Current Projects chat and miscellany

How much did you pay to hav the canti mounts and cable guides put on, and can you send me the contacy details of the guy who did it.....

Paid £40 for this bloke to do it for me in Deptford, will pm'd you the contact detail.

Here's a tip - if the brooks is too hard, loosen the bolt a bit to allow the saddle to slag, ride it for a couple weeks, and then tighten it back to where it used to be.

much quicker, cheaper and easier to break in the brooks.

finally got a gangsta track, started out like this -

http://i56.tinypic.com/b63lzk.jpg

stripped it, laquered it, built it!

dual 36h chukkers to profile and halo hubs
michelin city 32cs
paul comp 48t crankset
charge spoon saddle
thomson elite stem
ns district bars
shit pedals cages straps

now -
http://i54.tinypic.com/2q1drh0.jpg

apologies for shit iphone pics....

Very nice, is it raw or grey powdercoat?

edit - just read the part that you stripped it, my mistake.

stripped it, laquered it,

slight clue

raw, did a mega rush job as i was in urgent need of bike, will re do and polish at some point.

looks way better wen not captured by iphone.... nice n shiny :)

finally got a gangsta track....

Lookin' pretty brutal there, Tris

Lookin' pretty brutal there, Tris

cheers john ;) youll get to see it up close at polo on thursday....

How much did you pay to hav the canti mounts and cable guides put on, and can you send me the contacy details of the guy who did it.....

"Oh hai...."

http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&biw=1362&bih=496&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=david+blunkett&aq=0&aqi=g2&aql=&oq=David+Blunkett

I'm looking at buying a Brooks B17 for the purple commuter, also will fit in nicely with the upcoming Tweed Run :-)

I read this the other night out of interest if it's any use/help Sumo?

http://www.bikeandsaddle.com/pages/display/cycle_saddle_care

What's so bad about the B17? Thought it was the staple of the Brooks range (plus the cheapest!)

It's supposed to be a rear HED3 and a new chain. It hasn't happened and my project is still on hold. Fuuuuuu!

nearly there with project "rob your dads pride and joy, break it, get it fixed, try not to break it again"

Moving atm

Lookee

Ted's workshop isn't going anywhere as far as I'm aware

Full 600 groupset? ^^

I must be mistaken then, my apologies ^

oz
600 front and rear mech, brakes and chainset. love that tricolour stuffs

Should look the sex when it's finished. I'll have to join you on a geared bike ride sometime.

cool. a few of us down here are riding gears now. Ev's is clocking some decent milage

Ron's being a slag and being too pussy to get out there and ride.

...loosen the bolt a bit to allow the saddle to slag(?), ride it for a couple weeks, and then tighten it back to where it used to be...
does your saddle go does she? eh? eh? etc...

why you and not Ed, its his bike, innit??

but i'm the poor one :(

snip image

My peugeot that is used and abused every day, just need a silver chainring and I think I will be happy for a while.

i love your pug, i'm getting my self another soon for a conversion or single speed, wont be built for a while though...

Little taster of what I'm working on right now, should be looking good by the time the tweed run takes place.

IMG_7088 by Cedric Blanc, on Flickr

here are some more brooks suggestions to soften it up and to customize it.some advice in the comments.

http://davesbikeblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/back-in-brooks-saddle-again.html

http://davesbikeblog.squarespace.com/blog/2008/8/11/my-brooks-saddle-butchered-but-not-blocked.html

Here's a tip - if the brooks is too hard, loosen the bolt a bit to allow the saddle to slag, ride it for a couple weeks, and then tighten it back to where it used to be.

much quicker, cheaper and easier to break in the brooks.

Currently looking for ingenious ways to attach the handlebars to the box. I like smallfurrys suggestion but don't really trust the rubber part.

I've found these (a fixing for railings)

which will do the job but to be frank look totally over engineered and heavy. I was also thinking about some plumbing bits. Does anyone know how strong this will be

I'd use two for each side. Will this take the stress of me swinging a box around? I guess they're not designed to take much abuse as water pipes don't tend to move too much.

I think I'd go for this type:

Use longer bolts and put the base plate inside the box, spreads to the load and to pull the bars off the box you either have to break two bolts or pull a big plate through the wall.

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