Current Projects chat and miscellany

I may, indeed, have been going "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" at the time.

In fact I was, I was going "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee", I admit it.

The bike will go faster quite happily- I'm still learning to trust the braking on the carbon rims, so going a bit faster each time out.

Oh- and thanks for the tip MDCC_Tester, this worked perfectly after I butchered a fridge magnet before heading out this morning:

Finally got it back from Armourtex. Time to go. Spent an hour today watching Dr Who and Strictly with The Girl scrubbing off old logos on the stem and bars with CIF. Now I'm wondering if I dare do it with the new crankset too. Hmmm ;-p Complete NoLogo?

Thanks to Kris at CycleLab for the face'n'chase post powdercoat and the good folks at Moorgate CycleSurgery for getting me up and running with what now appears to be an entire toolbox dedicated to bike tools ;-p

Off to Clerkenwell Screws in the morning to replace the rusty bits. Fun ;-p

And soon a pair of new wheels on white industries hubs and h+son TB14 rims.

When you say "finally" do you mean they're slow? I'm thinking of taking my frame there... How was your experience?

They were very quick, but the first try they missed spots, then they tried twice more but apparently the 'good' guy was on holiday, then after bead blasting the bike 3 times they got it right, and I picked it up.

Plus side - the finish is lovely, they were friendly the entire time and did the extras at their expense, so I'd be surprised if they made any money from me. And really, they were good about being open and honest about what was going on.

Downside was it took 2 weeks to finish (I could have picked up a few days earlier, but work and such got in the way once the original dates slipped) and the bikes been bead blasted 4 times.

I guess it's lighter now ;-p so there's that...

They were very quick, but the first try they missed spots, then they tried twice more but apparently the 'good' guy was on holiday, then after bead blasting the bike 3 times they got it right, and I picked it up.

Plus side - the finish is lovely, they were friendly the entire time and did the extras at their expense, so I'd be surprised if they made any money from me. And really, they were good about being open and honest about what was going on.

Downside was it took 2 weeks to finish (I could have picked up a few days earlier, but work and such got in the way once the original dates slipped) and the bikes been bead blasted 4 times.

I guess it's lighter now ;-p so there's that...

You recon I could ask them to bead blast more than once to shed a bit of weight? Novice question, but it's my first time ;)
Thanks for your answer too, I live in islington so it's well convenient!

Im not sure you want to shed weight through random abrasion tbh ;)

Im not sure you want to shed weight through random abrasion tbh ;)

Fair point! If it is random, does that make it uneven?

If they're taking much steel off, they're doing it wrong. Erosion, even when you're trying to do it, is measured in mg of steel removed per kg of blasting medium.
http://www.smf.phy.cam.ac.uk/Equipment/Sand.html

interesting!

I've also made a few changes to my beater.

Where did you get the black champ grips bmxed?

Planet X a long time ago. They seem to have every colour other than black now though.

Is that a 1" carbon fork? Any secret stashes you know of?

threaded
or threadless

wound-ups
http://www.woundupcomposites.com/specs.html

Is that a 1" carbon fork? Any secret stashes you know of?

I like that a lot bmxed. I hate the bent thomson but I like the bars and tyres, what are they? (both)

bmxed that looks nice! is it raw? how do you keep the rust at bay?

The bars were scavanged from a thrown away bike, so I have no idea what they are. They're just some steel risers with a nice amount of backsweep. The tyres are 32c Kenda Coasters, they came on my mates Plug and he didn't want them so I thought I would give them a go. I don't have high hopes for them but I'm a sucker for gumwalls.

I don't think there's a fool proof way to prevent rust. The frame was clearcoated but it didn't take long for it to sneak in. I quite like the uneven rusty finish, it gives it a bit of character.

im about £100 away from finishing this, got old xt shifters cranks and bb, a temp bar stem and saddle xt levers with xtr calipers, just need cable rotors rear mech and tyres and a chain device. ive trimmed the steerer and got some spacers. im gonna run it 1 x 9 for a while. trying to build the whole thing on a budget

threaded
or threadless

Thanks J but need long steerer like you.

wound-ups
http://www.woundupcomposites.com/specs.html

Would love some but too much $ for a commuter.

this isnt mine yet, but it should be on saturday, had to post it because im insanely exited, going to rebuild with ultegra/ dura ace mix, haven't decided on wheels...

http://www.thecycologist.co.uk/products-page/gender/basso/

bmxed - stem from planet x? are they 25.4 risers... did you shim?

im about £100 away from finishing this, got old xt shifters cranks and bb, a temp bar stem and saddle xt levers with xtr calipers, just need cable rotors rear mech and tyres and a chain device. ive trimmed the steerer and got some spacers. im gonna run it 1 x 9 for a while. trying to build the whole thing on a budget

I hope you put the widest tyres possible on this, should be a cool ride

I've also made a few changes to my beater.

Love it! but wrong cranks :(

Oh- and thanks for the tip MDCC_Tester, this worked perfectly after I butchered a fridge magnet before heading out this morning:

Huh? Deets?

I was plesantly suprised when I found them, not many companies seem to offer a 26.0 bar let alone a compact version. I ordered them through my LBS and the distributor had plenty of stock. They're the SSR VR-C 26.0, I noticed a few online retailers had them in stock as well.

I find that the compact bars and S900 levers feel a lot more comfortable than the 3TTT Morpheus bars and Shimano Exage levers I had on there before.

Nice looking bike!

Deda do an aluminium "compact" bar:

Aesthetically pleasing but I'm not sure how comfy/useful STIs would be on this shape

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