Current Projects chat and miscellany

You can buy shim washers for IS mounts.

So are you inferring that it would be fine?

Yeah, don’t see why not

Turned a budget 650c track bike into something a bit more useful for my partner. Many hacks and bodges. If she likes it I’ll get proper rear brake and bottle cage mounts sorted along with a lower rear bridge to allow a matching rear brake and a better seat collar. If she really likes I’ll look into a thread less steerer swap to loose the adaptor, trim some weight and increase flexibility. I’n the meantime I’ll sort the mudguard stays.

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New winterbiek
More pics here

really like this. No mudguards though?

Cheers. Mudguards to follow shortly!

That's almost my Rotrax' brother from another mother

I don’t think I’m familiar with your Rotrax.

Nice, love a RIH

Me too, such a finely made frame with really lovely feathered lugwork

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Thread coming soon on the works to get it rideable, but as it stands here: https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16153966/incontext/

Ah yes, I did see that one. Classy components on that and a really nice frame

Looks really cool

slowly but getting there
Here with 28c
I'm going to build it with sram ominium crankset (maybe 50t/16t) and probably another stem.
I'm thinking about an old black flite saddle

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Lovely build!

Is it my eyes or does the BB has minimal if not no drop?

Nah you're bang on, it's a junior track frame with small wheels so needs the high BB.

Hoping it's not too sketchy with steep angles and all the weight on the front. Suspect i'll be building her something a bit more chill at some point but she seems to like it!

Anyone got a spare very cheap/free 27.2mm seatpost?

Not a frame builder so no comment on the handling and hey, if she likes it then that's the bike!

Chilled bike idea: Old school MTB with updated bits!

spare very cheap/free 27.2mm seatpost?

If nobody closer can help, I have a beater grade silver Kalloy SP-248 (scratched to hell and chopped from 400 to 300 by previous owner) you can have for postage

I have no idea how to size a stem for flat bars. Care to make a ballpark guess?

I currently ride 40-42cm short reach drop bars with a 90mm stem.
CP will have nearly same stack/reach, and 66cm ritchey 10° bars.

I'm thinking shorter stem to account for the much wider contact points, though I may chop the bars a little if the width is too much.

IME due to flat/riser bars having a lot less reach than drop bars, you'll want a slightly longer stem (assuming same frame geo).
I'd try the 90mm stem if that's what you've got, you may want to go longer. 66cm bars are fairly narrow relatively, so likely you'll need 100-110mm.

@barry is trying to find an in stock flat mount caliper that works with his ST-RS685 shifter, would a GRX RX810 work? Our thinking is buying a new BH90 hose and using the nut that's currently in the shifter.

Or a BR-R8070 and SM-BH90-SS hose?

New Giles Berthoud mudguards and winter tyres on the Partybus

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I love it. Reminds me to do something about this garage dweller.

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