Current Projects chat and miscellany

One pair, swap them around.

Apollo, how do you tell when atac cleats are done? I know their lifespan is shorter than spd which is endless.

when the lip thins out.

and long before they look like this:

Yeah they're bad. Thanks for pointing it out. Mine aren't too far off them.

I've put my main bike in winter(ish) mode:

Just turned a useless old pair of jeans into a budget lock holster:

That's pretty smart! Gonna try that one.

http://www.totalcycling.com/a-z/pedals/pedal_cleats_mtb/PD_SHIMANO_SH56.html

sure thats not an old picture?

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@apollo, re Campag BB:

I'm guessing an early version of AC-H, for Daytona/Centaur/Athena/Chorus. There are four basic versions of the FAG/Campag cartridge BB

SC-S steel cups, solid axle
SC-H steel cups, hollow axle
AC-S alloy cups, solid axle
AC-H alloy cups, hollow axle

In general, the solid axles are black and the hollow ones are silver. Assuming you're looking to buy this, ask the seller what the cup material is and whether he can see through the axle if you want to know which letters to assign to it but really it is much less important which one it is than how good the condition is.

when the lip thins out.

and long before they look like this:

Daaamn, I'm gonna need new cleats soon and I only changed over 2-3 months ago!

winter mode

Nicee, but those bars look really strange..

its just the photo

Isn't that front mudguard gonna be a bitch for overlap?!

Shit yeah, just won this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peugeot-853-21-Cyclo-Cross-Frame-/321005594220

Nice, especially for that price.

What sorta build you gonna go for?

Build it with modernish everything (apart from forks, don't think there's many ally/carbon options with canti mounts and inch steerer)
105 or ultegra I reckon, no idea on wheels. Want it to be decent but also reasonable for commuting (although I do want to have a go racing it).

You can get a Wound Up with 1" steel steerer and canti mounts, but dunno if thats what you were thinking of.

You can get a Wound Up with 1" steel steerer and canti mounts, but dunno if thats what you were thinking of.

Not with my budget!

Another cheap option is some carbonzone MTB forks with canti mounts. They have a wide enough range that u should be able to find some thing that works.

Other wise surly cross check 1" fork seems like a sensible move.

Another cheap option is some carbonzone MTB forks with canti mounts

Won't work with 700c, the brake mounts are out by 31.5mm

Another cheap option is some carbonzone MTB forks with canti mounts. They have a wide enough range that u should be able to find some thing that works.

Other wise surly cross check 1" fork seems like a sensible move.

Mate has some oak cycles 653 ones he might sell me so I'll probably go for them.

Crosscheck are nice but $$$

winter mode

mind the rear muguard doesn't bounce around and trash the paint on the rear bridge. Happened on my Roberts with the same guards : (

My 29er is almost ready so I started a new project; cargo bike:)

rain and snow arrived in germany so i mounted the mudgards at my all city nature boy and changed the tires (from challenge grifo to schwalbe marathon xr).

Cool. Are the forks recycled?

Konga - I've always wanted to try a cargo bike, they look like so much fun to ride, especially if you have a mate in the front on a drunken ride back from the pub! :D

As per usual, you're doing something really interesting, love to see this built up.

Will the cargo bed be ok like that without some diagonal supports from main frame?

Konga - I've always wanted to try a cargo bike, they look like so much fun to ride, especially if you have a mate in the front on a drunken ride back from the pub! :D

As per usual, you're doing something really interesting, love to see this built up.

Will the cargo bed be ok like that without some diagonal supports from main frame?

Cargo bed isn't brazed to the frame yet and I'm going to add some supports eventually.

Here's one shot from the first test run before I started to make cargo bed/box: