Current Projects chat and miscellany

Hi, first post here.

Just wondering if anyone knows of anywhere that sells non-aero gum brake hoods. I've having a nightmare trying to source some from the UK for my weinmann levers.

Not in the UK, but there's Weinmann-compatible ones on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Standard-Brake-Lever-Hoods-Campagnolo-Universal-/300524875960?pt=Ricambi_per_biciclette&hash=item45f8adb0b8

Ordered ;)

Felt very excited. Then dirty and ashamed.

What groupset are you running on that BMC

What groupset are you running on that BMC

Bit poor at the moment, so only half way there, but plan is...

2010 Record derailers, and levers (but I've been tempted by some 2010 super record on EBay)

Nokon cables (if none come with the levers)

an 11-25 chorus cassette

Ciamillo Neg G brake calipers

a VCRC ceramic BB

and Rotor 3D crankset with aero style 50/36 chainrings.

Hopefully the bike will look and perform like a sprinter/crit bike. Yet be light enough and have the gears to cope with the local terrrain. Not that it was planned (Crankset bought for 165mm availibility). But much like the UK BMC team used to ride.

turned up a guarini road bike tonight from gumtree.

nuovo record mechs, crankset and hubs, headset
nisi rims
gipemme brakes, levers, seat post, pedals

3ttt stem, cinelli campione del mundo bars

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34123558@N08/5446111792/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34123558@N08/5445510875/in/photostream/

apparently it was the fellas dad's and his son had been using to go to work on it but then it had gone back to shed. shed was full of vintage parts and frames that all went to dump.

breaks my heart.

Bob Bob Bob Bob Bob - Project mystery Bob

no idea what it is exactly, but its my size and I like the colour. Win :D
Putting it in 'name this object' thread.

That fork is lovely, classic time trial Bob Jackson? I can see the ridge for the downtube shifter.

Upcoming project of mine. Im a longlegged guy (saddle height is around 90cm from center bb) and im tired of not being able to find a tight track frame in my size, so when I saw one of the previous project posted here I got really inspired to the same but with a much bigger frame. Front triangle is from a 68 CTT roadframe i've got a hold of. Should be perfect.
Took some messurements, altered the geometri and made a 3D model. Wheelbase should be 943 mm with a HT of 77 deg.

^ you got skills
ratings on that and look forward to seeing the final build

agree that is going to be ridiculous when done :D

Looks sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

would it not be easier,simpler and lighter to use the main triangle but fabricate new stays that effect the geometry?

(Not meaning to be albran, just thinking out loud. It does look awesome though)

1+ on Jambon, you mean something like what the Mixte have?

Do anyone know what that called? the middle stay that is.

I seen a Alex Singer bicycle that was specifically designed for someone your height Zdrenka, basically it's a normal horizontal top tube frame with the middle stay like the mixte above, the owner find it pretty stiff, even when fully laden (it was a 700c touring bike).

1+ on Jambon, you mean something like what the Mixte have?

yeah, like half mixte, half tripple triangle. Just that box tubing looks like a lot of matter to haul round a track

with a HT of 77 deg.

I'm guessing you've tilted the frame so far to get the BB drop to a reasonable 45mm, but combining that with enough fork offset to provide a safe clearance between tyre and down tube seems to have left you with a perilously small amount of trail. Read very thoroughly on the subject of steering geometry before committing to metal. Also look at Wiggins' madison bike - it's basically a small bike with the bars and saddle cantilevered a long way off the frame.

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Found it;

Was made in 1985.


yeahhhhh, found one.....
fingers crossed its all in good nick, I apologise in advance to the track purists for my build.
(bullhorns and stuff)

Good shit Henry!

Found it; Was made in 1985.

i.e. before scientists arrived and told people that just ⅛" extra OD on the main tubes would sort out the stiffness issues on steel frames once and for all.

Im not done with it so i guess its still a project, made some changes...

fitted some risers on it again, can get more leverage with my odyssey lever now and i guess its more relaxed to ride, also trying out some power grips which are comfy but when i want to ride real fast or skid they arnt so great, they may go on my road bike, coloured my rear mudguard in with a black sharpie to, along with the front rim and spokes, looks cleaner now i think

still need 165mm cranks and few other lil bits, maybe flat bullhorns

weird page

wow this bike is the exact opposite of what i think a fixed gear bike should look like
so much going on on that bike .... sooooo much stuff

Nice nice, very nice.

I'm buzzing as I just found out a huge local trails spot has been rebuilt over the winter, can't wait to dust off the P3 and the shovel and get involved.

Pub bike / Beater / rain commuter bike.

Frame from Jambon. Not happy with the all white tyres, but they're all I had lying around (came stock on my old felt). Also need a new saddle, thinking of getting the white Concor, and black tyres with a very thin white stripe on. SS at the moment due to the only cranks I had lying around where the Stronglight ST55's, and not sure if they can take the stress. 46/16 ratio for city riding.

wow this bike is the exact opposite of what i think a fixed gear bike should look like
so much going on on that bike .... sooooo much stuff

so? fixed gears can be practical to you know...

I'm guessing you've tilted the frame so far to get the BB drop to a reasonable 45mm, but combining that with enough fork offset to provide a safe clearance between tyre and down tube seems to have left you with a perilously small amount of trail. Read very thoroughly on the subject of steering geometry before committing to metal. Also look at Wiggins' madison bike - it's basically a small bike with the bars and saddle cantilevered a long way off the frame.

Good guess, BB drob is 48mm.
The original frame was already made for a long leg and short torso kind of guy like me. Top tube is therefor only 58 cm long. To accomodate a short wheelbase (for a road bike) the original frame had a 75 deg HT angle which is as you know around the usual track bike HT angle.

77 deg HT is steep i'll admit but this is not a track bike. This is a fun bike. RiGi used similar HT angles on some of his madman creations. I know this might make it unbeareble to ride for a long time but I think it'll be a lot of fun for short amount of time.

so? fixed gears can be practical to you know...

News just in: That isnt a photo of a fixed gear bike