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hello

i kid you not

make sure you get those spare chain links

Nearly finished this one. It started out as an ebay purchase for a late 70s british track frame and some parts i had collected:

Then got it powdercoated and decaled based on what i thought it might be

And then after finally accepting that it was too small for me, i picked up a new frame again from ebay and transferred all the parts over

Already managed to swap the seatpost for the silver equivalent and now just need to grab a silver stem/handlebar and some nice low-profile wheels and it'll be done. Annoyingly most of my parts were silver but i decided to powdercoat them all for the last project in a moment of madness.

Does anyone know anything about simonelli frames? i've had a search about and there's only a couple of their bikes on velospace. it looks like the frames at the upper end of the mid-range frames, the tubing is columbus cromor and the lugs are pretty nice. The rest of the bike is:
goldtecs to deep-vs
nitto pearl/risers
thomson seatpost/concor profil
sugino rd crankset with a fyxomatosis chainring

Lovely frame.
The silver seatpost/stem will suit nicely.... glad you dropped the gimpy mudguard x

make sure you get those spare chain links

my god fred, that is tight

i suspect fred was refering to the fact that the wheel is squeezed right to the front of the dropout.

Currently rebuilding my winter/utility bike. As I have been breaking and buying bits over a period of time, its become a true mongrel.

Its now a alu cycloX frame with carbon cycloX fork, built up with Deore mtb groupset, including hubs (got lucky with the rear spacing), and Midge drop bars.

The geometry and balance look to be spot-on for winter riding.

Just need to finish doing the cables and gears. Man this has been a difficult build, might have to do something simplier like a fixed unicycle as my next build :)

i suspect fred was refering to the fact that the wheel is squeezed right to the front of the dropout.

Indeed. And it looks like the chain is as taut as Jordan's bra strap.

ah, oops. silly me, what a twat etc!!!!!

Indeed. And it looks like the chain is as taut as Jordan's bra strap.

Deflation required before removal.

The geometry and balance look to be spot-on for winter riding.

Just need to finish doing the cables and gears. Man this has been a difficult build, might have to do something simplier like a fixed unicycle as my next build :)

Just in time for the summer :)

Just in time for the summer :)

Hehe, good point!

although its not finished yet :Z

(BTW: anyone trying to make life easy by installing a expander bolt style headset adjuster intead of the standard starnut. Man that was a PITA. Fecking 25mm long bolt, like thats going to be long enough. rant rant grumble grumble.....)

BTW @Nukeluc that simonelli frame is a beaut!

It's Swagger's new sonic brake (patent pending)

:D

I'm probably way off the mark but was that top photo by any chance taken in Sneem in County Kerry, Ireland? looks very familiar. probably quite a generic bridge/river/fields photo on second thoughts.

Also that blue frame is LUST.

I'm probably way off the mark but was that top photo by any chance taken in Sneem in County Kerry, Ireland? looks very familiar. probably quite a generic bridge/river/fields photo on second thoughts.

Also that blue frame is LUST.

What brings you to S(ch)nee(ee)m Superprecise?

Nice part of the world down there though, like it's own little world is Kerry ;)

Lovely frame.
The silver seatpost/stem will suit nicely.... glad you dropped the gimpy mudguard x

agreed, it was so thin that it barely did its job

BTW @Nukeluc that simonelli frame is a beaut!

cheers, i got lucky on ebay and the frame went pretty much unwatched

I'm probably way off the mark but was that top photo by any chance taken in Sneem in County Kerry, Ireland? looks very familiar. probably quite a generic bridge/river/fields photo on second thoughts.

Also that blue frame is LUST.

sorry to disappoint but it was in dartmoor national park on the last family holiday. thought that fixed would be fun to get away from the parents before realising that devon is brutally hilly

What brings you to S(ch)nee(ee)m Superprecise?

Nice part of the world down there though, like it's own little world is Kerry ;)

my ex-ex-girlfriend had family and a house there. summer holidays, good times. lovely part of the world.

Yeah Kerry is beautiful!! I don't know if you've seen in the Dublin forum we're toying with getting some of the Londoners over to Dublin for a trip, Kerry would be a lovely jaunt!!

My parents are driving around the ring of Kerry as we speak.. Enjoying the beautiful countryside while I'm stuck in my house in London with nothing but books to look at :(

New project - should be turning up next week.

A Casati Ellisse Due lo-pro

Columbus EL tubing apparently - so VERY light :)

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Swagger with Dura-Ace hubs?

New project - should be turning up next week.

A Casati Ellisse Due lo-pro

Columbus EL tubing apparently - so VERY light :)

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Yeah Kerry is beautiful!! I don't know if you've seen in the Dublin forum we're toying with getting some of the Londoners over to Dublin for a trip, Kerry would be a lovely jaunt!!

count me in for that!

I have *finally *finished converting my Peugeot Carbolite 103. Started off riding SS and before long I was hooked on fixed. Riding 52x18 on mainly stock parts.
Already looking around for my next build!

Enjoy!

you gotta love the old Pug decals.

I have a new project, la la la....