Current Projects chat and miscellany

Yeah, it's really nothing special. It all adds up quick, but individually no part is expensive or hard to obtain.

The frame was £15 from the classifieds here. Bars/grips/brake levers/chain guard/mud flap/bell/bottle/cage all Velo Orange/Freshtripe stuff. The cranks are the cheapest single speed I could find new (Sturmey Archer). The pannier rack/stem/seat post came from a beater from the classifieds (was to be the base of this project, but it has a stupid French BB shell). The wheels are a £39 ebay set. Kick stand £5 from ebay. The mudguards are some £13 set that came painted metallic grey that I dremmelled back to metal. The rack is readily available. Pedals are from my Globe Roll 2 with some ebay straps. The saddle bags are £18 equestrian ones from US ebay. Pump is a current Zefal one. Brakes are a cheapy £19 per pair set and the head badge is a Royal Engineer's hat badge from ebay :)

The only thing that is slightly unusual is the seat. I got it from ebay and I have no idea what it is. It has the Brooks oval logo on the sides, but it also has a taj mahal stamped into it. Not sure whether it's a complete knock off or a real brooks top that's been fitted to another frame. But then, you can get a similar thing here for $29 http://www.hiwheel.com/parts/index.htm

Hmm does it!? The Lemond has Athena for sure....

Pfft, Ed's be a roadie for yeeears. I highly doubt he's wrong.

Like I says. I can't tell.

In some areas, Chorus/Athena is a distinction without a difference.

Err, is this some kind of weird lock?? It's brazed on, so I need to remove it from my recent aquisition.

It's a cigar cutter. Is it a Cuban frame?

hehe

very fine cigars

Err, is this some kind of weird lock?? It's brazed on, so I need to remove it from my recent aquisition.

Is it one of those things that sticks between the spokes so the wheel can't turn? Dont know how it would lock by the picture, you can see some bicycles that have them around the place.(although they dont come brazed on its an accessory) cant find a pic or a link, because I dont know what to search for, sorry.

Found one reference to a clou rear wheel lock. But no clue as to how it would work. Off with it! Also looks like I got a front fork dynamo braze-on. Maybe I should keep the bits, keep it functional.

It's for de-stoning olives. Is it an Italian frame?

http://twocitiestwowheels.blogspot.com/2007/03/zwei-drei-geschwindigkeiten.html

Scroll down and you'll see a bit about a similar lock.
From a time and place where you didn't have to be so secure so largely useless today i'd say.

That's the exact page I landed on too. Branded "Trelock", but obviously the same, same logo.
http://www.uscoles.com/bikepix/rabtrelockl.jpg

Especially without a key! Thanks.

pretty much all the bikes in Holland had those locks back in the days

Look like Chorus to me.

How can I tell? it look identical to my 90's Chorus groupset.

Hmm does it!? The Lemond has Athena for sure....

Pfft, Ed's be a roadie for yeeears. I highly doubt he's wrong.

Like I says. I can't tell.

I'm just going to put this here...

I like the current cranks. Best porteur/shopper bike I have seen.

The saddle is incredible.

+1 to all of this. great bike, well done.

Been reading this forum for a long time and thought I post newest pics of my ride




I might still change riser to drop or bullhorn...lets see

Nice!

^^ very nice. but why is called gorilla in your flickr? is there something we should know? :)) kidding, is this the name of the frameset?
very well put together - simple, neat and practical. it looks quite close in the approach to something i am working on at the mo.

^^^ P.S. quite a progress from cutter :)) ahahaha

Nice build. Very tidy. Happy with the frame? Was considering one of those a while back...

scorch - http://gorillabicycles.com/

Thanks! It's Gorilla Hattara and I really like it, simple, clean and great to ride. Color is also nice, anthracite, so it's not all black.

Impressively rusty Holdsworth which will soon go through a SS conversion/go back on ebay. Can anyone roughly guess its year of birth from the pics only?

august 4th 1964

Come on, its definatly a capricorn. look at the bars!