Current Projects chat and miscellany

Not sure about the fork, but love the colour

@ theoryswine like it, big chainring, what cog?. @ fixedwheelnut, good use of random scottie dog garden furniture.

Thanks. 50T Dura Ace ring, 16T freewheel. Like a big gear. May run it fixed soon enough though.

Not sure about the fork, but love the colour

not sure about it matching, or the shape/carbonness?

nice one. how much did they charge?

Just got this back from Argos Cycles after 9 months of both me and them faffing around not getting it done.

It's a Condor Pista EOM 2006, i bought it here on the forum.

they've filled a small ding, removed the cable guides from the top tube, and filled the back brake bridge. The fork is a deda blackforce, that's also been painted ( obviously).

I'm very pleased with how it's come out - it's 99.9% how i specced it. It's the first bike i've had painted, and it's come out so much better than i hoped.

an arm and couple of legs

( about £350 quid)

I was going to say that they've a good reputation for quality but are a tad pricey.

I like it a lot, lovely colour.

I was going to say that they've a good reputation for quality but are a tad pricey.

I like it a lot, lovely colour.

yes, it was the extras like the filling and bits that added up, plus the white panels etc.
you can do a respray job a lot cheaper with them if you sacrifice detail...

the colour is a variation on Condors 'mackeson purple'. i loved the ltd edition 'diamante' frame they did a few years ago.

Hopefully it won't crack...

indeed - although it's a 2006 vintage, before the issues started to appear, and is a different tube set to the standard pistas...

I found him to be pretty unhelpful and rude.
One of the decals I had off him ended up being a nightmare to clearcoat. It was a "H = hand finished" headbadge and it couldnt be used with acrylic clearcoat. The downtube ones seemed ok tho

I'm half with you on this, although his list does say what finish is req for each decal. I restored my SBDU track frame using his decals and Mercian for the paint.
I tried to be helpful by emailing him a full list (with pics of what I wanted) and he did try to help me out to a point, although it hardly made any sense! Still I can't fault the decals, absolutely spot on.

I found him to be pretty unhelpful and rude.
One of the decals I had off him ended up being a nightmare to clearcoat. It was a "H = hand finished" headbadge and it couldnt be used with acrylic clearcoat. The downtube ones seemed ok tho

I found exactly the opposite!! He was extremely helpful when i was trying to restore my '59 Holdsworth:

He even offered to re-draw one of the missing decals! Everything was ace quality as well.

My new On one inbred ready for tourification

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1389&pictureid=10327

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1389&pictureid=10326

Finally found a 46 gangsta frame. Original orange fork wasn't in great condition so I used a black fork which I had. I'm going to fix the fork and try the original orange setup.

That look bloody awesome, off road touring?

Isn't that the third Gangsta you've had? It's really nice.

off road touring?

repped for being so consistent

Thanks, yes I sold the black 40, it was too small for me. V2 is now more beater with cromo cranks 42-19 gearing etc., used for polo.

Finally found a 46 gangsta frame. Original orange fork wasn't in great condition so I used a black fork which I had. I'm going to fix the fork and try the original orange setup.

That looks boring man*.... needs at least 2 racks, non-matching wheels, a bell (or2), some fucking lights all around. Then, yes.

*Not really ;)

Need to put the rear mudguard and lights back on.

As well as the carb and a few other things. Then do my CBT and Vrooooom!

So what will it transformed into? a lawnmower?

edscoble- I'm guessing that questions aimed at me?, well I plan on riding across denmark in the summer for a few days and just wanted something kind of do it all that I can use for practical and fun uses. The inbred is perfect, I even took it around brockwell park bmx track yesterday evening and it felt right at home.

ah damn it I mean your previous question...

A Facking good lawnmower.

Yes it is, look like a great choice, all I can says is that you may find yourself needing bar end, staying on one hand position during a long ride can get pretty uncomfortable.

Check out the Schwalbe Extreme tyres, they're possibly the best touring tyres out there, good for a mixture of on and off road.

yeah I intend on changing the bar set up and of course tyres, I was going to search for opinions on touring tyres so you've read my mind on that one. I'll check them out, thanks!

There's a very useful blog on off road touring, gimmie a minutes, I'll try and find it.