Current Projects chat and miscellany

getting further along with the build, just need a BB that fits then i'll finish up. I'm also getting a rear rack, changing the brakes to 600 tricolour, getting a shorter stem and getting a B17 copper riveted black saddle

I hate it.

i hate you. should've got that panasonic

Some lovely things I've missing in here lately ... Regal's feather is just mad lovely! I had an idea I wanted bilaminates on my custom frame but let DY talk me out of it and went for very minimal fillet-brazing instead. And the regal - 853 logo is wicked! Nice work Mr Feather, really nice.

Looking forward to seeing what dmczone is collecting Mavic for...

It's alive! Took the fist roll in the corridor today.

Glide bearing mounted. Works really well.

That is bloody amazing^

It's alive! Took the fist roll in the corridor today.

Love it. Didn't Obree have a 'Righty' fork though? Does this affect things at all the track bankings?

Didn't Obree have a 'Righty' fork though? Does this affect things at all the track bankings?

It's science, innit? The right side of the bike is travelling faster, so you put the frontal area on the left where the airflow is slower to minimise drag.

Awesome!

I just got my nos cxp10s in the post... Yummy

that red thing is amazing. you haz mad skillz

That Obree bike is a real beaut, I cannot wait to see the finish article.

Just got the Cyclo Benelux 3 speed derailleur with downtube shifter;

every time i see the progress it's more and more exciting. i think when you finish it, and when you're done with whatever you've got to do with it, put it out on ebay and make a bloody fortune!

That Obree bike is a real beaut, I cannot wait to see the finish article.

Just got the Cyclo Benelux 3 speed derailleur with downtube shifter;

can i say, with all due respect, this looks tragic and antiquated.

agreed

does tranquil and antiquated mean pointless?
if so.
agreed.

I want a bike built chrobin..... you're clearly the man to ask now.

but is he the man to build your bike, clearly capable of building anything.

wait...I thought we were talking about Ed's build.

initially yes.

now i'm dreaming up bikes made from carbon
with car piercing spikes and shit.

can i say, with all due respect, this looks tragic and antiquated.

it still work actually, the cylinder thing is actually a spring, so when you want to change gear, the chain simply get pulled and shorten the spring in order to change gear.

it's just a different way of derailling the chain.

sticking with tragic

It's alive!

What steering geometry is it? Pics make the head angle look super steep.

I was thinking this - looks twitchy - weight forward as well. But i don't know much about track cycling.

Weight forward will actually slow the steering, so maybe he's been clever with what looks like an 80° head angle and very little trail.