Current Projects chat and miscellany

Is that a sim works stem?

new 110 the stem, 120 was 2 long hands down ; 2cm wilder ITM millenium drop bar and Use alien seatpost.

new Record cranks and cuted dropbar

Picked up nw for £10 and gone 1x . Might chuck risers on for winter. Anyone selling a 10speed trigger shifter (Sram)?

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Making a fixed beater (this will be for @togas to use while he’s in London if he needs it). Thought I had everything but am currently lacking a 26.2 seatpost (wrongly remembered it being 26.8)

Has anyone got one they’d like to shift?

Edit-actually.. I reckon it’s 26.2

That design was a very common one in the early days of kiddie trailers here in Canada as well.

Yeah sim works, they nicely don't put the stickers on, they come loose in the box. The green top cap comes separately and it comes by default with a red one. They also do matchy matchy green nitto bar end plugs.

Been drooling on those for a while now.. Very pricy though.

Swapping tyres counts as a project I’m sure. C.X bike was great today, I fancy a proper road bike as I only have this and my X.C bike. I am comfortable on the boardman so should I just replicate the stack and reach when looking at road bikes or will the boardman being a cross bike make that a bad idea?. I have no real idea with bike fit.

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Looking at the photos of your Boardman, the position is pretty much close to a road bike, so yeah trying replicate the stack and reach is a good idea to get a bicycle with a similar fit to your Boardman.

Maybe changing tyres to something like GP4000sII would be more apt than the heavier slipperier Gatorskins.

Thanks edscoble, gp4000 would be my usual choice but got these for less than half price.

Alternately I would look into Panaracer Gravelking in 32mm to take advantage of the CX bike.

I will, thanks for the suggestions.

I've put a new cockpit on my winterbike today. Longer stem and a deda piega make a slightly more comfortable position.

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Cool bike. Give us a side pic please!

Toying with getting one of these on cycle to work voucher.

Can get it fitted with 650b dynamo wheelset for £99 extra. Will fit mudguards and rack and use it as a fat tire commuter. For under £1000 - decent deal?

Thats a pricey hybrid

Looks like an Arkose but not as nice

i actually wanted an arkrose (or even a lithium) but my c2w scheme doesn't do Evans :(

if you have alternative suggestions i'm all ears!

Just buy one second hand? You don't have to buy new with the voucher. It will still be even cheaper. I just bought one with 105 11 speed for 350 quid. Ended up selling the 105 and swapping to rival22 for no extra cost. Could have one with a dynamo for 500 quid pretty easily.

I was going to say Pinnacle .. but maybe Verenti?

https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/EBPXXLSULT/planet-x-xls-shimano-ultegra-6800-carbon-cyclo-cross-bike

BB5lol

u wot m8, its an ultegra carbon bike for 900 quid. sell them, gives you over a hundred quid to fit Juintech R1