Current Projects chat and miscellany

Great R-Kelly print!

The Pearson time trial bike I showed here earlier now has its own thread: http://www.lfgss.com/thread107949.html

Please HHSB it.

On the RIH that I posted you may notice in the photo that the rear arch has been drilled thrice horizontally and twice vertically. Whats your opinion on how that got there? is that possibly original?

wheel fitted

and one with a borrowed carbon rear.

Looks epic! I'd love to ride that bar/stem setup on a mash

Ps suits the ellipse rear better ;)

Cheers mark, I kinda wanna replace the rear ellipse so I can sell them as a pair. Not sure what I fancy though.

Archetype to a Paul/Phil/goldtec hub.

wanna replace the rear ellipse...not sure what i fancy though.

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/transfixed-carbon-disc-wheel-700c-clincher-alloy-rim-fixed-wheel-fixie/161036908348?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3d111000%26algo%3drec.current%26ao%3d1%26asc%3d14%26meid%3d8163378294289777247%26pid%3d100015%26prg%3d1006%26rk%3d1%26sd%3d161036908348%26

Double Corima is the only answer!!

Cheers mark, I kinda wanna replace the rear ellipse so I can sell them as a pair. Not sure what I fancy though.

keep the the mavic and don't use the corima as an everyday wheel. Take it from someone who's been knocked off and killed a tri

Also makes it feel more special when you do use it

Double Corima is the only answer!!

Double Corima would be an answer, but getting a track clincher would be more expensive than just buying a disc.

Does that disc get the Tester stamp of approval then?

No, but only because I haven't seen it before. I'm a bit surprised that they can UK manufacture for about half the price of the PRO, given how rough and ready the PRO is. What you have in either case is a simple hub and a generic low-depth clincher rim joined together with about 700g of carbon fribé board rather than 300g of steel wire. They are fairly unlikely to fail to get the hub in the middle, so the only thing which can go wrong is separation of the metal bits from the plastic bits due to poor adhesion, and glue is pretty good these days. If they had been around when I bought my PRO, I'd probably have taken a punt on one.

Rode the Bob into work, oh man so smooth.

Which is surprising considering I built it up drunk last night

No, but only because I haven't seen it before. I'm a bit surprised that they can UK manufacture for about half the price of the PRO, given how rough and ready the PRO is. What you have in either case is a simple hub and a generic low-depth clincher rim joined together with about 700g of carbon fribé board rather than 300g of steel wire. They are fairly unlikely to fail to get the hub in the middle, so the only thing which can go wrong is separation of the metal bits from the plastic bits due to poor adhesion, and glue is pretty good these days. If they had been around when I bought my PRO, I'd probably have taken a punt on one.

Would you just have to grit your teeth while reading the bit about it being a disc wheel 'for the urban environment' or whatever?

That would put me off more than manufacturing concerns.

So got this back yesterday. I designed it and Stu Dingle of Force Frames built it. 853, spear point lugs. Light and tight. Going to get it sand blasted to clean it up and clear coat it so basically keeping it raw with the little 853 stickers on.

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Really smart. Summer 2013 is clearly all about the raw 853, I think this is the fourth the forum has seen! What's the plan for the build?

On the RIH that I posted you may notice in the photo that the rear arch has been drilled thrice horizontally and twice vertically. Whats your opinion on how that got there? is that possibly original?

believe it's original, have seen it before, but i can't answer why..
you can google (rih) 'baanfiets' and use chrome translator to find out a bit more about rih..

you can also ask it here : https://www.facebook.com/groups/wielrennenANEKDOTES/?ref=ts&fref=ts
this place is packed with retired dutch pro cyclists and cycling engineers/builders

finally, if that doesnt help, i believe pristine fixed gear (some members are on this forum i think) in amsterdam, knows Wim van der Kaaij, they bought all his building gear when he retired and closed the shop.

btw: doesnt really suprise me some pop up in south Africa, plenty of dutch roots there, not very proud of it..

happy searching :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lyCYMEomx5I

Would you just have to grit your teeth while reading the bit about it being a disc wheel 'for the urban environment' or whatever?

That would put me off more than manufacturing concerns.

Well, the multiple instances of the term 'fixie' are a bit tiresome, but if it drags in the hipsters and creates the volume needed to keep prices low, it's a price we'll have to pay.

So i just build my cross up again with my fav group which i much prefer to the super record 11 which was on there previously. Think its partly cause i have an early 11 sr group i think, it just feels flimsy to me :/ Record 10 on the other hand is just perfect!

Some new wheels that i bought used recently. Slight brakepulse and the trp stock pads are way to grabby but my cork pads have not yet arrived and i had to try them! Mini-v instead of cantis, alot more stopping power but to early to give a judgement really, feels good initially tho (in dry with roadwheels..)

This thing really is a magic carpet with these wheels. Easily the smoothest thing i have ever ridden. Im very happy no one decided to buy this from me when it was up for sale. Superb ride!

Gonna be a black saddle and tape on there eventually, also need to fix the spacer/hanger situation but all in all its pretty much ride ready as is.
Will have to change the wheels to the record open cd wheelset when its built but i dont want to! these wheels...

Looks great, just needs some Rotundo Ltd's to finish it off.