Current Projects chat and miscellany

please don't cut off any braze-ons in the conversion,* unless they look shit!*

fixed

neg rep :p

it's a fucking colnago master xlite for fucks sake!

neg rep :p

it's a fucking colnago master xlite for fucks sake!

I'm breaking your balls... Princess... ;p

you're breaking my heart, prince charming!

Your place or mine?

both. you stay at yours I'll stay at mine :-)

that sun looks pretty good for what you spent !

old cheap rusty frames are fine, no puppies died (dont worry a|s)

cheers! glad it hasn't got too much of a kicking as i'm quite attached to it despite it being a bit worse for wear and dated. the front mech was missing and the back wheel was pretty fucked up so i wrote it off as a road bike

looking forward to putting new bits on it as i get the cash, like the look of the san marco regal saddle for it but that'd pretty much be the same as the cost of the frame!

been advised to sort a better front brake for it however the wheels on it now are smaller (700c) than the originals so having trouble finding brakes with sufficient drop on them

been advised to sort a better front brake for it however the wheels on it now are smaller (700c) than the originals so having trouble finding brakes with sufficient drop on them

These ones go to 57mm reach.

http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/BR407E05-Tektro+R730+Long+Reach+Rd+Calipers.aspx?sc=FRGLUK&cc=GBP

And these go to 73mm

http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/BR308E05-Tektro+R556+Road+Calipers.aspx?sc=FRGLUK&cc=GBP

picked up an old 'beater' off a guy who came in the shop, truns out its got full campag on it and the frame could be something interesting. After the usuall searches for old french/italian bikes and frame designs it started to look like it could be a masi, but the frame number disproves this, after a bit more digging it could be an old Wilier but finding info on these is like rocking horse shit! anyone got any info on where i could try yo find out more???

Well, let's have a look at it then...

It's a 'Big Air'....full suss bmx....tis fun :)
and is freakin heavy! what 50lbs?

You must have to be hitting some massive fucking ramps to launch it then? They're not joking about the 'big' part..

picked up an old 'beater' off a guy who came in the shop, truns out its got full campag on it and the frame could be something interesting. After the usuall searches for old french/italian bikes and frame designs it started to look like it could be a masi, but the frame number disproves this, after a bit more digging it could be an old Wilier but finding info on these is like rocking horse shit! anyone got any info on where i could try yo find out more???

http://classicrendezvous.com/Italy/wilier_main.htm

I have decided to do justice to a 1981 Raleigh Team TI 531 frame i had sitting around. Like this but very faded:

I have started with great impatience, and have been paying too much for specific bits on Ebay, (see attachments) I wanted a full Shimano 600 Arabesque groupset, as Campag is too obvious (and too costly.)

I may still stretch for these NOSS Record black hubs though - they would look perfect with the NOSS Rigida black clincher rims I got off trampsparadise.. but these will certainly push the ££s to almost £300 by the time I'm finished! oopps.
(I don't care about mixing italian / Japanese -these hubs are like, wow.)

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I want to build a Cuntster replacement. I am 5'10". What should I do?

In all seriousness though, I'm thinking of something else for my daily ride. The WAC bike is falling apart (my 0 maintenance policy in full effect) and I can't really be bothered fixing it when I can buy something new and sparkly (that's not really true I just want something new).

Does anyone have a Steamroller in 56cm I could ride around the block for 10min?

just sticker the raleigh and ride that ;)

This will be a beautiful build.

If you put those rare Campag black hubs on the Raleigh you should do the proper thing and fit a full Campag Record group.

Cheap to do of you're patient. Costly if you're not.

Talk to Ma3k

I want to build a Cuntster replacement. I am 5'10". What should I do?

@dmczone - is £60 an OK price for that pair of hubs?
I can always grab a cheapo 6-speed tub wheelset for £25 if they fly out of my price range..

Black anodized Campy hubs from that era are a rarity.

£60 would be a steal, but they should fetch much more.

Although you never know with eBay.

Just ask no one here to bid on them.

2 days to go ...

Sniper at the ready.. ;-)
Cheers.

I have decided to do justice to a 1981 Raleigh Team TI 531 frame i had sitting around. Like this but very faded:

I have started with great impatience, and have been paying too much for specific bits on Ebay, (see attachments) I wanted a full Shimano 600 Arabesque groupset, as Campag is too obvious (and too costly.)

I may still stretch for these NOSS Record black hubs though - they would look perfect with the NOSS NISI black clincher rims I got off trampsparadise.. but these will certainly push the ££s to almost £300 by the time I'm finished! oopps.
(I don't care about mixing italian / Japanese -these hubs are like, wow.)

Yes they are indeed, like, wow. Nice work.

just sticker the raleigh and ride that ;)

Maybe I should strip it and paint it fluoro green then put risers and pink cranks on it?

Two wheels please..

What about 3?

Two wheels joined in the middle with a diamond, UCI-rule meeting bicycle frame.

Bastard! :P