Current Projects chat and miscellany

Singular is finished!
epic front mech problems.

There are special adapters to convert a RR front mech into a Top Pull.
No experience though.

its fine- all set up properly. don't worry.....
105 triple and 105 shifter- works well so far- will fine tune again when its muddy.

Hai guys, does £1049 seem like a lot of money for a steel frame to you?

Condor, built with Dedacciai SAT 14.5, custom fit.

Sounds about right, if on the high end of the scale, for a custom build with that tubeset. Dedacciai SAT 14.5 is at least on a par with 853 Pro Team. It's probably a bit more than a Rourke would be but cheaper than a Mercian.

£1049 just for the frame?

That's expensive.

Yeah I appreciate it's good tubing. Plus the convenience of a VERY local shop for problems, servicing etc.

Mercian's Pro Lugless in 853 works out a little cheaper, but then there's the extra agg of getting up there for fitting.

BTW this'll all be done through cyclescheme so it won't be as ball breakingly expensive as it seems.

Mercian Pro Lugless in 853 is £905 + VAT = £1,086, no?

And that's not oversize or Pro Team.

Fair play, maths was never my strong suit.

A non-custom Dedaccai 14.5 frame would be £500-600, what frame are you getting?

by custom, you mean the frame is build specifically for you, or do they choose the right size frame with the right stem length, bar width etc. to fit you?

Also I think the Dedacciai Zero Replica is closer to 853 than the SAT 14.5

A non-custom Dedaccai 14.5 frame would be £500-600, what frame are you getting?

by custom, you mean the frame is build specifically for you, or do they choose the right size frame with the right stem length, bar width etc. to fit you?

Just weighing up options, I'm referring to the Condor Classico, and it's built to order (£100 over retail).

Also I think the Dedacciai Zero Replica is closer to 853 than the SAT 14.5

Dedacciai tubing heirarchy is something like this;

16.5
SAT 14.5
Zero
Zero Uno

If people want to ride a conversion why not buy a frame and build it up, instead of taking a perfectly good bike and throwing all the good bits away then buying new, missmatched ugly parts?
Makes. No. Sense.

this thread and the "cant stop" one

oh dear, not doing too well

I know, was trolling his user cp to see what caused hippys comment and found this.
Epic build/thread fail.

The Condor Classico 'is a lovely bike.

Andy, so the Zero Replica sit below or over?

Rourke is £825 for 853 Pro Team including a generic carbon fork, plenty of money left over for a weekend trip to the Peak District for a fitting.

650c F&R Lee cooper lo pro.

That is amazing!

Did the first test run at the track a couple of days ago.
Sorry for the swedish on the clip.

http://vimeo.com/19296387

^fuck me thats cool

more footage of bike please

"teaser" innit??

I am suitably teased

Thanks for that Ed, useful info. Just one more thing if you don't mind; I've read on another forum that using different levers can have a significant effect on the braking. I would probably prefer to use a Dirty Harry style lever, over perhaps a more sensible old-school mountain bike lever. Have you any experience of/or info on the effect of using that style of lever with the hub brake?

I think people may have been alluding to leverage, I have a late 80s MTB with SA drum brakes, and I am using some smaller two finger levers as I prefer the shape but the bike came with, and I initially ran, some quite long levers. The brakes felt better with the long levers to be honest, dont know how it will work with a dirty harry, certainly the modulation will suffer.