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Campag Mirage UltraTorque Pista cranks

Very nice!

Ooh, Look what the postman just brought me

wow congrats

Very nice!

I upon them as crude but effective. The silver Veloce ones with TA ring on my hack bike quite nice though.

mind implodes

I look upon them as crude but effective. The silver Veloce ones with TA ring on my hack bike look quite nice though.

My first thought was how a silver veloce would look. I put a stupidly bling BB in my BJ, so wont be changing any time soon. But, must admitt it would have been nice to have a campag external bearing BB set-up.

Do campag make any external bb 165mm cranks?

can anyone enlight me what hub are this? and sorry if it has been already cover somewhere in this forum

I think Henry had one, Rik. You could PM him.

Gods Cogs is the make. The website seems to no longer exist, but they were made in NZ.

Arent 'gods hubs' or something?

....hang on...

Gods cogs.

http://steadyrollin.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/gods-cogs/

thanks guys!

So the Raleigh is pretty much done. Managed to fit it up with a 9 speed Veloce group rather than a Mirage. It's just for knocking about on, not my pride and joy but has got sentimental value due to how long I've had it, etc.

looking great tel. i've fitted the mirage group, but looks like i wont get it riding until i go back to york later this month. should be a belter when i get ait done though, it weighs a fraction of my other rides and is ten times shinier. hope the raleigh gives you years more fun.

Do campag make any external bb 165mm cranks?

Not in road cranks. Could only find SRAM in 165 crank lengths.

meh, people should keep up with the times.
I'm on to 4 flange hubs now....

Gods cogs are the awesome though.
currently still on the Geekhouse....but not with me.

I think with matching wheels and a turbo, this would look even better

you can really polish the seatpost up with scrunched up tinfoil

Fort Track 7005 w/ Makino NJS fork off on its way to the powdercoaters...

Picked it up yesterday and now it looks like this...

Steerer will need a trim once I get a headset in there and probably a rethread too but it's going to look super nice, shit phone pics do not do it justice!

Colour is RAL 7016 w/ pearlescent rainbow sparkle... I'm going to get some British Racing Green enamel model paint and paint in the accents on the forks to match the saddle ( Chopped, bullnosed and mangled green Brooks B17, not as tidy as Skully's work but I'm happy with it and it's supremely comfy!)...

What do we reckon?

cant wait to see this finished!

I think with matching wheels and a turbo, this would look even better

you can really polish the seatpost up with scrunched up tinfoil

Oh, thanks for the seatpost tip!
I had a turbo on it, but the lack of proper seatpost clamp made it deformed slightly when tightened up, I really need a better post/clamp. You know the story, book I got an old Peugeot...etc.
Still, I have trouble matching wheels.

Gods cogs.

http://steadyrollin.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/gods-cogs/

Yeah. Gods Cogs made by a clever duo of NZ fellas, I have a 36 hole rear, is rock solid!, laced to a dodici..... Gods Cogs is now over and out......

Just put together some hubs for the winter beater I'm building for my housemate. Cog from Velo Solo and the rest was just bits I had lying around.

Finish on the front hub isn't great as I took the anodising off with a wire brush in a drill but you live and learn and it's only a beater. All ready now for my first attempt at building some wheels.

i'm bach!

so, i've now received the frame + forks, looks in decent condition, i WILL post pictures, to set up that wonderful 'before/after' dynamic, but for now i have a small question:

the dropout spacing for the rear wheel is 135mm. all the reasonably priced track/fixed wheelsets that i have seen have been for 120mm. so:

is it possible to convert 120mm wheelsets to 135mm spacing with relative ease or is there a wheel/wheelset for 135mm spacing that anyone could recommend...? (the spacing on the front forks is 100mm btw)

thanks in advance...

Just get a rear wheel built up on a 135 hub, e.g

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/HUOO135F-32-BLK-RR/on-one-double-fixed-hub-32h-black-135mm---32h---black---rear

new 700c campag wheelset added in place of 27 11/4s and costa's schwalbe stelvios

i'm bach!

so, i've now received the frame + forks, looks in decent condition, i WILL post pictures, to set up that wonderful 'before/after' dynamic, but for now i have a small question:

the dropout spacing for the rear wheel is 135mm. all the reasonably priced track/fixed wheelsets that i have seen have been for 120mm. so:

is it possible to convert 120mm wheelsets to 135mm spacing with relative ease or is there a wheel/wheelset for 135mm spacing that anyone could recommend...? (the spacing on the front forks is 100mm btw)

thanks in advance...

Velo Solo say they can provide the Zenith hubs respaced using their spacers and those hubs are used on a lot of reasonably priced wheelsets. Don't know if you'd need a longer axle. Might be worth dropping them an email.

http://www.velosolo.co.uk/shoptrack.html

It's my pub/uni/beater.

Heheh, I know a lot of you guys hate visps but for me the bike has being a giant cliche-wank-fest-turned-out-rly-fun-to-ride so I am immune to haters.