Current Projects chat and miscellany

^^ You frame building yourself s.walrus? Be interested to see your progress - I'm half planning on a frame being my summer project (though bigger shed required first...)

Yes, this will be number frame number two, number one was this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33937019@N07/sets/72157622019662845/

I think this one is going to take a long, long time to get done. Number one was mainly built on the dining table, this time I have to convert the coal hole under the front steps into a workshop first. Women can be soooo unreasonable.

have you ridden outside of trafalgar square yet?

have you ridden outside of hoxton square yet?

Have you ridden your mum yet?

have you ridden outside the north/south circular yet?

fuck no, my local sainsburys is safely within the south circ thank you very much, tescos is just out, so is waitrose.

Looks like i'll be stuck with this forum name for a while.

have you ridden outside of hoxton square yet?

I'm not even really sure where hoxton square is.
oh- shoreditch, and it looks small on Google maps.
also i have no source of the smallest square in London, but lets assume i have, and I'l ask you- have you ridden outside of that yet?

I know my comment is a bit on the bitchy side, but most people can find a fit that is pretty comfortable with a couple of stems bought cheap of ebay/here and a tape measure and the internets.

especially as the majority of people (including me) spend less than 1 hour on their bike at any one time.

spending money on a cycle fit is a luxury for those who can afford it/ are uncomfortable enough to justify it.

DJ and edscoble are talking bollocks recommending it on here to every brother/mother/fucker.

Yes, this will be number frame number two, number one was this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33937019@N07/sets/72157622019662845/

I think this one is going to take a long, long time to get done. Number one was mainly built on the dining table, this time I have to convert the coal hole under the front steps into a workshop first. Women can be soooo unreasonable.

how long did it take you? and who taught you?
nice job though

Yes, this will be number frame number two, number one was this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33937019@N07/sets/72157622019662845/

I think this one is going to take a long, long time to get done. Number one was mainly built on the dining table, this time I have to convert the coal hole under the front steps into a workshop first. Women can be soooo unreasonable.

haha! yes, I may encounter the same issue with the shed :) I think I've seen your walrus flyer - perhaps the tweed run or at hyde park corner some time. Looks great - I've got some carpentry (instrument building) but little metalwork experience, going to take it very slowly.

have you ridden outside of hoxton square yet?

Have you ridden out of Condor yet?

how long did it take you? and who taught you?
nice job though

I built it over 3 or 4 months, but probably spent around 40 hours (no stainless to polish). I was taught by the internets. (http://www.frameforum.org is a good source, but some of the people make the folk here seem normal)

Dog, Cat, Hairy Arse?

My current anti porn. Is 2-4 cms too small for me, hence the giraffe stem. The saddle is probably higher than that at the moment. Looks like I'm riding a clown bike. Chain line is a bit off and I need a half link chain since the rando will only sit at the very end of the drop out with a regular KMC chain.

That said, I absolutely love it. Will be sad to see it go.

is the romet going up for sale again? will this frame ever find a happy home?

Old steel.

Sort out saddle angle, get some black tyres and adjust bar position and then its pretty clean. are those forks bent?

You're right. The saddle angle's an adjustment I've been meaning to make. I prefer the nose slightly up, but it's a bit extreme at the moment.

I found the frame at the curb several years ago and, while it's a bit tall for me, adjusting the bars upward keeps me completely comfortable. Lastly, I collided with a couple of mopeds riding two abreast on a bike path last summer which slightly bent the fork. I'm a bit attached to the bike and couldn't toss it away. Tires change with the seasons, but I often ride on roads with soft surfaces as well.

why the pyshclocross tyre on the front?

I'm pretty often split between riding on asphalt and dirt. The cross tire gives me better traction at the front without having to wear out another at the rear when riding on tarmac.

I does what I does.

I'm pretty often split between riding on asphalt and dirt. The cross tire gives me better traction at the front without having to wear out another at the rear when riding on tarmac.

I does what I does.

and nobody can argue with that really, I take it the bike cost less than £80 to build?

smallest square in London

Salisbury Sq EC4? Smallest I can think of that's actually a road.

is the romet going up for sale again? will this frame ever find a happy home?

Yes!
Although I can't confirm if the paintwork stays.
I asked Jim to hold on to this until I paid my bills.
I planned either respray it deep purple and have new abstract decals made up (Romet doesn't do them) or leave how it is and bash it up even more.
If it stays blue, it will have short Cinelli stem and risers, Pista fluted cranks and rims with tubs. If it goes to the Armourtex, all the parts and cranks will be black an NJSque for theit hipster factor, plus DA based wheels.

Have you ridden out of Condor yet?

Have you come out of your corridor to ride out of Condor?

Just finished my baby

well done, but that's a bike...
how'd your wife cope with the birth?
was it breach?
Were the midwives confused when a headset popped out instead of a wee-un?

I bet you were pissed at the ultrasound tech.

is the romet going up for sale again? will this frame ever find a happy home?

I've been very happy with it! It has served me very well. EEI is going to buy it eventually.