Current Projects chat and miscellany

I rode through Hope this week - tried to spot the factory but no joy.

Full specs, (if anyones interested):

Frame - SpotBrand Longboard 29er (Hand built version, with custom paint)
Forks - Superstar components, rigid carbon
Bars/stem - Trigon, integrated carbon flat bars and stem
Wheels - Hope pro II, laced 32 spoke 3x (Super Comps disc side, Revolution non-disc side) to Velocity blunts
Tyres - WTB WeirWolfs 29er, 2.55"
BB - Hope ceramic
Crank arms - Aerozine F12s, Ceramic coated.
Drive chain - Gates Carbon belt drive 46:24
Seatpost - Superstar components
Saddle - SanMarco Phobos
Headset - Hope
Seatpost clamp - Hope
Brakes - Hope X2 mini pros (140mm rear, 160mm front)
Bar-ends - Anatomic Carbon jobbies
**Grips **- LizardSkins Charger lockon, with Hope grip doctors

EEEEK! I am so excited, I just paid my deposit on a custom frame. The die is cast! Now to spend the next 6 months obsessing about it ... lugs or fillet (or filed lugs!), compact or trad, chrome or paint (and what colour!? I'll be starting endless threads asking everyone to help me decide on what I've already decided on), blah de fucking blah.

lugs and fillet brazed is a 531 combination.

does anyone know of / could reccomend any decent bullhorn bars that could rival the Nitto RB018, with a 26mm clamp?

Order some tyres whilst you're at it, the UK importer of Paselas isn't getting anything smaller that 1&1/4 in these days, so i'm told.... blah de fucking blah.

fAck me, 27x1 1/4 is the smallest I've found.... even US.
Help?

does anyone know of / could reccomend any decent bullhorn bars that could rival the Nitto RB018, with a 26mm clamp?

nOT what you've asked... but I'm loving these bras.. W to the fckin OW!

Was on the verge of phoning Mercian this morning to lay down the dollar on a King of Mercia and thought I would check ebay one last time to see if anything caught my eye. Low and behold! A King of Mercia in my size, the same colour frame, transfers and lug lining I was about to order and had never even been built up by the owner! Went to pick it up and its absolutly immaculate and for a song compared to what I was bracing myself to pay for a new one. One cup of tea and a good chat about the merits of hand made bicycles later and the frame is mine.

Now just to wait for the pink Deep Vs and Chubs to turn up. Il get the angle grinder out in the mean time to get rid of all those ugly braze ons ;)

Now just to wait for the pink Deep Vs and Chubs to turn up. Il get the angle grinder out in the mean time to get rid of all those ugly braze ons ;)

Ha! (i hope)

Lovely... What gruppo you chucking on?

Nice!

Not really sure yet. Going to be DA downtube shifters and a triple though. Im thinking that the saving on the frame is going to allow the justification of a phone call to Cliff at Royce!

Youwillbepoorsoon.

Indeed, indeed.

What frame skullface?

One frame to rule them all,
and in the darkness bind them.

just got a BB for the Pinar, so i'm gonna build it up with my hipster wheels, so i can take it out for a spin tomorrow, as it's suppose to be dry!

Royce hubs are for corpse rapists

;)

Spags you coming to Brockley tomos? I haz DVD goodness for you.

does anyone know of / could reccomend any decent bullhorn bars that could rival the Nitto RB018, with a 26mm clamp?

syntace stratos

best bullhorns ever, ergonomically brilliant.

Not really sure yet. Going to be DA downtube shifters and a triple though. Im thinking that the saving on the frame is going to allow the justification of a phone call to Cliff at Royce!

Nice one, i made a call to cliff and didn't regret it, royce hubs spin to win!
They are simply the nicest hubs ever :)

can't get those in the UK thought, or can we?

just got a BB for the Pinar, so i'm gonna build it up with my hipster wheels, so i can take it out for a spin tomorrow, as it's suppose to be dry!

You nearly felt my rath for putting a Chub on it. But call it a pinar again I'll grab the seat tube reamer that is within easy reaching distance and pay you a visit, you'll be shitting 27.2 for the rest of your days!

after month' of waiting its finally done

I'm goin for a lie down

You nearly felt my rath for putting a Chub on it. But call it a pinar again I'll grab the seat tube reamer that is within easy reaching distance and pay you a visit, you'll be shitting 27.2 for the rest of your days!

If you need a hand to hold him down, then I'm happy to help.

The Pistanator Principal is still valid, those Mash frames just look shit built up.