Current Projects chat and miscellany

"Just picked up a set of Shimano 600 hubs laced to oldskool Mavic reflex'es for the pink Rossin :)
Rims are not very worn, and the hubs look great.. spokes suck a bit since they appear to be cromed and not stainless (a bit of rust a few places)... It'll do for now :)"

Sounds nice. Why not rebuild them with DTs? Or just wire-wool them and service the bearings.

What finish are the rims?

silver finish... Don't really wanna spend that much on the ol' frame.. :) I'm only going to be ridin' slow and long on it.. 200km, 400km, 1200? :)

I think if I remove the stickers on the rims and clean them up a bit they'll look just fine... :)

Since I'm going to be wanting a low low gearing I'm thinking about using a crankset with smaller rings, like a 32/42-set if thats even possible.. Last audax I did I was running on the 39 on my campy equipped Fondreist all the time
Alternatively I could run a MTB cassette, but that's a bit ugly.. :)

Whats the smallest ring that'll fit a 130BCD? :)

edit; 38 it seems... Think 110BCD is what I'll need..

@ Well, is it - Luv it. Er, what is it?

Im trying to upload a picture has anyone else had problems today ?

@ Well, is it - Luv it. Er, what is it?

Cheers! It's an old dawes something-or-other... Quite nice lug work but it was pretty damn rusty when we got it. Had it blasted and painted by Mario and it's actually turned out quite a looker.

The customer wanted really short bullhorns for some reason, which I thought was a bit dodgy but they're actually quite comfy and have a bit of a rise to boot. They're Sakae Customs.

The cranks are no-name affairs but are quite good for basic cranks.

Got a couple of Eddy Merckx' on the go now... They should be stunning.

...It's an old dawes something-or-other...nice lug work...really short bullhorns...cranks are no-name affairs...

is it just me or there's really tooooo many bricks in that pic? i think i could really appreciate your work more if it was more of close-up shot... are any of such available for post? thanks

Absolutely...

And...

haha, as a photographer you make a very good bike mechanic.

;-)

Thanks?

Absolutely...

Cheers!
Looks real good. As a coincidence, i was thinking of exactly the same color scheme for my missus bike for next year. Looks like it's gonna be it - blue frame - silver components - brown leather contact points.

still, ultra-chopped-down bullhorn looks weird

Agreed. I'd personally have left them as drops...

Stem still needs to be polished ; )

what levers are these?

Acor... They look similar to the Paul levers but cost twenty quid. Prefer them over crosstops.

Prefer them over crosstops.

Aren't they crosstop levers aswell?

they are indeed Mr. Johnson, they are indeed.

I prefer crosstops over crosstops too, in that case.

i just got a new frame for me. i dont know what frame that is, but i thinks its some raleigh`s frame. Frame weights 2.2kg and size is 52 - 54 cm. Original color is red. (does enybody knows what frame that is?)
im going to paint it black or red and make a Single-Speed conversion.

few bad quality pictures:

Acor... They look similar to the Paul levers but cost twenty quid. Prefer them over crosstops.

They really don't look anything like Pauls, and they are a piece of shit.

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eek.

lose the chain

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Lol, yeh, they aren't great by any means.

And I was referring to the cane creek crosstops earlier, which I have on my own bike and are also shit, by the way. Forgot it was a general term for those levers.

is that one of those visp frames?

[QUOTE=irish mick;1042856]is that one of those visp frames?

Well spotted