Current Projects chat and miscellany

nahh i cant do white, with my hands they will be grey in a week!

maybe just black tape and straps, to much brown might look yucky, guess a white saddle is possible?

That is mental. Looks like something Nicolai might make if they did a road frame.

Nicolai do make a road frame, but its rather more orthodox.

http://www.nicolai.net/index.php?article_id=36&clang=1

As to the disc brake question, disc brakes were banned in UCI categorised races up until last summer. For most people this had no impact as the vast majority of cross races in the UK are not UCI categorised, but it did mean the pros couldn't use discs. In my experience, road shift levers and mechanical disc brakes don't mix well so braking is nowhere near as good as hydraulic discs. With the rule changed I'd expect someone to bring out hydraulic discs that work with road shift levers in the next 12 months.

Not any more. I questioned it when the Geekhouse with the cable to hydro adapter was posted. I think the UCI changed the rule sometime around autumn last year I think.

That is mental. Looks like something Nicolai might make if they did a road frame.

Steamroller looks really nice Eamesy.

Totally finished my Mob. Can't think of anything else to upgrade. Pretty much 100% pimped.

Turned out great Chris!

flat bar aren't allowed in cyclocross anymore, right?

hopefully that'll encourage the manufacturer to produced hydraulic disc brake, would love to have one.

flat bar aren't allowed in cyclocross anymore, right?

hopefully that'll encourage the manufacturer to produced hydraulic disc brake, would love to have one.

Couldnt you just stick an STI style MTB lever onto the drops of your bar? Sould look great but you would be able to brake from the drops.

Finished building a white raliegh 531 frame up as a single speed but think its a bit too big. Arse. Collect the brakes todayassembled and a short ride revealed that. Am guted.

So will collect an 80's raliegh rapide tomorrow that hopefully will be a better size.

Turned out great Chris!

Thanks, and thanks for your frame-care advice. I wish it was sunny now so I could take it out and spend some proper time with it! Need to learn some tricks too.

They messed my order up somehow... Worth chasing them for it, especially as they're about to do a warehouse move this weekend!

Discussed mine and Zouo's delayed orders over here...

I'm going V-brakes at the moment, as that's what I have to hand. I have some road levers designed to work with Vs, although they're a bit tatty. Having looked at the pivotal saddle/seat post, I'm not impressed. They'll be on ebay soon no doubt...

mine got here in less than a week and i am in germany! very good service, i´d say! but that was before the move i suppose...
i will be going with mini v´s...tektro rx5...and lots of gold :)

hi!
this will be my second fixed gear bike. Not a track frame. I used an old stell road frame i bought
(only the frame. The rest of it i just applied to help me visualize the bike)

Than i cuted the cable supports for derailleurs (trying to "clean" the frame"). I left the brake cable guide at the toptube because i didn't know if it will be a fixed gear ou a singlespeed. (not at that time).
I bought an alumínium fork and than polished it. I did the same to shimano 600 stem and dura-ace seatpost. Bought also fixed gear wheels (silver formula hubs with weinmann rims)
Campy cranks (i'm waitning for a 48t chainring) and a flite saddle.
...soon it will be finished ;)

The shutter on your garage is cool.

Alright this is my second build (first was a beater/conversion that then kind of morphed in to this) excuse the crap phone shot of it :)

Still a few tweaks to be done I think... once my bank balance recovers :D

i like it apart from the half black headset, and the red tyre... looking fly though...

edit: the stell ^^

i like it apart from the half black headset, and the red tyre... looking fly though...

edit: the stell ^^

the tyre will be black soon. I bought the wheels with tyres. ;)
The headset had to be like this :(
I had two (a black one and a silver one). The black didn't fit the fork. This silver one did. But than the fork hasn't the same measure of "rosca" (sorry! don't know the english word)
i did not want to buy a new one so i had to work with what i had

flat bar aren't allowed in cyclocross anymore, right?

hopefully that'll encourage the manufacturer to produced hydraulic disc brake, would love to have one.

