Rossin Flâneur road semi custom

Looks like a variation of the roger musson one?

yep, with some inspiration from unior, I think.
the sliding tower is not stable enough like it is now and I need to make some fork ends in a more substantial material than 2mm HDF board.

Hope sucks. Hub logo alignment issues:
My rims are "hole to the right of valve points to near hub flange" handed.
In the photos the black spokes illustrate what part of the hub logo will face the valve hole.

or

the rear is slightly better:

In an ideal world I had thrown both hubs and rims down an exploding volcano and bought some real kit, but I have to make do with what I got.
So. First or second option?

Also, look at this idiot who wanted to impress his peers by pulling his new Hope hub apart without tools, but had sweaty hands so instead he sliced up his fingers on the freehub body. Ha!

yes, I will at some point. I just need to sort out the prototype flaws.

Would also be interested in the plans for the laser cut truing stand, have thought about building one for a while.

looks like you're onto something here dron, sneak into laser cutting place, cut, sell to lfgss = cash moniezzzzzz

only things i'd change is the qr's for wingnuts and bolts, and the wheel holding bit from wood to metal

cool thing to do for a project though :)

haha
I can not sneak in and do more sadly. They are becoming very strict now. And I have done quite a few private projects there so they are always very suspicious when I show up.
There is another laser cutting service, but they would charge around 80 pounds for the mdf bits. Then you'll have to factor in the metal bits, packing and shipping etc.
I have designed a reference stick that is cut from 2mm hdf. I'd like to avoid having to cut 2 different thicknesses so that have to be addressed too.

I solved the stability problem by screwing another piece of wood into the sliding towers feet from the underside of the base plate.
And, yes, the wheel holding forks will be replaced with metal.

Are the Hope logo's etched/cut into the hubs, or could a bit of acetone remove them?

I'm pretty sure they're etched.

Yeah, Hope laser etch everything. Skip to 7:30 if you don't want to see their pretty factory.
Hope - Technology to a Tea on Vimeo

^ Factory porn

That is so much tidier than any factory I've ever worked in!

The one good thing about beeing sick is that there's a chance that you are home when the postman comes by to drop of an ice cream tub stuffed with Record stuff from a nice Slovenian gentleman. I didn't even get his bank details before the package was here. Very trusting.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

I just paid for some wheels from the US and the guy's gone completely silent on me...

Sorry to hear that. There are all kinds of people out there.

I paid via PayPal, so I'm not panicking, but still- be nice to hear from the chap.

haha
I can not sneak in and do more sadly. They are becoming very strict now. And I have done quite a few private projects there so they are always very suspicious when I show up.
There is another laser cutting service, but they would charge around 80 pounds for the mdf bits. Then you'll have to factor in the metal bits, packing and shipping etc.
I have designed a reference stick that is cut from 2mm hdf. I'd like to avoid having to cut 2 different thicknesses so that have to be addressed too.

I solved the stability problem by screwing another piece of wood into the sliding towers feet from the underside of the base plate.
And, yes, the wheel holding forks will be replaced with metal.

I have access to a laser cutter so i'd only need the file, would be awesome if you could post it at some point? :) also what software did you use for the design?

I have access to a laser cutter so i'd only need the file, would be awesome if you could post it at some point? :) also what software did you use for the design?

I'm home beeing sick right now - it's a tough one this one. the files are on my school computer so I can't do anything before I'm back.
I drew it in autocad 2d and took it to illustrator 2002, I think, as that's what our cutter eats.

in other news:

just realised I never put these photos in the right thread:

and here's a dwg for the truing stand. I've included both 9mm and 2mm in one file so you'd want to seperate them (they're on seperate named layers) and convert to whatever file type your lasercutter reads.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/736040/truing%20stand.dwg

brakes are in.
only looking for front der., skewers and pedals now.
and a little more work to be done to the frame.

Just read through Hulsroy's thread and now this. If I ever start thinking about brazing on a new head tube, I'll know who to get in touch with. Good work and excited to see the final result!

Another piece to the puzzle... God, this takes forever! Somebody, find me a front derailleur.

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frame is off to Hulsroy to get gear bosses brazed on.
meanwhile:

great fun test fitting stuff:

Looks like you'll have to lower the saddle a bit before riding it...

Messing about with the fork. Not sure how well this will go...

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