Current Projects chat and miscellany

kingcutter doesn't have "current projects" just things he's getting ready to sell.

of course - yet we all pretend to go along with the pretence that 'he's just looking for the right bike'.

He told me this one was a keeper.

And ... it doesn't look bad.

it's a long a lonely road. one that is usually only graced by white tyres.

Any chance of a Spec list/run down of all the components?

frame
62 c2t seattube
58 c2c toptube
easton ec90 sl straight leg forks
sugino 75 cranks and ring
un26bb
goldtec x open pro 36h rando on back 25 conti 4 season on the front
thomson stem and seatpost
cinelli pista bars
fizik saddle and bar tape
tiem pedals
kmc devil 101 chain
salsa lip lock
chris king headset

Pimping.

Picked this frame up tonight. My housemate and I are putting a bike together for his sister for christmas - we're on a budget so may be a bit of a headache getting cheapish parts that look good and work well but always up for a challenge. Paint is ok, but it's probably going to Armourtex...

Picked this up today. Was quite a change from my Fuji Track! Fucking loving it even though I haven't even properly set it up for me yet.

All I've done for the 29er this month, is build a front wheel. A couple of days ago I unlaced the brake disc side after I changed my mind* spoke-wise. I'm going backwards here :(

The original plan was to go all DT Revos on a 32 3x wheelset, using Hope Pro IIs and velocity blunts. I'm now replacing the brake disc side spokes with Super comps, partly to make the building easier, partly to stiffen up the wheels for disc brakes use.

(*had explosive wind-up, while dishing/tensioning the front wheel. Not fun)

had explosive wind-up

what does that mean? a nipple shot out of the rim or something?

DT Revos are very thin spokes so spoke wind-up is a serious problem. To solve this I wrapped some tape around a pair of pliers, and used them to clamp the spokes while truing/tensioning. This actually worked well although made the build a very slow process.

I was finishing off the wheel, and noticed it was slightly out of dish. So I went around and tightened the disc side spokes. The wheel started going out of true, and I tried to fix this. At this point I should have admitted it was late and put the wheel away. But I had been so close to finishing that I figured I'd just true it up and check tension the next day. I must have unknowingly screwed the same spoke several times. Because when the tipical PING noise (spoke suddenly untwisting and screwing into nippple) came it was fecking loud, and was followed by the spoke snapping in a near explosive manner. As it suddenly realised it was 3-4 mm too short for its position in the universe. Scared the hell out off me.

Inspecting the wheel after showed that it was just the one spoke that had been so badly twisted, but as this is a relativly expensive wheelset. I decided to I should spend a couple extra £s and do the build properly.

i need this rack for my current project! where can i get it?

these are pretty common in Holland give me a shout if your having issues getting one back in the UK i can head down to the LBS and see what i can pick up for you.

Last week's "current project"
I turned my bike in to a horse for the Scalleycat in Liverpool. I was a knight (don't have my helmet on in this shot though)

DT Revos are very thin spokes so spoke wind-up is a serious problem. To solve this I wrapped some tape around a pair of pliers, and used them to clamp the spokes while truing/tensioning. This actually worked well although made the build a very slow process.

I was finishing off the wheel, and noticed it was slightly out of dish. So I went around and tightened the disc side spokes. The wheel started going out of true, and I tried to fix this. At this point I should have admitted it was late and put the wheel away. But I had been so close to finishing that I figured I'd just true it up and check tension the next day. I must have unknowingly screwed the same spoke several times. Because when the tipical PING noise (spoke suddenly untwisting and screwing into nippple) came it was fecking loud, and was followed by the spoke snapping in a near explosive manner. As it suddenly realised it was 3-4 mm too short for its position in the universe. Scared the hell out off me.

Inspecting the wheel after showed that it was just the one spoke that had been so badly twisted, but as this is a relativly expensive wheelset. I decided to I should spend a couple extra £s and do the build properly.

okay, good luck with it, i ve heard the pings but they were just from normal spokes ripping the threads out of the nipples

My knife still dripping from the puppy massacre - bring the abuse.
Here is my freshly finished Merckx conversion on its first day out.

(Edit - sorry, first pic was a bit big)

You didn't file anything off so that's ok.

Which Merckx frame is it?

Looks good.

Noice

lovely frame, what ratio is that? looks super spinny.

I believe it's an MX Leader (feel free to correct me - it's been a bit hard to find definitive info).

Yeah, 69" gearing for the hills that are my Bath commute. Was a bit low for London :-)

That puppies certainly bleedin but it ain't dead yet!

Looks fun

Take care of it.

A used MXL frame went for 900 quid last week.

Take care of it.

A used MXL frame went for 900 quid last week.

Wow - thanks for the link. Yeah, that's def the same frame. I had a feeling I'd got something of a bargain (ebay.fr, €400 inc lots of campy kit and nice wheels)

Cashback!

Picked up my Bob Jackson frame from Leeds this morning feels great but I don't think I like the wheels.

Don't blame you M8.