Current Projects chat and miscellany

Some rubbish pictures of the commuter.

• Shimano R600 brake levers replacing the SRAM ones
  
• Soma Hwy One bars replacing the Noodles
  
• Cross lever removed (braking performance suffered with it and now the reach is shorter I didn't really use it)
  
• Inline Thomson seatpost to make space on the saddle rail for...
  
• Carradice Bagman support and Pendle saddlebag
  
  

For me, the levers are so much better than either the SRAM S500 or the Tektro ones I've tried. I don't have the biggest hands so I like that they're a bit smaller. They're also a lot stiffer than the SRAM ones.

The Carradice is a bit of an experiment. It's a bit of a faff, and there are quite a few annoyances with it (too boring to list), but it is nice to commute without a bag on my back.

Would like some nicer cranks eventually. Omniums (Omnia?) or 75s. But it is supposed to be the workhorse, if not exactly a beater...