Current Projects chat and miscellany

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new gazelle track bike project

Dibs when you sell! Weren't you just parading another new bike on Good Friday?

the cannondale ? ..... was my polo bike for a year or so then relegated to sunday best have had it for about as long as the forum has been around, built it up so i could join the forum legitimately

thoughts on velo orange left bank handlebars? Porteur bars doesn't suit my purpose, I need bars with some rise ..

If you write Canyon a nice email they might send you back the chain...? Got to be worth a shot.

Glad the spoks aren't making an appearance here, but these pictures need Pro Vibe stem or GTFO.

Hoke you should try and get that chain back! Someone else will end up with a free super toughness if you don't.

Well i did get a bike complete bike, so i don't really want to push my luck by asking for more...

Swapped the out of place kforce stem with a black 3t team one. Not too bad

Good, now cut the steerer down and flip the stem upside down.

Er no don't do that

Looks great - Id be tempted to green up the 'arx team'

yeah a -17 would have been more apropriate and i'm still dialing in the fit so the steerer will have to wait. A drop like that would be allright for a 45 minute around hog hill but I need this to work with my back to do mallorca/provence too :|

stem upside down (+6) = same position while slammed, rather than -17 slammed.

Looks great as it is. Flipping the stem would make the bars higher, even if you slammed it. Looks ugly too. I have a 0 deg stem on my road bike. Looks proper amature.

Stems only want flipping when you have to get rid of a massive spacer stack. There only looks to be about 15mm of spacer underneath that stem.

Looks great as it is.

yeah a -17 would have been more apropriate and i'm still dialing in the fit so the steerer will have to wait. A drop like that would be allright for a 45 minute around hog hill but I need this to work with my back to do mallorca/provence too :|

mallorca is an island.

si si and i will

Latest steed.I put this together yesterday afternoon.

I guess I ought to go and post this in anti-porn before someone else does

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perfectly acceptable functional beater imo.. not anti.

Latest steed.I put this together yesterday afternoon.

I guess I ought to go and post this in anti-porn before someone else does

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Colours on the frame are dreadful (although the fork's rather tasty on its own - I had that lying around in the loft). Someone did a real hatchet job trying to DIY repaint the frame. It's got some pink, lilac and black - all matt paint, presumably sprayed on in a hurry, given the drip bobbles on the underside of the tube, and no lacquer, so it's chipping.

Still, I got the frame for £10.50 on eBay, and it is structurally in good nick, so I'm happy. Replaces the previous beater's frame which I discovered last weekend has a broken chainstay. Previous beater was built from bits I had lying around + new brake cables and a very cheap new fixed gear rear wheel (with sprocket). Real budget bike (total cost ~£60), but it goes quick :-)

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Repaired. Thx. IGMC

the pub bike turned out a bit nicer than i though. Sorry for the crappy phone picture

Flite, integralters and Clipless :)! Had a nice little ride today on this one.

love that.

got rid of the paintjob by scratching it off with a knife. ourys and hhsfw added for maximum stupidity.

the paintjob was nice. why?

before pic?