Current Projects chat and miscellany

I've finally managed to have a bit of a fiddle with my new frame, a lovely and light Reynolds 853 Donohue. Terrible picture attached. I should hopefully get a bit more time to finish it off next week. It's getting carbon forks (and a brake for emergencies), omniums, a black alien seatpost, an SLR saddle, hoods and SPD SL pedals (as well as all the less exciting bits that make up a bike). I'm setting it up as a sensible and comfortable fixed to do some longer rides on and having my mielec as a pub bike and beater.

Definitely keep the forks if you can. For starters, they're beautifully made and quite unique (Ted James said so). They also ride better than any other fork I've used! I was sadly stupid enough to ride and crash hammered on a couple of occasions and bent mine out of shape so they've now had to be replaced and the frame/forks combo is not as responsive

Looking forward to seeing this fully built up!