Current Projects chat and miscellany

This is my Vittorio. Built up originally with a black Thompson post, and Cinelli stem. Now with Dura Ace Post and stem - Pictures from my phone unfortunately:

much nicer and the rear seatstay bridge is interesting.

Tenderloin... what frame is that^^?

Dolan Precursa

Please excuse the bombardment of photos in advance but I haven't updated in a while.

Thought I would share my girlfriend's latest project. Libertas Mann childrens track bike with 26inch wheels. Couldn't bring myself to drill those forks and she didn't fancy a clamp on. Got a little mild steel bracket made which uses a 1 inch ahead stem cap. Pretty neat and solid. I need to get some better pictures in the sun, the paint is proper Cadburys.

Pictured beside a real size bike (58cm) for comparison.

And the little lady's other bike. Its a Bob Farleigh, still need to get some decals for it. She built it herself.. Including the wheels... I was like a proud father.
Had to get some 150mm crupi bmx cranks and some Roberts road forks cold rolled to add more rake as the head angle is stupid steep and the toe overlap was/is ridiculous.

Finally, progress on the nasty/nostalgic mid 90s mtb. maguras, blue ano x-lite post, kore stem, red ano FSA powerpro cranks (to quote superpresise 'the shittest cranks of the 90's... but I can have them in any colour I want? for 20 quid?... I'm in!', a nos titec berserker and replaced the 96 Judy SLs with some 97 Z1s as the Judy's are and were a piece of shit and have never worked since I owned them from new.

I'm spent.

Thanks
Colin

Lots of lovely bikes there, well done. The fork crown on the first bike and the cranks on the Farleigh are especially nice.

Nice work Colin. I love the front brake adapter, genius!

Nice work Colin. I love the front brake adapter, genius!

looks proper tidy as well

patent pending :)

That brake adapter is damn clever, you should sell them, so much better than those unsightly clamps.

Also the Quinn needs a Cinelli 2A :-)

That brake adapter is damn clever, you should sell them, so much better than those unsightly clamps.

cheers. Thing is.. it only works with forks with quite a bit of clearance between bridge and tyre, over 6 or 7mm... ie won't work with most track forks that don't want to be drilled.

you should sell them

How much would you have to charge to cover the liability when it snaps under emergency braking and kills somebody?

The front brake adaptor however clever it is, is pretty scary.

cannot imaging how much it'll sustain under heavy braking.

Also the Quinn needs a Cinelli 2A :-)

What does it have at the moment?

Also the Quinn needs a Cinelli 2A :-)

I know I know.. I've got some Cinelli 67s for it too but cant be fucked taking the tape off.

A stem with a steeper drop, like a Nitto Jaguar.

OK, given that the stem is currently about as far into the frame as possible, maybe a 3A would be better, a 2A is going to lift the bars about 10mm.

excellent use of a can of Skol. about all it is good for..

First word that comes to mind is definitely "cute". My missus likes it too!

What does it have at the moment?

yes its a jag with b123s

as for the clamp..
Ed.. as I thought you were the oracle of all things bike.. you should have spotted that I used a old x-lite stem cap which is 7/8th inch shoulder and extends 8mm, passing through the 5mm mild steel inside the steerer tube. This allows the shear force (which would otherwise be acting on the bolt) to pass directly from the clamp to the cap and into the steerer tube. The bolt is only used for compression and is under minimal/no shear force under braking. As for the clamp itself.. 5mm steel will not break.
I have no intension of selling them but don't see how it is any more flawed than a standard clamp on.
Thanks

As for the clamp itself.. 5mm steel will not break.

I'd want more reassurance than that, having snapped various 5mm thick steel parts over the years, but I wasn't really critiquing your design, just pointing out one of the reasons why you would be unlikely to enter into commercial production. Many of us make custom parts for our own bikes, which work perfectly well, and if you're anything like me you'll have erred on the side of caution and would find that a rigorous analysis and test program would prove your effort to be over built rather than under. There is a huge leap, though, from home bodging to charging people money for a product.

I'm really curious to know more about this system, I'd have a go at it.
Are you intending to put available/commercialize this, wharry?

There is a huge leap, though, from home bodging to charging people money for a product.

Yes, thanks for the advice. But just to confirm that I have absolutely no intension of selling this and that it is completely and only a bodge for myself.

Yes, thanks for the advice.

Wasn't even intended as advice for you, anybody with the wherewithal to design and build a hack like that doesn't need telling. I was really addressing the crowd, telling them not to hold their collective breaths waiting for your personal project to become a product.

Wharry, what frame is the GT?