Current Projects chat and miscellany

oh Ed :)

I'll mostly be using it round town, there'll be bits of off road riding but nothing meaty. Like the idea of getting some hefty tyres, I'll look into it.

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7489/batpro.jpg

Nice to see it built up, thanks for sharing.

not really a project, since i sont really want to change anything, maybe the bar tape..
but bought this last night and have to share/brag somewhere !

crappy pic and all i know..

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Oooh nice. Black bartape though mate

just finished

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pulsarproj/4921087900/

How did everyone miss this from a few pages back - great work!

Max i had some of those Tifosi forks and they were pretty bulletproof - however i don't think that they are going to make any noticeable difference to the weight of the bike, as they have an alloy steerer - to make any real weight saving on the dale, i would have though only a carbon steerer is going to do the trick due to the size of the bike, but i woyuldnt want to use a carbon steerer for couriering me self

@ tel - that baravus looks great - just right.

nice looking build. what bar tape have you used. it looks more padded than he fizik microtex stuff than i have just fiited on by gf's bike

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7489/batpro.jpg

Nice to see it built up, thanks for sharing.

You have the same blue jean problem with your white rolls as me. very nice build.

yep...the blue rub off is just so fashionable though...it says 'hey man I ride in my got damn jeans'..! Ah but what jeans...Levi, one true saxon, evisu, cavalli, polo...?
Hahaha

Max, get a proper 1" carbon fork, cheaper than the Wound Up too I suspect.

Or for the more budget conscious, I can personally attest to the strength of these....

£88 from Kinetic -On-one.

Max i had some of those Tifosi forks and they were pretty bulletproof - however i don't think that they are going to make any noticeable difference to the weight of the bike, as they have an alloy steerer - to make any real weight saving on the dale, i would have though only a carbon steerer is going to do the trick due to the size of the bike, but i wouldn't want to use a carbon steerer for couriering me self

I'd prefer to have a carbon steerer as it would absorb a crash better than an alu steerer, and thus reduced the chance of the frame getting damaged.

it's all theory of course.

and new road ride.. Batavus pro (originally from tel) with centaur 10sp group + openpros
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7489/batpro.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7489/batpro.jpg

Nice to see it built up, thanks for sharing.

It's not my Bat I just supplied Owen Jowett with the frame, soz I should have quooted to avoid confusion. So these two questions/ comments are aimed at Owen:

@ tel - that baravus looks great - just right.

nice looking build. what bar tape have you used. it looks more padded than he fizik microtex stuff than i have just fiited on by gf's bike

I'd prefer to have a carbon steerer as it would absorb a crash better than an alu steerer, and thus reduced the chance of the frame getting damaged.

it's all theory of course.

I think you might fins the reality rather different

Finished the bike off today once the grips arrived :)

And I love that it can go down to a low pressure (20psi), super comfty.

Surely running tyres at a pressure that low will give you utterly wank handling?
I can also see it incurring masses of resistance, as well as fat tyres adding rolling weight...

Finished the bike off today once the grips arrived :)

your left brake lever is in the right and the right in the left... minor detail but....

@mancronnie, max needs a threaded fork.

Haven't done this for a while, so...

Day-to-day..Gitane superpista with ofmega, miche+rigida
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/8351/gitpist.jpg

Ever want to sell the gitane, let me know. I'll buy it back off you.

Always regretted selling that frame!

@mancronnie, max needs a threaded fork.

I thought the fork was needed to permit an upgrade to threadless

I'd prefer to have a carbon steerer as it would absorb a crash better than an alu steerer, and thus reduced the chance of the frame getting damaged.

it's all theory of course.

You might be wrong for at least two different reasons. First, a carbon steerer is usually both stiffer and stronger than an aluminium one, and second that a monocoque carbon fork doesn't have the weak joins at the fork crown which are usually the first thing to go when you crash a hybrid fork.

your left brake lever is in the right and the right in the left... minor detail but....

I never realised there was any difference between the levers. What is the difference?

I thought the fork was needed to permit an upgrade to threadless

I was under this impression too...
How common are 1" threaded carbon forks anyway?

that the screw is showing in the top of the clamp