Current Projects chat and miscellany

Thats real good advice,
cheers, our man in Norway!
Although right this second my levers are in the same location as yours, which is weird.
Still waiting on the wheels though :(

I hasn't noticed that before (but then I hasn't seen it build up), do your Geekhouse have a horizontal top tube?

You know, I took the train home from Waterloo after having a busted ankle due to a peds dancing on the middle of the street, I managed to catch the last carriage and another guy appear behind me with a Colnago hexagonal tubing frame that's obviously too small for him.

have a long conversation with him about bicycle and his in general, I learn that the hexagonal tubing (in theory) is stronger than conventional one, simply because it's basically a round tube in the inside with a hexagonal shape on the outside, couldn't explain it properly but he draw a diagram to show me.

I nearly killed a child yesterday!

But besides that you are right, it is a strong tubing (not sure its the strongest), but because of that its quite heavy. Or at least mine is.

yes, I hasn't written much due to being on strong painkiller for the very swollen ankles, I nearly killed a grown up child too! least she was okay and her thick clothing (or skin) protected her, to be honest I'm more concern about her not realising how painful my ankle was due to a forced unclip from the Time ATAC pedal.

I did says that I assumed there's not many of those frame due to the extra weight that come with it despite the extra stiffness, but we both come to the conclusion very quickly that it really doesn't matter as long the bike is nice to ride, like the BMW's Gangsta.

he dressed like a hipster, got a beard resemblance Dan Le Sac, his bike is those typical Colnago mixed of day-glo colour, black and chrome, it have a lovely day-glo pink on the middle of the top tube and down tube, black all over with chrome straight fork and chrome headtube lug.

almost missed my stop!

IRLeo: Mudguards are the essence of 2009 ... (seen Charge's painted mudguard, moustache barred thing?) Next year is the year of the mudflap. Its gonna be all about how big your flaps are.

benjamin bunny: Nicely assembled bike. I have seen these lugs somewhere else, quite recently. Can't think where now. You could possibly ask hilarystone if he could give you any clues as to what frame it is, or Mario Vaz.

IROdan's lady's a lucky girl. The chunky tyres on that Benotto are well cool. Its all about the massive tyres for London's Famous Potholes.

Guy ... am I right in thinking you've had this frame custom built? It looks B.o.n.k.e.r.s.

I hasn't noticed that before (but then I hasn't seen it build up), do your Geekhouse have a horizontal top tube?

Geo of 1 and 2 attached.
It's a bit, different.

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• HenryUk#1.pdf
• henryuk2.pdf

http://www.cyclingutah.com/may/may00/classic.html

It is known; however, that the current trademark Gilco tubing used by Colnago, in which the main tubes are sort of diamond-shaped instead of round resulted from Merckx's opinion that Colnago's frames did not descend well. Comparing them to DeRosa's, Merckx felt the Colnago to be too flexible.
Upon hearing this, Ernesto set about remedying the problem, even though it was the only complaint he had heard regarding his frames' performance.
But if Eddy Merckx feels your bike is too flexible, you should heed the advice and make changes. Colnago did not want to add weight to the bike design he had worked hard to lighten, so he decided to increase the torsional rigidity without adding weight.
With some work using an ordinary shop mandrel on normal round tubes, he flattened all four sides of the tubes to decrease flexibility under pedalling forces, and unknowingly produced his future trademark.
For many years now, Columbus has drawn the diamond-shaped tubes to Colnago's specification, and two decades of racing have proven the merits of the idea. The resulting frame is light, stiff and offers a compliant ride quality, all of the attributes of a great race bike.

Few "teasershots" of a bike I found behind 15 years of rubbish in the basement below our apartment.

Now, I am in need of a bike to do longer Audax-rides on, and I'm planning on restoring this to working condition using a mix of older Shimano 600, DuraAce, and perhaps 105-parts.. depending on what I can find for free/cheap during the winter... and run a pretty low gearing (mtb cassette + something with smaller rings in the front). It will be STi shifters since I already have a complete set of Shimano 600 shifters/mech..

Now that tube has a funny shape yes? :)

80's italian graphics.

WTF? it looks like it might have a number stamped in it under the paint on the stay, and that it was filled before painting.. I think perhaps a bit of rust is making it stand out? the paint is cracked as can be seen, don't think that stay is cracked.
The stay on the other side dosn't look like that, and it sure as hell dosn't say "Rossin" there.. The other number on the ST is the required by danish law framenumber stamped by the bikeshop that sold it.

Columbus Matrix... don't know how common this is? or how good? Lugs look pretty standard.

original stem.. :) Bars are black Belleri.

Shit front brake, 500EX.

