Current Projects chat and miscellany

You'd probably say leave the Unicanitor on it anyway ;) I'll get a pic when my seatpost is sorted.

FOund this 50's Guaita, lol. I know which one you're on about. ;)

can i squeeze in another cheeky current project photo in here.... gots a new basket (wald)
thanks to tokyofixed for letting me stick around their shop and use their tools to make the basket fit..... real friendly shop

new ring too, painted in same colour scheme. Does that make me hipster yet? I have a ring to match my bike.......woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

looks awesome man!

that's awesome, i still need me a basket!

Nowhere fast, I assumed you have the necessity tools at the workshop you're at, so grab a tesco basket, a couple piece of long metal, do some drilling and cutting and bob your uncle.

eddie - be very careful with basket + track fork, the bike handle pretty difficult with too much weight on it.

eddie - be very careful with basket + track fork, the bike handle pretty difficult with too much weight on it.

yeah ive noticed.
wald don't have the stiffest fastening system either

Finished it yesterday

more pics

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50246937@N08/sets/72157625991580023/

Clean.

i've always wondered how a sprung brooks would look on a track bike.

can i squeeze in another cheeky current project photo in here.... gots a new basket (wald)
thanks to tokyofixed for letting me stick around their shop and use their tools to make the basket fit..... real friendly shop

new ring too, painted in same colour scheme. Does that make me hipster yet? I have a ring to match my bike.......woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

now there's a place to put your two locks.

This makes me a little sad. I know baskets look good on certain style of (porteur) Bike but on this Nag, to me it just looks ridiculous.
Why don't you spray it black, whack some fat cream schwalbe's on it, fenders, lamps, brakes, freewheel, chainguard then you might be able to justify the basket.

Or remove the basket and accept that this is how this weapon of a bike should roll....

can i squeeze in another cheeky current project photo in here.... gots a new basket (wald)
thanks to tokyofixed for letting me stick around their shop and use their tools to make the basket fit..... real friendly shop

new ring too, painted in same colour scheme. Does that make me hipster yet? I have a ring to match my bike.......woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

..........However, I have always liked this bike:)

I agree, it looks good now but it looked even better here:

latest project.

So the frame and forks have not been drilled for brakes, will have to man up and start riding track (fortunately there's a one 2 minutes away form me in welwyn). Having not owned an alu/carbon bike before, i'm blown away by how light it is, on the bathroom scales it says 2.5kg.

If anybody can tell me anything about the frame, I'd be happy to hear, my guess is it's a pinarello prince pista. I'm also trying to work out the seat tube diameter, it does have a clamp which says 35.2-35.6 (http://bike.com/miche-seat-posts?Av=53205)Thought it may be worth mentioning if it's possible to work out internal diameter from the external.

my mid 80s bob jackson 531 double butted tubing weights about 3k WITH bottom bracket and headset included... sorry to piss on your chips

my mid 80s bob jackson 531 double butted tubing weights about 3k WITH bottom bracket and headset included... sorry to piss on your chips

and it probably flexes like a sapling in the wind

Basket and porteur bars on a Nagasawa track frame...

I can't not like that bike tbh, but I liked it a lot more with drops and the Ellipses. #justme

That bike looks way better now than it did before. It looks like it's used for a purpose now rather than some wolly riding a track bike to and from work

The combination of Wald baskets and locks does mean that anyone within 500 yards of you knows you're approaching too...

1+ Senor Bear, least it's actually rideable.

I feel like the fad for front racks isn't bourne out by 'for a purpose'. I never see anyone actually carrying anything much on theirs ... myself included.

I think the Nag-as-beater is a bit of a joke actually. Like you said, the forks will be shite with a load. As will trying to brake with your legs/tyre if the basket is loaded up. Which begs the question: will it ever be loaded?

FOund this 50's Guaita, lol. I know which one you're on about. ;)

Glad to see I'm not the only one with a rear brake only on a track bike! Good man!

I think the Nag-as-beater is a bit of a joke actually. Like you said, the forks will be shite with a load. As will trying to brake with your legs/tyre if the basket is loaded up. Which begs the question: will it ever be loaded?

Exactly, it's still a brakeless track bike, only now it's a brakeless track bike with a basket on it that doesn't handle very well when you put stuff in the basket.

Anyway, don't want to diss it, I still like it. The new wheels are very nice.

sticking a simple coaster brake will make it a lots easier to ride with a load on the front rack.

must point out that the WALD basket isn't terribly stable after a moderate load so I doubt eddie will fill it up with his weekly shopping in it.