Current Projects chat and miscellany

that corrado is rly hot, although i'd put silver rims on it.

unknown frame, mix of SR and NR. Rattlecan DIY paintjob (copy from a merckx theme)

finally after a year saving and hunting the stuff.
Thanks to Ian da costa, hilary stone, dutchcheese, pinkerton cycles for supplying the stuff. And also LFGSS.
Im a happy man. Wish that one fine day I may ride on the street of London.

Wish that one fine day I may ride on the street of London.

Braklez ?

is it illegal? Need to buy a new rim though,

My current project in full.

ken ya gess wot eet ees yit?

dibs.

close, but older.
and with random parts.

:)

we went riding today.
amazing.

Columbus MiniMax tubing. The wishbone stays indicate that Venom may have been the builder.

Rides perfectly. Better photos on the weekend.

I remember a couple of these corrado wishbone frames being sold through this forum. There was some talk of them being from a london based framebuilder.

These corrado frames dont seem to be the same style as Venom made stuff. Venom stuff tends to be almost on the gawdy side of framebuilding detail. They look very trick, but are not as subtle or stylish.

Got back from the farm yesterday evening and setup my new PX Exocet. Will commence full training on January 15th when I return to Devon; upto 2 hours every evening of turbo joy. I now have no excuses not to be competing in TT's and Triathlons within 12 months.

I will be dialing in my position later this evening;

Langster Steel, still feels fantastic. Only the seatpost will change in time;

Focus Roadbike to follow on Monday

I don't think I've ever seen a TT bike I don't want to have a go on.

Nice Dwayne, very nice!

I guess the new forks have MAX blades and the original dropouts.
Just another type of fork crown (external now).
Wonder why it still has eyelets :-(

The forks are indeed all new, made of MAX and with a lugged crown this time. The mudguard eyelets are new, and because I wanted to fit mudguards obviously

I'm looking forward to seeing the Corrado on New Years Day, Dwayne... Beautiful... :]

Nuknow, if you decided to shift this in the future can you give me a heads up?

^ Fucking thing takes up half the floorspace in his office

hate to think what yours would do

it's triple bad ass.

you just gonna ride the geared bike for a while max or got something else fixed in the works?

On gears at the moment, still experimenting really. Only ever ridden/owned fixed bikes for the past 3 years, so loving coasting.

I've got a project in the works, which will be single speed.

how do you find having brakes?

Amazing.

I don't even mind changing the pads every 2-3 weeks if all I have to do to slow down/stop is move my fingers! Bliss !!

Tout MAVIC Pista ... my latest OCD project.

MAVIC hubs and crank from their 80s track group.

Most parts not stamped MAVIC are from companies who produced for them.

Simplex post, TA pedals and Stronglight headset are close enough for me and makes it nearly all French down to the Velox tape and Sedis chain.

The Corrado frame is from a forum member via eBay and made from tigged Columbus MiniMax tubing. The wishbone stays indicate that Venom may have been the builder.

Rides perfectly. Better photos on the weekend.

Been looking forward to seeing this after the cranks alone popped up a while ago - stunning.

9.75/10.

^that need to go out in the rain :)

Right... Gunmetal grey frame, green anodised hubs, green brooks, black bartape everything else silver... Question: MKS Sylvan Pedals, green or pink? Can't decide if having green pedals will be an overkill of subtle green. Pink may work though. Straps will be black.

not of the fine calibre of many of the builds above, but picking this mixte up this weekend as a xmas present for the gf. Most of it looks too good to mess with, new bars, saddle and maybe a basket and it should be good to go.