Current Projects chat and miscellany

^the bartape, is it german?

yes. i change it every time i take the bike to a different country

my rat bike

Has anyone had a frame sandblasted, made up a stencil of the decal and put it in position, ran a blow torch over it (causing some discoloration of the metal) then clear coated. Would it work?

:D

i quite like it too, yet keep thinking about the tyres. probably p'chop them black to have a look at how it would calm down the build. but then the bartape wouldn't make sense and all...

anyway, quite intriguing build.

Eddie: Cool bike. My opinion is lose all of the yellow on that bike, raise the stem a few mm (to make stem exit from the headset straight and not at the curved part), anodize the stem black. Frankly i'd find a black TT protector as well.

at first, i think "what the fuck, whats he done to that nag" but then i go "that looks really fucking cool"

Here's my new bike

picture of new bike.jpg

Has anyone had a frame sandblasted, made up a stencil of the decal and put it in position, ran a blow torch over it (causing some discoloration of the metal) then clear coated. Would it work?

Hmmm don't know if that would work, the heat would probs bleed around the edge of your stencil. Also I would say its a bit of a no-no heating up frames if you don't need to. Looks really good if you polish a patch of your frame, mask it off then blast it though.

How do people get on running elipses as day to day wheels?

Eddie: Cool bike. My opinion is lose all of the yellow on that bike, raise the stem a few mm (to make stem exit from the headset straight and not at the curved part), anodize the stem black. Frankly i'd find a black TT protector as well.

i like colour.
japanese frames should be SHOUTY! im thinking add more

How do people get on running elipses as day to day wheels?

Smooth and stiff as fuck. It makes you look out for potholes much more.

Has anyone had a frame sandblasted, made up a stencil of the decal and put it in position, ran a blow torch over it (causing some discoloration of the metal) then clear coated. Would it work?

your best bet, would to put vinyl stickers on before blasting. so when you peel them off after, the words would stand out as you suggest.

Here's my new bike

picture of new bike.jpg

Fucking nice. How much was the kickstand?

your best bet, would to put vinyl stickers on before blasting. so when you peel them off after, the words would stand out as you suggest.

amnn the vinyl will get blasted off

amnn the vinyl will get blasted off

soft aluminium plate, stuck on i think is the only thing that wouldn't get blasted off.

reason i say that cos i was thinking of the same thing not long ago, and i could see no other way of doing it.

Special sandblast-resist vinyls are available
http://www.hartcoservice.com/sandmask

cut and paste the pic you want from flickr (all sizes) and it will appear here. Voila!

PS grips/bartape time. Bare bars are shit!

You know what I really like about it Skully ... you have a set of drops as the Bike Gods Intended.

Also you didn't hire out a professional photographer to take a pic of your bike ... you just took a decent picture where you could see it all.

it isnt skullys bike.
but skully should post a picture of his dave yates all built up.
its stupidly nice.

Hmmm don't know if that would work, the heat would probs bleed around the edge of your stencil. Also I would say its a bit of a no-no heating up frames if you don't need to. Looks really good if you polish a patch of your frame, mask it off then blast it though.

How do people get on running elipses as day to day wheels?

they are great. i've given mine a fair amount of abuse and they are still very happy. need to straighten the bladed spokes once in a while though.

Current ride: Nelson Pista

Real nice frame and ride. Sorry for the poor photo.

New bars, stem etc getting sorted tomorrow.

How do people get on running elipses as day to day wheels?

It's only a fugging wheelset :-)
I've got >4000 miles on mine now, and they're as good as new apart from the wear on the brake track.

Looks much better than the TT build you had with it

No, it doesn't.

Put the TT bars back on it and loose all the colour, in my opinion. Regardless of that, it's a gorgeous bike!

I'll post a pic of my new bike when I've put the bar tape on. It's got a brake and hasn't got drops, and it's rly comfortable.

It's only a fugging wheelset :-)
I've got >4000 miles on mine now, and they're as good as new apart from the wear on the brake track.

Trying to work out whether to get a set of open pro's on royce's or elipses. Got a black bj, feel like newschooling it up though?

Oh yeah, the rim stickers must go.

+1 DA cranks tho i reckon

^ Good point, 7600 square taper in my opinion.

Wow! I've never seen another one of these/ This was my hack-bike at uni. Maybe that's my old frame? Sold it to some guy on here...

Had a lovely birthday morning in the sun building up the beater with some new cranks and stuff. Voila! Black and green beauty! Just need a brake lever. Also feel I need a black seatpost, so if anyone has a black 26.6...