Current Projects chat and miscellany

Update: New wheels, Planet X AL30s they seem great so far run really smooth and are nice and light. 105mech and a new bottle cage.

Next on the list is new brakes.

Loving this apart from the random orange cable and that crazy seat arrangement you seem to like

I like Gaston's sense of humour. The cable outers are cool.

Loving this apart from the random orange cable and that crazy seat arrangement you seem to like

...just...FFS...

I like Gaston's sense of humour. The cable outers are cool.

+1 These bikes of his are truly rad.

For the red one
Frame Bazou TT conversion Columus SLX
Dura Ace Track Crankset 170mm 53
Pinion 20 condor
rear hub Primato 32 Shamal home made30 Hutchinson Intensiv Kevlard
Dura ace front hub 16 on Shamal tubular Conti gator
Dura ace Setpost
Flite saddle worn
Handlebar Mavic TT special on Mutant
Benoto...
Dura Ace pedals
Look carbon fork road

For the black bike :
Look KG 386 frame
Rear wheel Corima 8Speeds with a Continental 8S GP4000S
PMP front hub 20 on a rim FIR tubular Veloflex Carbon extreme
The Deda Cronos on Flelt
concord saddle confort for its great height the frame is a bit smal pour my longs legs
sory for the SPD pedal i use Time iclic normally but yesterday it wa raining...
Setpost Look ergopost the position on the front as always I just do not otherwise
gearshift 9s Dura Ace
Crankset 172,5 53 dura ace glosy glosy 44Biopace in a few minutes ...
axeTitane and headset Stronglite
and the restDura Ace

Love it!

mystery machine sort of finished. not as ecstatic as I thought id be, the tt seems to slope upwards slightly which I hate, and Im worried having spent so much time matching yellows that it looks a bit flowery, but its lovely nonetheless. headset needs some attention as theres a bit of movement, and Im getting a different saddle, black brooks sprinter from the 40s/50s... this ones off my Hobbs build.

can do a proper thread if anyones interested, but didnt really do photos along the way, so would probably be a bit boring. still dont know what the frame is, anyone with any ideas do give me a shout, frame no. 244 under BB.

can anyone suggest a dark grey saddle? something flite-ish? Don't really want a charge or a fizik.. :/

Ernest the Mercian looks brilliant. I hate sloping top tubes too but the final result is a beautiful bike. I'm particularly enjoying the stem/bars.

Is it just me, or is the front wheel a 27"?

I bought them as 27s, but I had looked at this and thought that the front looked bigger... perhaps the back was missold as a 700.. is there an easy way to measure? I know that the difference is only 4mm or so.

Copied the photo into illustrator put two identical rectangles on the wheels and they look to be different sizes obviously this is not an accurate way to measure but it would explain the sloping top tube

can anyone suggest a dark grey saddle? something flite-ish? Don't really want a charge or a fizik.. :/

Without seeing what it's going on it's hard to suggest..

?

or get hunting...

Had a grey Ti Flite. Did not realise they were rare.

...is there an easy way to measure? I know that the difference is only 4mm or so.

A piece of string and a tape measure?

Had a grey Ti Flite. Did not realise they were rare.

i've had a couple - certainly aren't as common as black ones or ugly yellow ones with shit embroidery

Went perfectly with this model Fuji Track

http://www.biketype.com/pics/5803/full/fuji_track_08.jpg

fizik did a nice grey nisene and if you have a look on retro bike you might pick up a grey avocet or wtb?

I want one now.

just checked, both rims are marked as 27s... balls.

It likely just confirms my suspicions that the forks aren't original.

the bridgestone in its current guise:

fuk yh

About time!