Current Projects chat and miscellany

What you trying to say, Kris? ;-0

It's actually more like rolling a turd in gummi bears.

What you trying to say, Kris? ;-0

It's not about your bike.

It's a commentary regarding the extensive post-processing of shit pictures in the first place.

I for one am not a fan of things that give you the "film effect". Lame as shit.

Just use film. Or an old fast lens on DSLR.

Yup.

Sounds good. Who are you getting to build it for you?

Going to be a Sabbath custom build - I really like my Monday's Child road bike, so thought that I would get them to do this for me. While the welds may not be the prettiest out therre, they understand how to make a stiff Ti frame, and I really like Greg and his team.

@ **atanz **- what's the seatpost on the spectrum?

its made by BOLD PRECISION. super light at 112grams and all titanium with an aluminum clamp. my saddle and post weigh less than 250 grams!

I now have a 135gram Selle Italia SLR on there... thats a Flite with Ti rails and no cover

also, its a standard 53/39 rings

Thats one sweet seatpost

Yeah! The clamp is really nice.

That is a nice post.

[QUOTE=Smallfurry;1411758] Riding a cross bike with fat tyres and drops off-road, is bloody good fun.
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Second that. I have just put drops onto the Scissor (this frame is get further and further away from it's intended use!) and it feels twice as fast - on and off road.

Just waiting to zipp past those fully sussed, multi geared disk braked idiots now :-)

Kerley, where do you ride offroad?

Just waiting to zipp past those fully sussed, multi geared disk braked idiots now :-)

There are two parts to this. On the one hand, if you haz skillz, you can be faster than somebody who doesn't regardless of how much extra tech they are aboard. On the other, for equal skill levels it doesn't take very demanding terrain before that bike tech starts making itself useful. I found it surprising, but informative, that my disc braked hard tail MTB on 26x2.3 tyres was actually faster than my cross bike on 700x40c tyres on something as undemanding as the ungraded sections of the Thames Path.

There are two parts to this. On the one hand, if you haz skillz, you can be faster than somebody who doesn't regardless of how much extra tech they are aboard. On the other, for equal skill levels it doesn't take very demanding terrain before that bike tech starts making itself useful. I found it surprising, but informative, that my disc braked hard tail MTB on 26x2.3 tyres was actually faster than my cross bike on 700x40c tyres on something as undemanding as the ungraded sections of the Thames Path.

hmmm, not convinced by that one... my 26er feels very slow compared to my monster cross even on very technical trails, the 26er is just comfier

lovely word

nippy

hmmm, not convinced by that one...

As always, YMMV

@ Pisti... Absolute beaut mate - those saddles are super comfy.
@ Eddie - woaaah ! A bike worthy of your power : )

There are two parts to this. On the one hand, if you haz skillz, you can be faster than somebody who doesn't regardless of how much extra tech they are aboard. On the other, for equal skill levels it doesn't take very demanding terrain before that bike tech starts making itself useful. I found it surprising, but informative, that my disc braked hard tail MTB on 26x2.3 tyres was actually faster than my cross bike on 700x40c tyres on something as undemanding as the ungraded sections of the Thames Path.

Agree. But I live in the New Forest which is not very demanding terrain (at all) and it allows an average off road speed of over 15mph. And on sections where 20mph can be held for 1/2 a mile or so getting in the drops means I can keep the speed more easily than the MTBer.

As always, YMMV

yeah - different for everyone - but i do a fair amount of miles and and been riding 29ers for many moons - i find it mad that i still have a 26er but for my gangly legs small wheels have always been a bit daft. the 26er is only in that mode when it runs the longer sub forks and 69er when rigid -

steve did very well on the gorrick series singlespeed 29er against your normal geared types
http://singularcycles.posterous.com/summit-mtb-summer-series-rd-1

i would go so far as to say the majority of riders over 6 foot will be overall faster on bigger wheels on any terrain bar DH

About half my "Mesopotamia" loop is on super smooth graded and compacted scalpings by the Jubilee River, where the fastest bike is a road bike with Pavé tyres. What I need is a bike swap twice per lap, so I can ride the 585 on the Strada Bianca and an XC bike on the fields and rough paths that make up the other half ;-)

Snap!

I'm disappointed, that the right pantographed seatpost hasn't arrived. Still need to swap the shifters (which I have, but leave it until the Autumn). I put back Shimano pedals, because I actually ride it :-)

so nice man!

About half my "Mesopotamia" loop is on super smooth graded and compacted scalpings by the Jubilee River, where the fastest bike is a road bike with Pavé tyres. What I need is a bike swap twice per lap, so I can ride the 585 on the Strada Bianca and an XC bike on the fields and rough paths that make up the other half ;-)

heehee, you make your london route sound really rather exotic! i like. :)

nice pinarello!
I have one with the same group, panto seatpost and all! saweet.