Bike Mielec

First Mielec stolen? Mine until last weekend when I sold it to Andrew from Tokyo Fixed. Stolen from the shop not an hour ago. He's put Atacs, a Zoncolan, a Deda stem and drops on it.

Has Mechamorgar [sic] on the BB shell, if you get that close.

Fuck sake >__<

Fuck! I hope that gets returned.

I for one will be a bit more cautious when leaving bikes inside of shops from now on.

I normally free lock the front wheel to the frame even in shops. Always get the impression people probably think i'm a dick but story's like that make me do it

Crap. That's horrible for you and your mate. It's fairly recognisable, and like you said, you were on it sharpish, so fingers crossed mate.

let's pray the thief got hit by a car. maybe he's has horrible pain now, he deserves.

brakeless and atacs? cant wait for the newsflash.

I've whacked some deda cronenero low riders on my Mielec for maximum slave points. Going to wrap them in bright red microtex for maximum "now why did I think that would look good?" Points.

Ah man that sucks so much, good luck to him getting it back.

No disguising those dropouts.

Hope it's found soon.

what a pisser,on amore positive note mine showed up today and dispite all my hating on Robert, the frame is great, he managed to pack out the head tube, seat post, drops, etc, from transit damage, so my frame turned up unscathed and in one piece

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Looking good Jayson and good to know about the packing..... and hope they get the bastard who had away with Andys.

what a pisser,on amore positive note mine showed up today and dispite all my hating on Robert, the frame is great, he managed to pack out the head tube, seat post, drops, etc, from transit damage, so my frame turned up unscathed and in one piece

Looks tidy that.

good to know about the packing..... and hope they get the bastard who had away with Andys.

after the hammering I got last time, thought it was only fair to applaud Robert's achievements, and try to be a little more balanced, yeah I thought of you Dork as the box arrived, dont get me wrong its still rough round the edges, but he has made the effort with extra padding in the areas I mentioned, I know I hate hearing of some arsehole nicking someone's pride and joy like that

Looks tidy that.

Thanks Buckaroo, I just cant wait for the rest of my parts to turn up so I can ride this sucker

is that a mash copy? if the headtube is the same angle the rake on that fork is going to make for a very twitchy ride, combined with that short stem and riser combo..

^ it is, and its still 1st fitting, and my 1st build, what would you reccommend Apc ?

I've whacked some deda cronenero low riders on my Mielec for maximum slave points. Going to wrap them in bright red microtex for maximum "now why did I think that would look good?" Points.

Quick update. The bars feel great, the tape looks fucking terrible! I need to get some black soft touch as a matter of urgency!

nice colour, is that a matt grey or something?

@ltc - try lizard skins dsp, you will never look back

Sweet.

Heres hoping everything fits past everything. I'm still not convinced mine will turn to the left.

Got it today, dropouts are pretty ugly (not the new ones, something else). Driveside looks pretty good, but the non-drive side is massive due to the disc mount.
Other than the dropouts, everything looks really good. The welds are nice and smooth and the offset rear wheel fits perfect. There's probably room for 100mm rims and 4.8" tires. BFL's on 80mm rims leave quite a lot of room.
The paint could be better (a little rough in a few places), but more than good enough for me.

Seatpost and clamp fit fine (the seat tube was reamed after paint it seems).

Holzfeller cranks seem to fit with about 4-5mm of clearance on both sides (I'll have to ream and face the bb threads before installing, but looks good). The only thing that's really close is the chainring. I have a 32t on the outer position, and it looks like there'll be about 2-3mm of clearance.

So far I'm very pleased with the result. I'll post photos tomorrow when theres some light, it's too dark now.

It's interesting to see if they will do another fatbike so cheap with all the trouble they had.

nice colour, is that a matt grey or something?

RAL 7046, with metallic finish

It's interesting to see if they will do another fatbike so cheap with all the trouble they had.

hahaha probably they will steer away from now on

nice colour, is that a matt grey or something?

@ltc - try lizard skins dsp, you will never look back

I think I'm going to go for some black microtex soft touch. It's half the price of the lizard skin, I prefer the look and it's served me well for years. Did I mention it's half the price?

what a pisser,on amore positive note mine showed up today and dispite all my hating on Robert, the frame is great, he managed to pack out the head tube, seat post, drops, etc, from transit damage, so my frame turned up unscathed and in one piece

This looks great man!

Some photos. Like I said, the dropouts are the same kind of dinosaur-head ones, that FFF has, but they don't look too bad with the massive tires.

This looks great man!

Thanks itc, although apc's comment about twitchy handling has got me thinking about slamming a longer stem with bullhorns or drops, i`ll build her up as is, and see how she feels I guess, any ideas on this would be welcome as I said its my first build

^Looking good Arttu