Couldnt you just stick an STI style MTB lever onto the drops of your bar? Sould look great but you would be able to brake from the drops.

Doesnt really work though. because of the bend in the bar the levers end up pointing outwards, and you need super long fingers to reach them.

Wether it'd be nice for the CX'ers to be able to run hydrolics, is up to them. But if someone could bring out drop bar brake levers, that'd work with the hope mini pro's on my 29er. I'd be fecking overjoyed, and in dirtdrop heaven.

the tyre will be black soon. I bought the wheels with tyres. ;)
The headset had to be like this :(
I had two (a black one and a silver one). The black didn't fit the fork. This silver one did. But than the fork hasn't the same measure of "rosca" (sorry! don't know the english word)
i did not want to buy a new one so i had to work with what i had

ha, fair enough, we all have to make do somehow! would like to see a pic when its finished...

ha, fair enough, we all have to make do somehow! would like to see a pic when its finished...

you will ;) for sure

i'm just wainting for the 144bcd 48t chainring

But if someone could bring out drop bar brake levers, that'd work with the hope mini pro's on my 29er. I'd be fecking overjoyed, and in dirtdrop heaven.

You could use Maguras as Kluge did 20 years ago.
Only disadvantage is that you have to use bar end shifters or just 1 hydraulic brake.

You could use Maguras as Kluge did 20 years ago.
Only disadvantage is that you have to use bar end shifters or just 1 hydraulic brake.

Doesnt have gears so that wont be a problem. TBH a lot of the great functionality of Hope mini pros, lies in the levers. I'd struggle to part with them.

But I do love riding off-road with dirtdrops though.

hmmmmmm.

After trying to find a budget road bike for my brother to start him off, this turned up on ebay for £165 BIN. It's a Raleigh Dyna Tech 700 in mint condition with Shimano 600 throughout. Really like the mon-stay the most. Here's the original catalogue: http://www.cyclemuseum.org.uk/ncl/pics/Raleigh%20catalogue%201990%20(V-CC%20Library).pdf

If anybody know's how much these retailed for brand new, i'd love to know.

The chain still hasn't turned up, FFS.

Right, i have a new project, i found a Peugeot carbolite frame in my size!

straight away i replaced the spindle(i think its called that?) in the bottom bracket so it don't have to ride it with cotterd cranks which is very handy, then luckaly found a seat post in the draw that fits! bingo wings!(its that anoying little french seat post) along with the stem to, none fit from the draw apart from one, that has a awkward size to!

eventually found bars that fit in the stem which is a relief, decent ones to, still in the process of choosing wheels

now its starting to turn it into a road bike, will need to buy everything else new to finish it

i'm building it all classy, i guess a semi restore? cant wait, think its going to look pretty snazzy when its done

Niceeee. Out of interest whats the geometry??

3rd bike in as many months...run over...stolen...thank fuck for insurance!

now has black grips and a front brake. finished except i am switching to a halo courier berlin hard compound as i wore thru the regular courier berlin in 3 weeks couriering brakeless and have got 3 punctures on it. but really like how they ride. also the charge bucket has been swapped for a charge spoon.

also the rear wheel needs to have some serious tensioning/truing going down due to crashing and jumping up and down curbs etc.

sweet build buzz, noice and practical. mad props.

After trying to find a budget road bike for my brother to start him off, this turned up on ebay for £165 BIN. It's a Raleigh Dyna Tech 700 in mint condition with Shimano 600 throughout. Really like the mon-stay the most. Here's the original catalogue: http://www.cyclemuseum.org.uk/ncl/pics/Raleigh%20catalogue%201990%20(V-CC%20Library).pdf

If anybody know's how much these retailed for brand new, i'd love to know.

those frames look superb stripped and clearcoated raw, saw one on retrobike.

Chain came, WOOOOOOO