Current Projects chat and miscellany

The colnago is finally finished.

That Colnago this lovely.

sick to the power of n+1

Or rather S+ around 5 if they were mine...

The colnago is finally finished.

Are you in Ukraine?

^ bwahaha, no, he would need blue rear and yellow front tires then

Colnago is very nice but the STIs need to go only IMO

Fcuk me KC! Ar eyou the same fella that was on here a year ago or has someone stolen your account!?

I remember some of your earlier efforts

First undrilled frame set I have owned waiting on a 2A and has anybody got a nice lightweight aero 26.8 seat post the one thats in weighs as much as the bike.
Actually thinking of removing the DQ decals as well

awesome - love the paint job - keep the stickers i reckon - more porn in currents thread than in porn

is that your shed in the other photo?

I remember some of your earlier efforts

this one looks a bit like a banned-mechanic jobie :))

Fcuk me KC! Ar eyou the same fella that was on here a year ago or has someone stolen your account!?

I remember some of your earlier efforts

@pisti seems weird and rather a long time ago I guess you learn by your mistakes ,to be fair I got a lot of advice of this very forum.
@Malaysian guilty as charged

^ bwahaha, no, he would need blue rear and yellow front tires then

And maybe alter the composition to get his background more balanced
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dobrych/2716662543/

just thought - does anyone make CLEAR tyres? They'd look propa pimp like... ha

Totally naff idea.

Just a thought.

so you'd end up seeing the pretty inner tube with numerous patches on
hmmm lovely

you patch your innertubes?

so you'd end up seeing the pretty inner tube with numerous patches on
hmmm lovely

And the threads inside the rubber of the tyre, presumably.

Lovely colnago ^^^

Looks like a lot of reach!

Totally naff idea.

Just a thought.

so you'd end up seeing the pretty inner tube with numerous patches on
hmmm lovely

By that logic Nike shouldn't have made a see-through trainer so you can see scabby holey socks underneath but they did. http://www.individualsole.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/buzz1.jpg

The main problem would be that there would be no way of getting rubber that thick to be anything other than murky plastic colour.

those trainers are a terrible idea.

so you'd end up seeing the pretty inner tube with numerous patches on
hmmm lovely

And the threads inside the rubber of the tyre, presumably.

None of the above, the tyres would look like translucent sewage after even the shortest of cycles down Gary's Inn Road frankly.

now clear tyres would need clear inner tubes surely

I've been meaning to post a 'proper' picture of this bike. Plenty of you have already seen me out and about on it over the last couple of months, since it's inaugural ride down to Southend last month. But here it is for anyone who's interested.

It's made of 853, 725 stays, 'R' forks. Sleeve BB, very skinny fillet brazing with an external seat collar, shot stays, built for 28s with guards, direct fit mudguard bosses on rear. Cast stainless steel ends with faces polished, engraved seat stay bridge and fork crown, old style Dave Yates decals (the old M Steel crests cut out to just the DY monogramme), finished with a very subtle silver sparkle in the laquer.

It's pretty high, a slight drop on the top tube, and a fairly short length TT, with a 73deg head tube and 74 degree seat tube. Fits me beautifully with a pretty upright position, dead comfy in the drops for my poor old back and tyrannosuarus-arms.

Built it with a bit of a mish mash of parts, all royce down the bottom (hubs laced with DT to debadged Ambrosio Excellence), Campag pista cranks 165, cheap spuds, nitto B105 RD bars (horrible looking dummy lever, but a great thing!), shimano r650 longish drop caliper, 90 mm thompson Elite, Sotto Voce 1", fancy stripped nitto post, Ti Regal. The bike has no cockpit, I'm glad to say. Randos and Velo Orange muddies. Oh, and Fizik. FIZIK mutherfuckers, read it and weep.

EDIT Oops forgot to say thanks to the people who suppleid things and help build it ...

Thanks Dave Yates, jimbilly and broken777 for services rendered, Brixton Cycles, hassan, mikec, henry,Tokyo Fixed, and a couple of web dealers for bits and bobs.

I really like the Yates colour fade.

Lovely Ben. Some choices made on that frame that I wish I'd made on mine. Experienced and discerning is a nice combination.

are those valves matched to the tyres? look about 2 mm out to me?
;-) lush bike.