Current Projects chat and miscellany

Sorry I should have put 'lol' at the end of that last post

Anti-hipsters, the lot of you

The improved Bob Jackson

Ahhhhh...........thats better. Shame the tape and saddle don't quite match, still looks lovely though. This one a keeper?

Better

@kC, how much?

So due to server failure:
Here's a recap.

Nice! loving the paragon drop-outs.

(feels familiar this :S)

Nice! loving the paragon drop-outs.

(feels familiar this :S)

I love your winter daemonic bike

Ahhhhh...........thats better. Shame the tape and saddle don't quite match, still looks lovely though. This one a keeper?

100% keeper i have wanted one for ages I own a Barber shop so i will be going to work on it.i may and try and put it through the books lol,i think once the leather bartape gets grubby it will look better.

bob jackson looking much better now

Love that mercian...that make cracking bikes

That make not Mercian

Love that mercian...that make cracking bikes

I like the barbershop bike well done

I should be shortening my forks tomorrow at college
any tips?

I will take some step by step pictures if anyone's interested in seeing how i do it.

I am thinking I like this version better the red Rolls looks really nice in the real light.

^ nice,

ps what chain is that? is it a half link?

comments? apart from hipster cysts (not my only lights, honest!), missing chainring bolt, uncut steerer, lack of bar end plugs, bmx headest...

that is the remains of the surly decals on the floor

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^ nice,

ps what chain is that? is it a half link?

Cheers yep half link i really like them strong and drive really well.

Cheers yep half link i really like them strong and they stretch really well.

:)

Cheers yep half link i really like them strong and drive really well.

Cool, i also have a half link, shadow conspiracy is what i have.

vast improvement KC. having just chrome components & black tyres with the odd hint of red brings out the frame so much better than flooding it with red.

I love the barber's pole effect, very apt!

that's much better, the leather bar tape and the new set of wheels gave the bike the dignity it deserves. Job well done.

Cheers yep half link i really like them strong, ugly, noisy and stretch really well to boot.

hmmm. I'm convinced. I'm getting one tomorrow.

I have a battered raleigh road frame, 531 tubing, with a squashed top tube and drive side drop out. planning on taking it down to my local frame builder to play around with. i was thinking of getting him to replace the drop outs with track ones. does anyone have any experience of this? does it work or is it just weird to have a road bike with track drop outs?

i also made this rather fetching reflector out of an old reflective jacket. would be interesting to see how bright it is when riding.

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Yo. I've been thinking about respraying my umeawa (my keyboard is fucked) to a solid white gloss, the pearl finish is just not sitting with me! I'm gonna be in need of a set of decals. I messaged Rene at njs blogspot to find out if he knew of a way of getting hold of some, not available apparently. Anybody got an alternative idea? Cheers!