Current Projects chat and miscellany

I dunno about all this. Its bad form in my book, calling a bloke on his ride. All bikes are good bikes. (Halfords excepted, natch).

Current Projects = Expect to get a whipping from certain sections of the community...

if you've got a tig welder what are you waiting for?
Make me one whilst your at it also!
I also think ed means in the shop as I looked on TFG's website and found nowt.

I just utilised the fact that my parents enjoy their wine and grabbed a couple of wine boxes before they headed to be made into firewood.
One has a lid, and will be laquered and attached to my £14 SJS Cantimounted (thanks Sparky for the heads up) rack- and shoved onto the Humu's front.
Then a simple rear rack from OCW which I'll find on the weekend and a much larger Wine box on the rack.

Off to the Hardware store for some U bolts, nuts and lacquer...

Where can I get one of those boxes? Love it.

wine shop, or look around in antique shop for an old wooden box, like this;

What's a contemporary colour? Have they invented new colours?

@edscoble, Wow! that's lovely. want one for my porteur!

@teenslain; I know mate, ive got a thick skin too. tis fine.

currently set up for long-distance training

Wrong thread, dude.

Here iz pro-jects, not the actual bicycles you ride.

true, you did not.
Hopefully getting some new crankses tomorrow... a matching pair :]

i never said it was

until my new cranks and chainring arrive

well in a way it is a project no?
until new cranks are available?

Wrong thread, dude.

Here iz pro-jects, not the actual bicycles you ride.

@Crispin. Well yes, kinda. Look how quickle carcolours change. Bob's dont have the kind of colours you see on current production 'cool' bikes, like Charge and the like. Ive had my last couple of frames powder coated, when ive wanted solid colours.
Bob's also didnt, and wouldn't, do the correct green for my Raleigh Superbe project. (a Jaguar BRG which has a RAL code). I wasnt pleased at that.

Isnt EVERY bike an on-going project? Or is it just me?

Where can I get one of those boxes? Love it.

you in london?
I can drop one off.
without lacquer though.

well in a way it is a project no?

Project is when you take a photo of your bike just before you fit the brakes in and with a Concor Profile and Campagnolo track vintage pedals, because they are from the same year like your frame.
You take if off straight after, without telling the forum, because your arse is too big and also carefully screw the dust cups back on your valves while looking over your shoulder and put back on those Shimano SPD pedals, because these are the shoes you own...

Oh I see! I'm a sucker for metallics and pearlescents so I'm well served. There are a lot of pale blue cars around at the moment

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m35/blackdice23/iceblue.jpg

Isnt EVERY bike an on-going project? Or is it just me?

I can think of things I'd upgrade on every one of my bikes, so they are all current projects, albeit that progress has slowed to a standstill on some of them.

Oh I see! I'm a sucker for metallics and pearlescents so I'm well served. There are a lot of pale blue cars around at the moment

You should fit a proper rack on that Lotus - you don't want to scratch the paintowork.

I've trained the bike to follow the car around, no rack required.

New bicycle is coming, right now I've just started saving up for one of those;

I'll estimate it'll take approx 2 years to save up for it.

how's that for 'current' project?

how much is it?
and didn't you alread have a internal gear/ drum brake lace to a mavic tourer rim?

@ edscoble: what (nodder ;) ) frame are getting?

how much is it?
and didn't you alread have a internal gear/ drum brake lace to a mavic tourer rim?

selling it, it doesn't have a disc mount, which the next bicycle will have.

and not the right size wheel, it's a 26".

Can we have a sweepstake on when the 'Scoble buys his first adult trike?

only if i can have a multiplier with him getting a skateboard.

You like 'em big, Ed.

why do people think its so mad to put aero bars on a fixed gear? if i lived in a flat city like london i would too, but out in the country i like to have the tops of drops bars available for climbing.

do they do any rohloff shifters that arnt completely lame these days? as in a sti/ergo style shifter. i still dont get the point in them unless your doing ultra distance touring or you have too much money .