The bike is equipped with a cheap shit gruppo, 500EX..

original saddle... Rossin's came with these..

Hope this surface rust will polish up... without damaging the graphics..

Looks like early 90's Look-pedals.. made of plastic, only identification I can find is that it's ARC-system..

Show a bit of the dirt... that wheel has a broken spoke, could be why it was put away.. it hasn't been doing many kilometers judged by the brakewear.

Would be funny to know if anyone else has seen a Rossin with non-round tubing like this? It looks to me like it's a mid-range frame with low-range parts on it..

eyebrows, your bike is defintely going to be the bike of the century.

you've seen gizmond's?
Or SuperP's?
or that one above your post?
Or Mr. Forum's Robin Mather?
Mr. Forum's Robin Mather is definitely bike of the century.
followed closely by Josh's and then Guy's.
And then aren't you getting a BMW?
I'm excited about that. They are super awesome. Not to mention, Jaygee's Roberts- which was a stunner!
And again -your BJ that you put so much time and thought into- that made me jealous.
I'm so jealous of those right now its unreal!

This is the first bike I've really put thought into- GH1 is a clear example of me changing bits till I like it. GH2 hoperully won't have too many changes.
I decided the other day that my bike would have 2 iterations, one- the fixed- which would suffice in London, and 2 the internal geared rear disc hubbed version, which would appear for touring days- the GH2 has braze ons for a rack too.
I have spent too much on bikes this year. Even though this one was essentially free.

But the problem with having 4 bikes is- which one to use? I hate bikes sitting around, they make me feel sad. So I've come up with a rotation based system, which should allow some flexibility.

Anyways ed, it's been a long time sincei've seen you.
You going to be on some rides soon/ make an appearance at a drinks?

Now don't make me feel guilty for not remembering the other! their build are defintely going to be fantastically gorgeous, especially Josh's and David's.

The BMW naturally as you know is a little steep on the price front, hence why I hasn't got round to getting it (still using the BJ), and I should get it very soon because the next batch of the BMW frame that arrived in the UK cost a lots more now (£850+), right now it's £775.

I will be popping round for drinks eventually, quite busy with the diss for the past few months and a sprained ankles won't help either!

I assumed the 4 bicycles you currently have are quite different from each other?

Can I just say that my Mercian is nice and all but quite run of the mill in most respects. In terms of creative thinking and originality, Velocio's Mather will take a great deal of beating. It's a Trojan horse of tricks and details. Same applies to Henry's, albeit to a slightly less decadent extent.

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OK
Couple more pictures.

Yes, it was custom built. 57x57 with 75 seat and 75 head tube. Fits me perfectly (as you might expect)

All campag bits, not a full group, just each of the bits I like the best :-)

Thank you all, I'm pretty happy with it.

But the problem with having 4 bikes is- which one to use? I hate bikes sitting around, they make me feel sad. So I've come up with a rotation based system, which should allow some flexibility.

i'm also having 4 bikes, but each bike has an other "playground":
one is for polo, one for trick/winter/travels/city, one for longer rides and sprints(street/velodrome), one for fun/ladies/looking good.

but there are so many other lovely framebuilders around the world and so many other themebikes are possbile, but there's also the space- and moneyproblem

but i think that a lot of guys/girls here have the same "problem"

OK
Couple more pictures.

Yes, it was custom built. 57x57 with 75 seat and 75 head tube. Fits me perfectly (as you might expect)

All campag bits, not a full group, just each of the bits I like the best :-)

Thank you all, I'm pretty happy with it.

this is now my favourite bike!

wow! jizz, that is gorgous

Monte Christo, that is summink else! Perfect in every way. A*

fucking hell giz thats unreal

needs deep v's, white tyres/tires, white aerospoke and risers with white ourys.

sort it out.

You is brakless mother fucker?

It's beautiful. Very nicely done Guy (but I'd expect nothing less).

Yeah Giz, thats super hot! Love it.

IROdan's lady's a lucky girl. The chunky tyres on that Benotto are well cool. Its all about the massive tyres for London's Famous Potholes.

Ha thanks mate, actually she's in Manchester most of the time so it's Manchester's famous potholes it will have to deal with — road surfaces are pretty serious up there!
Actually the bigger tyres idea was mainly to do with the fact that she's new to this whole bike thing and I didn't want to make her deal with skinny tyres straight away.

Really pleased with the way it turned out, the frame sat next to me at work for a couple of months while I collected the parts, felt like one of those projects that was never going to happen for a while. So glad it did.

That's gorgeous Guy, absolutely timeless.

worth the wait?

That is a beauty!

Why did the build take as long as it did?

^ Hot-fucking-damn. :O....