Current Projects chat and miscellany

new fashion; gussets are qreat.

ok just put the new front wheel on!!!!

Spinergy carbon painted!!!!

changing the bars tomorrow for some nitto risers, and the new (vintage) rolls from roberto fitted!

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wowser!
that is nice.

I'm going the Grandad touring route. Just bought this. It's 27" wheeled.. also planning to get it a 700c cyclocross wheelset and hopefully have two bikes in one. OBTB FTW
Also building up a slave lo-pro as primary fixed, and returning my Guerciotti conversion to its Campag SR geared glory.
Going to be a fun, greasy, (expensive?) summer.

Old Bastard Track Bike?
is that what it stands for?

nearly done

is that frame in cavendish at the mo????

If so it's sick in the flesh!!!!!!

is the front a tub?

is that frame in cavendish at the mo????

If so it's sick in the flesh!!!!!!

is the front a tub?

got it back this afternoon
both tub

ok, i can only presume this is some kind of 1950s HHSB, with a 27" rear wheel, complete with Sturmey AW 3 speed hub. Front wheel is a 26", with a dynohub. Bike also has numerous other things attached, and shitloads of tape which i peeled off. in the seller's pic it looked like this:

it looked like a path frame to me, so i bought it.

you can see the full glory of the front wheel thing going on here:

and other details (lovely handwriting logo):


so basically, i stripped it right down, gave it a brief clean, then built it up on the sly,swapped the pitted bars for a nitto stem i had lying around, few other bits and bobs, quick quick, to see what it looked like ((note pencil thin seat stays) :

and all was well, and it had a vintage pump on the bosses. and i rode it around until i got totally nailed by a bicycle courier on the wrong side of the road, who essentially flattened me and my nose pissed blood and hurt my shoulder. the pump also got flattened. well, things happen. the bike's fine, the pump and my nose and arm are not. i went to critical mass after walking roudn town in a bit of a daze, sort of shock, looking for somewhere to clean the blood. nice to see corny and lebowski and chug it and stevechugit, and mike c, and phil, seb, joel and others.

i'm going to get it shot-blasted and resprayed, should be nice. looks very much like a 1950s zephyr path frame.

oh and if that wasn't enough - whilst sat in soho square, licking my wounds, this happened:

pj I am lost between love and hate.

I was going to edit this bu i can't be bothered.

its' nice isn't it? it is rather rusty though. as soon as the other one comes back this one can go in.

its quaint, pj. would make a lovely rain bike

(complement).

nearly done

lovely frame!! is that a 700 front wheel?

i'm not sure whether to put a longer fork on my lo pro to avoid catching pedals... does it effect steering much if you do that?

"affect". verb.

ok just put the new front wheel on!!!!

Spinergy carbon painted!!!!

changing the bars tomorrow for some nitto risers, and the new (vintage) rolls from roberto fitted!

Wow, that wheel is loverrlly.

thanks tynan, good old ebay and a father in law with a spray booth!

"affect". verb.

please excuse my poor grammar... but how does that affect the handling ? i've been considering doing this myself to gain a bit of clearance. i guess it will depend what fork you put on?

any advice appreciated!

lovely frame!! is that a 700 front wheel?

i'm not sure whether to put a longer fork on my lo pro to avoid catching pedals... does it effect steering much if you do that?

650c
i can even do a bar spin on mine ;-)

For pj:

:)

I think, given the 28 minute delay in witty retorts, that you have just induced a heart attack in PJ...

Are you happy now?

:p

yes, actually. Where's your corima quadspoke going ian?

Good. The wheel is going on Slave One, my new bike... Rode it today, me likey...

slave one, you bastard. That's a bit presumptious don't you think?

i have ordered a new tub/tape/pump from ribble. I am hopeful that i'll be able to try out the trispoke early next week. By the way, if you want to do a temporary trade in the future and experience cycling 1 spoke closer to the revered monospoke, let me know :)

Not presumptious, it's the name of Boba Fett's ship - it's a bit beaten up, kind of like my bike. It's almost anti-slave to be honest.

I got my tub from Planet X - £20 for a conti 650c. It took fucking ages to find a decent priced one to be honest. So I accidentally ordered three... Damn me and my shit 'click to order' fingers...

i know, i was referring to it's other meaning as the originator of the hip-hop-slave meme. :P

I've gone for some cheaper rubinos (2 of them) which i'm not really expecting to last for long. lots of tpi for the money though :)

nearly done

Ooh, what is that crankset? I want.