Current Projects chat and miscellany

I hear that it's now illegal to have an aero headtube and it's illegal to not have safety "taps" on the front fork, the taps that all professionals have been filing of the forks since they started putting them on the forks for the newbies. What the fuck is up with that?

Not quite right, on either. The head tube, which now includes the fork steerer tube if it's outside the head tube (e.g. Look 496, Felt DA etc), has to fit in the 3:1 profile applicable to all the tubes on a frame. You can have a fork without lawyer lips as long as it was manufactured that way, but you're not allowed to modify any production part and use it in a UCI sanctioned race, so filing off the lawyer lips is banned. Factories have for some time been producing short runs of forks for Pro use with CNC machined aluminium fork ends (even on forks which usually have carbon tips) in order to make all the forks have exactly the same fork end thickness, so any spare wheel off the team car will clamp to any fork on a team bike without adjusting the QR.

spagettihoops, where's that rack from?

Looks like the one from SJS

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/src/lfgss/product-SJSC-SJSC-Vertical-Double-Bike-Storage-Stand-194--330-cm--Titanium-Colour-17675.htm

Got the frame in january and has had a few sets of cranks/rings and bars/stems until I arrived at this.

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1173&pictureid=7392

Clearances are a dream.

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1173&pictureid=7316

And I'm currently working on/nearly finished on this.

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1205&pictureid=7418

Just needs new bars, stem and black brake hoods, and some black gear cable and Its done too.

Has anyone ever seen one of those brooks competition flite rip-offs before? It has manganese rails.

Starfish and coffee have you thought about using a road double instead of singlespeed cranks. You can get some really nice stuff much cheaper than the equivalent track versions.

Almost there... Woulda been finished today but managed to destroy another Miche lockring so got no cog... Bugger... New Campag Pista/MA2 boots, Super Record Pista headset and 47t Campag chainring... All bought off the forum I might add... Lovin' it... :D

Or it me, Joe, or are those forks rather bent? Could just be the camera angle, but they look like I've been riding them!

That's fucking awesome. Take it in to bike 14 with those bars on....

Are you trying to get the poor lad shot?!

What bars are these?
Seems impossible to find risers that fit Cinelli (26.4mm) clamp size.

You can use a shim

What KC said, I used a little bit of sandpaper to stop them slipping backwards.
Did the job.

What bars are these?
Seems impossible to find risers that fit Cinelli (26.4mm) clamp size.

You can use a shim

You can call me al

this is my current build project- as you can see, a lot still to do- any suggestions?
i'm a student, so this is definitely a budget bike.
(i'm running it fixie at the moment with a 17:52 ratio which makes it a bit of a bitch to stop- ha!)
what do you think?

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[pic of crabon]

my girlfriend is angry with me for buying such an 'ugly' bike and i am struggling to justify how it's beautiful in a different kind of way. can't wait to get it built

Girlfriends rarely understand crabon bikes. They're all about the steel. Mine hates my Focus Cayo, although admittedly the graphics are fugly.

this is my current build project- as you can see, a lot still to do- any suggestions?

Put some black Fizog bar tape on it's bars.

Set the 14 up in comedy TT mode, and took it for a few sunny laps of RP today.... so much fun!

Dose this barspin?

hellz yeah.

Awesome! I would hate to think that anyone would put so much effort into a bike and miss out a basic think like that. Nice.

you knowz it.

i cant believe it hasn't made an appearance in anti-porn yet.

My newest project:

got a package of parts and tools today for the new bike

so now all i am waiting on is Robin

clearly i am a shit photographer

will be taking DA 7900 rear mech and DA 7900 sti's, wheels, the bars, saddle and seatpost from my current bike

have got my new (2ndhand thomson) stem from a forum member, currently the x4 but hoping to trade with mike c for the x2

and the hideous carpet is in my office, not my choice

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My newest project:

Oooof!

My newest project:

Nice! Did you seriously win it?

Not RLY!

:-(

got a package of parts and tools today for the new bike

exhibitionist!