never* ride fixed). I also avoided a nice Athena groupset on it as I know who'll be maintaining it. It rides bloody brilliantly though (more fun than my bikes dammit)

*I'm going to work on it

Gosh, will you be my boyfriend and make me a pretty bike?

I love that kotter sam. good work, not too many colours

Vivalo

Them's some aggro angles! Hot

SOYO THUMBS!

Hairspray.

Just sayin'.

Hairspray.

Just sayin'.

It sounds to me you're just sayin' shite Scoble... I believe those blisters are from actually gripping the bars, not trying to fit them. At least I had the exact same thing happening using SOYOs.

You can get NJS hand cream for that problem if your not wearing mitts.

Keirin gloves, or just stop being such a poseur and use cork tape like normal people do.

Keirin gloves, ...

Bit OTT for London's Famous London, no? ; P