Current Projects chat and miscellany

Cheers mate, i did actually buy a paintpen but had a momentary fail and forgot to check what size tip it had. Ended up with a medium so just used the paint from it with a brush!

Is that a paint or powder coat?

Powdercoat with metallic laquer courtesy of armourtex.

Shiny shiny. Looks good, got a photo of the whole thing?

Need to get out and take some decent pics. Just snapped this one for ya

Excuse the triple brake lever arrangement, currently toying with different cockpit setups.

reckon I'd go for the double hoods....

Yeah thats what i'm thinking. Fitted those dia compe "touring" drop bar levers last week but i don't really get on with the lever position and not a fan of the cable coming out the top of the hood. Never ridden with hoods before and i really like them, much better for climbing and a better position overall. Waiting for a pair of Cane Creek ones to arrive hopefully next week which were recommended to me and then i'll drop the dirty harry into the parts bin.

Someone advised me to use a fine paint pen for it, easier to get it neat. Looks like you dun aright though.

I must have got the wrong pens, mine just wiped off. Yes, I cleaned the tubes with meths beforehand. I'll have to check on the brand name, don't have them here right now.

this looks nice!

Thank you

Ted James aka superted - http://www.tedjamesdesign.com/contact/

He's the frame builder! that guy is awesome

almost done :D

What handle bars are they?!

nice bike, and beautiful cranks aris :)

anyone know if these brakes are any good?

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/BCPXFOR/planet_x_ultra_light_forged_brake_calipers

I'm sure the planet_x brakes where discussed earlier in this thread. If you can't find the page (I can't) then I know for a fact that there's a thread on Weight Weenies if you search.

thanks, found this and am reassured by this statement "They work just fine. I have a set and have used Dura Ace, Ultegra, and Cane Creek in the past. I do a lot of high-speed mtn descents here in Utah, so I wouldn't use them unless I had grown to trust them.

One downside is they have no quick-release, so you have to pop the little barrel out of its slot or leave the gap loose enough to get your wheel out without widening the gap. I considered it a small price to pay for the enormous weight savings and super bargain price. "

Or read the reviews of Kurve brakes, since the mechanical design is the same, the PX forged ones just have a bit more metal after being adapted for cheaper mass production

thanks mdcc_tester, reviews are mostly positive as far as I can/want to see ;)

Picked this up yesterday - going to be a quick build.

Looking forward to seeing this built up..

frame and build look promising so far, but is there any way to fix the poor chainline?

Only by using proper SS cranks or spacing the sprocket out by 3mm. Spacing the sprocket would be a bad idea imo and also the lockring may not fit on afterwards. A shorter BB isn't usually an option as the crank arm would then hit the chainstay.

My old bike looked like this after a meeting with a drunk driver:

Which was a bit impractical. So now I have just put toghether this:

The wheels are Phil + Mavic combo. Frame is the La Piovra that BLB gets made to order in Poland, with Columbus Spirit tubing. Almost all the other parts are BLB.

Which was a bit impractical.

ftfy
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Holy fuck - hope you're alright!

^ I'm guessing he mounted it on the rear to improve chainline? Fairly standard but not so pretty way of bodging the chainline closer on conversions/frames not designed for track clearances.

Finito. Bring on Herne Hill