Current Projects chat and miscellany

When i first saw the bike a couple weeks back (in this thread),
that's when i decided i was going to try ti for myself.

ok, so my Feather is built and at the paint shop, heres a few pics of it before it went out
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Nice ride there, Chris. Original paint job an' all ;-)

I'm thinkng I might paint it orange ;)

ok, so my Feather is built and at the paint shop, heres a few pics of it before it went out
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This is awsome! Can't wait to see it finished.

the thickness of the tubing in comparison to the fork reminds me of the cannondale track, beautiful frame though mate im rather jealous! everything ricky seems to make is fantastic though

Cheers, it should be a lovely bike once completed..
Triple triangle and mega downtube FTW..!!

Got all this to go on once its painted..!!
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drops with a lo pro? sore back!

Haha, yeah it should be fun to say the least, and its not small Lo-Pro either (60cm) should be fun on the track..

no idea? maybe the dutch will let me.!

You're not allowed to race with different sized wheels under UCI regulations, which would apply to any official track races.

fair play, il just have to race unofficialy.
But anyway, no matter where i ride it, its gonna be a laugh

Built me (finally) some high falutin' fancy road wheels....Sapim CX-Ray and Race.

Those are 2 different spokes, right?

So did you use the CX-Ray on the front and Race on the rear, how come? - price, aero?

fair play, il just have to race unofficialy.
But anyway, no matter where i ride it, its gonna be a laugh

let us know when it's done and the drops are fitted. i want to have a laugh too.

Cheers, it should be a lovely bike once completed..
Triple triangle and mega downtube FTW..!!

Got all this to go on once its painted..!!
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Is anything there not NJS?

The sofa.

So did you use the CX-Ray on the front and Race on the rear, how come? - price, aero?

Usual form is CX-Rays on the front and rear non-drive side, and Race on the rear drive side. Using a thicker spoke on the drive side, which has a very low bracing angle, is done to balance the axial stiffness of the wheel. I don't think its actually necessary on 32 spoke wheels, and for low spoke counts using more spokes on the drive side is a better solution, e.g. 24 spoke rears with 16 dive side spokes and 8 non-drive side.

Is anything there not NJS?

Only the rims and cages

Those are 2 different spokes, right?

So did you use the CX-Ray on the front and Race on the rear, how come? - price, aero?

Sapim Race on rear drive side.

edit what MDCCtester said and any excuse to not spend any more that needed on CX Rays. Were easier to build than I thought and being bladed easy to see them winding up.

The axle doesn't fit the frame. The original sturmey archer gear hub had two flat bits on the axle. Any suggestions?

But getting there

File the dropouts. Simples.

Or the axle.

I hope thats a joke max

I want a disk. That's what I want.

i got a campag khamsin one if you want?

Just saw this locked outside the maughan. King's student?

I hope thats a joke max

:D