Current Projects chat and miscellany

95% finished. Just waiting for black grips and trying to work out how to finish off the forks. Wet n dryed the decals but now left with 'dull' abrasion marks so prob need to re-gloss or just re-spray them all black

I love that bike, dibs if you ever want to sell it

Looks good, lovely finish, could do with some decals to break it up a bit though, dont know what to suggest though....

looking good

Looks good, lovely finish, could do with some decals to break it up a bit though, dont know what to suggest though....

Agree, maybe some Bianchi decals would be fitting. Was thinking of stripping my alu frame as I have all black parts too but they do look a bit bare.

I won't be getting any Bianchi decals, that was the main reason for me stripping it. Might try and get some 'Don Walker'

I know a blind one-handed thalidomide spastic that can knock you some up. Gimme a pm if interested.

YouTube - Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit

Don't put any decals, it's looking gorgeous as it is G!

Put some LEADER sticker on.

Now paint it gorgeous baby blue & put decals on it.:o)

my new polo-project

your fork is on backwards.

No it's not, it's a speedway bike.

No it's not, it's a speedway bike.

with reversed trail? fucked up. googles speedway bike to see what the fawk is going on

i found nothing.

someone clue me in as to why any kind of bike would want a negative trail, or what this speedway crap is.

i still think the fork is on backwards.

i found that website and looked at every bike on it. they all look normal to me, with a positive, albeit small rake.

his has a negative rake.

i get it man. you're showing me photos of bikes. maybe you should use words. maybe tis and tat.

i have yet to see one where the rake is negative.

it's a speedway bike, need the zippy handling to fight corner after a burst acceleration I suppose

I find that the more rake the fork have, the harder it is to turn tightly while going too fast, I only discovered that when I was racing against my missus on my dutch bike.

It has neither positive or negative rake. Its a mother fucking zero rake fork!
And its on the right way round.

yea man but there more to it than that. Steeper the angle, the less rake you need to keep a positive trail on the bike.

negative rake is the new tight clearance.

You should check out the speedway video on youtube, some of them are pretty gnarly.

here;

YouTube - Cycle Speedway Euro Club Champs: FINAL

you can see why a zero rake fork work well in speedway.