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Chainring I rather like. How did you get the writing off the crank arms? Gave it a half-hearted scratch with my thumbnail to no avail.

I used white spirit and a plastic ruler to get the writing off some cranks. Just kept rubbing with the ruler, took a while though. Also works well without the white spirit to get unwanted decals/stickers off frames.

oh they were phil wood? whoop! my bad.

"ohhhh their phil wood" moderates last comment "yerrr great looking hubs mate"

stealth bike in the works

This is gonna be extreme. I'd go for black Open Pros though, not deep section rims. Low profile will be much classier, trust me.

Shame you couldn't stretch to black 75's... that would have been the icing on the cake.

Chainring I rather like. How did you get the writing off the crank arms? Gave it a half-hearted scratch with my thumbnail to no avail.

The writing came off my Miche cranks by being rubbed against by my foot.
But the easiest way to get it off aluminium parts is to make some sugar-sandpaper by dipping some masking tape in granulated sugar. The sugar is rough enough to remove the ink and soft enough to polish the aluminum to a shine as it goes.

Glued lo pro frame,had this for a few days,don't like it.Headtube is sooooo small.

do you know anything about the history of these frames? this one is NOS

now looking for the matching fork if it exists

latest project teaser...

Nice. I had this in my Ebay watch list.

Yea, I was contemplating box section rims. Haven't decided, and too busy to do a mock up.
Might upgrade to Sug 75s later. Would also like to get the Bob on the road, so more willing to put the cash into that at the moment.

Finished for now, change of bars, bb and cog and clips and straps at last

'S nice. Like.

take that sticker off, besides that it looks nice. i think you should let me have a go on that badboy, seeing as i'm one of the few who can fit on it.

Sure you can, might be a bit big though.

The sticker is a Roberto Ciclismo special so it's fine :)

Mavic Open Pro

H+ Son (ish)

Think I prefer the deep section rims

The one with Open Pros is just an uglier bike, nothing to do with the rims.

DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!
umm yeah, well- deep.

I think deep sections look great on the affinity.

The one with Open Pros is just an uglier bike, nothing to do with the rims.

It's the same frame so if one is ugly and the other isn't, surely it has something to do with the rims?

But, like, totally, deep section rims are *so *not trendy anymore!

It's the same frame so if one is ugly and the other isn't, surely it has something to do with the rims?

I don't like either of them I just think Open Pros are cooler than Deep section whatever it is.

It's the same frame so if one is ugly and the other isn't, surely it has something to do with the rims?

In that instance- the silver stem, seatpost and cranks don't help and neither does the brooks.
IMHO- you need to commit either way- Stealth or flamboyant.

I prefer flamboyant to stealth.

I think we all know that, Henry, given the GH1 colour scheme ;)

Max, it's not about looking trendy, it's about aesthetics.

The Bob will definitely not have deep section rims.

The sticker is a Roberto Ciclismo special so it's fine :)

get rid of that fucking sticker, you member.

fair play for supporting Roberto an' all...... but putting stickers on that frame is a crime against humanity.

sort it out fucktard.

Exactly Mattty, deeep alll thhhe waaay.

The Bob will definitely not have deep section rims.

I think it would look ace with omega V's in silver, no?
yeah and a full vintage Shimano groupset.
mmmmmmmmmm

Mattty, if it helps I always wished I'd put powdercoated pros on it. It had deep victims (With the easton ec90 aero fork and everything) but still preferred the look with the smaller profile rims. Plus it climbs beautifully (if that's your thing) best not to hinder that with hipster rims.

@Em - do you have a decent pic of how you had it built up?

@Hen - nice stealth edit ;) The Bob will also be fixed for time being though.