Current Projects chat and miscellany

Did he look like a frog on a matchbox?

I do and it sucks.

smallmoustache on the other hand, has no excuse.

Hi. Nearly shouted do a skid but was a bit scared to.

I find it hard not to these days, no matter where I am...

Riding...In the car.

Even walking.

Snap

Is LFGSS just the trendy end of C+?

not sure about trendy..
pistanator does ride a marin town bike, it goes well with his beard and donkey jacket look.

you didn't really think this forum was full of young hipsters wearing skinny jeans and skidding around the east end did you?

Im so happy my pedals and shoes came today :)

Pictures of my bike soon i hope
its horrible :)

That's a pretty unusual design huh? Would it be leaping massively conclusions to think he (or a colleague or whatever) might have made mine too?

Any other frame builders using the triple triangle design (apart from GT)?

Um, yes, basically, it would be a pretty massive conclusion.

Broakland, 3Rensho to name a couple.

And KHS, Thanet, Bill Tilston, Hetchins, Neil Orrell (see my bike) - loads really.

^^^
That Orell is pretty much perfect. Good work sir.

unfortunately don't have a newer picture at the minute...
(and yes the photo is reverse so the crank look slike it's on the left not the right)
since pic, Seatpost isn't some ridiculous height anymore and new saddle and grips.
Just trying to figure out.... Mavic CXP 12s or Campag Omega V sections for my wheel upgrade?

Fair enuf, I'm pretty chuffed if any of those names listed might have made my frame, happy days.

Cheers!

Finally got a digital camera so can at last post up some project pics. Joy.

Fixed hack built from the bones of Tomisatos old bike
Diavolo with mostly shite parts with the exception of wheels(Ma2 on Dura ace/105)
To do - replace frame due to multiple polo wounds sustained in its previous like. New cranks and pedals would be nice as well.
Got the frame to get me out of a tight spot, grown really attached to it so it'll be a shame to see the old girl retired.

Tourer
Surly lht, brixtons cycles built. Utter mechanical perfection.
To do - jol straps, new tyres, champagne corks to replace crappy brooks ones, loads more touring kit.

Tandem
Peugeot Grand Touring. Best ebay purchase ever, stronglight and suntour throughout. Mercian built rear wheel, mafac canti and arai drum brakes. New paselas, cables/outers, brake pads, tape, clips, straps and chains.
To do - renew all bearings starting with the pedal bearing my stoker killed the other day, permanent saddles, fit racks, mudguards and lighting.

Girlfriends bike
49cm Cilo racer in aelle tubing, shimano 600 gearing, capag rims.
To do - Find nos cilo fork and paint to match, find atax stem and cut down to fit tiny steerer tube(hence hi-rise bars in pic), replace current bars with deda4girls(when i finish stripping ano), jol straps.

Road project
Matching purple/white Cilo road frame in cromor tubing. Nos Shimano 600ax throughout(if i can find a nos headset, white brake levers, bottle and cage)
To do - finish groupset, build wheels when i decide on rims, choose saddle.
Paint looks a little blue in the pic but its cadburys purple in the flesh, Liz's is more aubergine.

Matching racing bikes ftw.

Currently building Liz's first fixed/ss at the mo, but no pics til complete

n+1

^^ JD had an atax when I was last looking for one, or ask Happy Wally at HH bike jumbles.

Ta very much snowy_again, will hunt em dem leads at some point.
The cilo is going to go into hibernation soon when the ss is built to reemerge next summer with all improvements complete(i hope) so don't neet an atax right now but they come up often enough. Also might a 600 if i can find an 80mm one. Gonna do some practice stem chops first i think...

Where are you getting hold of those?! i've only seen them available Stateside ...

epay.u.s.a. 18 dorrah a pop.

If you thought this forum haz full of young hipsters wearing skinny jeans and skidding around the east end, you haz right?

Fixie

... Mavic CXP 12s or Campag Omega V sections for my wheel upgrade?

Can you get hold of them for starters?

at letrekk and nuknow.
Omega Vs for sure.
Best rime EVA!!
they can be found @ campyoldy.
£80 a pair.
fucking cheap considering they = godliness.

I knew about campyoldy.... ha!, just trying to see if letrekk had some secret stash!

@ nuknow, yeah I'm getting them from campyoldy, dunno where else to find them.... saw a pair of cxp 12s with no bids on it....so was weighing up my options.
Think I'm gonna get a pair of black Campy Omegas!!
Just trying to think what hubs to go with 'em... nothing that'll cost an arm and a leg o'course

go on the bay, campy LF 32h 200 notes. [strike]bargain[/strike]fair.

go on the bay, campy LF 32h 200 notes. [strike]bargain[/strike]fair.

You mean these? :
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAMPAGNOLO-RECORD-PISTA-TRACK-HUBS-PAIR-32-HOLE-NEW_W0QQitemZ230354024909QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item35a22b79cd

or could get some miche primato pista 32h?
they look noice.

And does using a front brake or clinchers make a track bike a hybrid?

My concession to winter is a bracket for my Vision 1 front light on my front handlebars (that one Scott reccomended) and I'm about to fit a light bracket to my seatpost.

I wear lycra when it rains anyway so I don't see the point in mudguards. And they do look cack. HTFU London ;)

By that logic, we mostly mix track bikes with the street in mind, and many ride them to work.
Does this mean we all ride hybrid commuters?
Is LFGSS just the trendy end of C+?

You mean these? :
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAMPAGNOLO-RECORD-PISTA-TRACK-HUBS-PAIR-32-HOLE-NEW_W0QQitemZ230354024909QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item35a22b79cd

or could get some miche primato pista 32h?
they look noice.

yes. i got those ; )

unfortunately don't have a newer picture at the minute...
(and yes the photo is reverse so the crank look slike it's on the left not the right)
since pic, Seatpost isn't some ridiculous height anymore and new saddle and grips.
Just trying to figure out.... Mavic CXP 12s or Campag Omega V sections for my wheel upgrade?

............ is it just me? have I missed something? the spider is on the left!

macbook photo- reversed.

@ eyebrows... ended up getting the campag omegas in black and some miche primato pista low flange hubs, just waiting for them to arrive :D
rubs hands gleefully