Current Projects chat and miscellany

i'm being ignored.

No your not just a cheap set of Zoom risers with charge track grips,I have a set of carbon risers I may use instead.

thanks i'm looking for some sort of swooping riser with gentle bends. those almost fit the bill, but not quite.

more of Robin Mathers current project - the frame he is building for himself

first pic he has tacked on the tubes with 3 spot welds
2nd and 3rd pics show the fusion welds
4th and 5th show the final welds with filler applied
the weld sites are very shiny after the work has been done, that will be dulled down when the frame is shot peened.
not sure he is so keen on my father waiting for the new child analogy, it my be that i refer to him as my mid wife or paediatrician

He definitely knows how to weld, very talented guy.

Thinking about this frame set (forget about the parts) for a future project.
Love the Bottecchia from late 1970's (SCIC, Saronni, Schuiten).

Not sure if this frame is good quality (Col. SL) or a cheaper model.
I know that Carnelli / Bottecchia made a lot of garbage, too.

Anyone here with a good idea / advice ?
The seller doensn't seen to know a lot. That's a pity, but could also be a reason for a bargain.
There is a Columbus decal, but doesn't mention a type.
No D/T decal.
Full chrome front forks , rear stays; no chrome lugs
Bottecchia decals on H/T, no logo or weapon
Cable stopper on top of Chain stay, so could be before 1980.

Unfortunately too far away to visit the seller. A bit of a gamble.
Thanks for any help / advice.

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You love those black chainring bolts don't you!? Fair point.

Yep, black chainring needs black bolts

One also needs black nipples if using black rims, spokes and hubs

^ :d

I love you, Graham...

pain-killers talking

Once you've had black, there's no going back!

Yep, black chainring needs black bolts

One also needs black nipples if using black rims, spokes and hubs

Perhaps it's a tribute "build"

Racist.

Picked this up this morning, now completely unpacked and half built in the lounge, just need to connect all cables and sort the gears out, very excited to have something so pristine.

It's a 1972 Starnord Paris Sport 700, which has never been touched.

Glad someone from this forum won it

This is fucking gorgeous. The metallic has turned out awesome, nice one.

finally got this back on the road (trail)
new bolt through forks, slx brakes,hope straight pulls with stans flow tubeless wheels and non UST rubber queens with yellow tape and jizz (no rimstrips but sidewalls are porous so need a top up mid ride)

Dolan just needs a couple of tweeks not 100% on saddle though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/kingcutter/BIKES/stelth003.jpg

Nice! I think you should use a stem with either negative rise or no rise at all, though[t]. That is an extremely upright position. Also you could probably flip the Thomson you got on there now upside down, bringing the bars lower so increasing your reach... therefore not needing them to be tilted forward so much.

Hope that makes sense. Enjoy it, looks like a solid bike.

Needs a black chain, chainring bolts and nipples, double straps imo

Yep. Some nice suedey looking double straps, those NJS ones I guess.

Although I think a black chain would look shit. It needs a gold one with inner links, like that Izumi Super Toughness one.

KC, that saddle looks jarg on that bike. Reissue black Turbo maybe?

This!!

Glad someone from this forum won it

Someone did then sold it on to Sam W

finally got this back on the road (trail)
new bolt through forks, slx brakes,hope straight pulls with stans flow tubeless wheels and non UST rubber queens with yellow tape and jizz (no rimstrips but sidewalls are porous so need a top up mid ride)

Really nice, but aesthetically an SLR would finish it off for me. no it wouldn't, changed my mind.

@kc - it needs a modern saddle. Get an Arione for it. Your gooch'll love you for it.

Arione FTW... I'm using one on my Cannondale at the moment and really really loving it.

Mr.S that is amazing.
v. v. nice.
KC good work.
Whosever Neil Orrell that is is a lucky man.
I like Shrink Wrap bikes.
Maxcrowe's opinion is altered as his nerves have not got the required polarization capacity to reach the distances required.

I am currently assembling an EU Arione mountain.

it's actually a very 'normal' boring bike.
it's a Giant made in taiwan so no niche bling from the usa or europe, parts are all mid range reliable but not heavy parts (xt/xtr/slx/hone mix) thomson/hope/stans.
it rides really well though and don't feel the need to change anything apart from saddle which is a cowhide sdg bel-air and is very uncomfortable.

it's actually a very 'normal' boring bike.

That's what I like about it. Fancy isn't really my thing, personally.

and don't feel the need to change anything apart from saddle which is a cowhide sdg bel-air and is very uncomfortable.

Those are fucking nasty. A guy at my work has one on his Iron Horse and apart from looking shit it is one of the worst saddles I've ever sat on.