Current Projects chat and miscellany

^What's a Mash?

My Bianchi beater got 'new' drops.
3ttt Gimondi/3ttt stem, both used off epay, both lovely.
As much as I get new bike and new stuff, this is still my choice ride
for London's famous London.

(...and I know the wheels are look shite, had them for ages....but,
I'm getting Aeroheads x System-x Silver soon).

aeroheads are nasty.
Get Velocity Aeros instead.

aeroheads are nasty.
Get Velocity Aeros instead.

EDIT: They are in fact^^.

Had a delightful afternoon yesterday in Upper Wraxall chatting with Robin Mather about my new ti road frame.

I already have my Cyclefit data which he is happy to use. He and I have a similar idea that the frame should be built for fit and function primarily, aesthetics relegated down the list. My basic brief was a road bike for racing and sportives. When it came to geometry etc I felt no need to dictate anything as WTF do I know about tube angles etc.

Last year he built his new jig for the ti frames, fully adjustable he can dial inthe contact points to fit and it had all manner of connecting tubes for the argon gas.

Lead time is a few months so will have to be patient.

The other joy was cycling around roads I did not know with some serious hills - a 1:4 hill coming out of bath was a bitch to get up. It was totally exhilarating seeing new vistas rush past at speed on the descents and have the time to take in the view whilst gurning up hills on 48:19. Oh and Rob has great cake too!

I bought my serotta because I like their dropouts, cake was the clincher with Mather- I lie he got the deposit over a month ago but cake would have been the deciding factor.

You should get new wheels for your new bike, give the angry bees to me.

Er

no

if they are good enough for you to want they are good enough for me

Er

no

if they are good enough for you to want they are good enough for me

aeroheads are nasty.
Get Velocity Aeros instead.

I already have

Good good then.

I'm gonna spraycan them fuschia

even better!

I actually piss myself whenever I see a BMX on the road.

I mean, it's not like Geekhouse, Affinity, MASH etc. are designed for street riding?

Oh they are.

Don't really take much interest in the hipster brands mate, they are "designed" for pushing on the pavement. But Affinity make a track bike, for the track.

At last the Colnago is finished out for a ride today.

Nice one KC! Cut down the rear brake outer.

Nice one KC! Cut down the rear brake outer.

LOL cheers never noticed that,never used Dura ace downshifters before but I must say I rather like them.

i'm a bit of a spanner today.
crank puller now doesn't fit.

also need to take headset off.have spanners for that but no purchase.

You need an oversize TA crank puller. I here BLB have one:

Don't really take much interest in the hipster brands mate, they are "designed" for pushing on the pavement. But Affinity make a track bike, for the track.

What a load of crock. Have a look at Henrys , or Dale/Murtles Geekhouses, and various other peoples 14's, Forts, Mash's etc etc and eat your words.

Whilst i agree that a lot of lo-pros are overly HHSBiked, and equally a lot of people are riding around on bikes that are not remotely the right sizes for them, if you have one that fits, and is kitted out to do the job at hand, then they are no problem as a daily ride.

What a load of crock. Have a look at Henrys , or Dale/Murtles Geekhouses, and various other peoples 14's, Forts, Mash's etc etc and eat your words.

haha, biter.

all hipster bikes, for pavement pushing fashion victims. especially that Murtle.

Just finished the bike I have been building over the last couple of weeks for my housemate. She wanted a nice, small singlespeed bike, the Koga-Miyata Prologue frame we bought from Chips was a perfect start! The wheels were also bought on the forum, and the rest of the parts were eBay purchases...

Next up... My track frame comes back from the painters on monday, and if I have the energy after my weekend in hospital, i'll be putting it together!

what a good looking bike! and its so nice to ride!

will you ever actually use the drops? Seems stupid to me to have drop bars with anything other than drop levers.

i will use them but not always/ so i find the levers more comfortable where they are now

brakes and riser coming off in the summer.. what else needs improvement?

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