Current Projects chat and miscellany

They’ll look great. Got a retro WI vibe

Thanks! Yes I think you are right. I updated the photoshop-file.

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This was very satisfying and a piece of piss. Oven cleaner is no joke. Finished with a green abrasive pad for a brushed look.

Wow! I woun´t have imagined that they look so nice after paint stripping and brushing. Looks like a factory finsh.

Really I'm really chuffed with the result. I've never stripped anything like this so I was worried they'd come out looking blotchy or rough and that I'd have to polish them, but a bit of directional sanding with the abrasive pad did the trick nicely.

After moving house just before Christmas, I now have a bit more room for bikes, so finally got round to building this up.

Thanks to @¡apesta! for the frame and fork and to @broken_777 for the wheels. Needs tidying up clearly (look at the brake cable for a start) but just taken it out for a maiden ride around the block. First fixed bike in god knows how long, and remembered to keep pedalling for the duration.

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Summer is coming, I did get some bike out of the shed.
The pink need drop, the blue canti frame need canti, the last one I don't really need it.

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Wow nicely done! The brushed look is great

Nice build! Looks clean and functional

Very strange. I have 2 Kona projects on the go at the moment.

Super clean build. B has those Paselas on his bike now. Lovely tyres.

Wicked that - what are the wheels/rims ? And no surprise there’s Paselas on there ;)

Hubs are Dia Compe. Rims are ones that Martin (@broken_777) recommended, not sure of the brand.

Great looking bike! Rims look like ADHN: https://www.hubjub.co.uk/kinlin-adhn--mld-101-p.asp

Wow, they look great! Good work.

Tidy. Like many other former Paddy Wagon owners, I regret getting rid of it.

Had a go at some fabrication for out upcoming trip. Pretty happy with how it came out, and the Wit Slingers rando bag is of course on point.

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That is very tidy. Is it safe to assume that the bag has a solid base? Or something to keep it from sagging?

Yep. Plastic sheet insert in the bag and two velcro tabs on the outside to keep it from bouncing.

Townie project. Braking is shit, using drop bar levers on sweepbacks simply doesn’t seem to work…

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having the same problem. Try angling them so the lever pulls just below (or above) the bar. This seemed to help in my case

Or just get the horse for the course

Completion this weekend was scuppered by a bottom bracket issue.

Should be done soon.

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Higher bars to try out on its way, then I'll shorten brake hoses. Also needs set back post, maybe in 27,7.
Seems to work ok, and I like the beach racer look it has.

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Looking good! Hope the bars are comfy :)

They are. But more rise needed.