Current Projects chat and miscellany

You know he's mentioned about 1400 times now that he has another suitable fork?

like you are going to forget how to use your brakes just because you own and use a brakeless?

yeah you ride slower, well I do, but you read the traffic better which translates

believe or not there is more to it than just looking good

I'm with dogmatic on this, I have a front brake but I rarely ever use. It's not that I don't trust myself, I don't trust other road users and it's nice to have that added security.

I'm with dogmatic on this, I have a front brake but I rarely ever use. It's not that I don't trust myself, I don't trust other road users and it's nice to have that added security.

I don't disagree, I got thirty years of city riding under my belt, including seven years as a London courier, even with this amount of experience I can't anticpate everything which why when I ride brakeless I don't race and I slow down

Oh you brought it then? what is it going to be then? low-pro HHSB for 2009?

Nah. No slave there. More of a replacement for a dearly missed frame.

And I'd say these forts are more "aggressive" than lo-pro.

i am also a new member of the Fort lo pro club.......

the Rustbucket will be rolling again soon.

@spags, is that sano's old rig??

yep......picked it up last night.
i don't like paint on my bikes!

good stuff, how you going to build it?

i am also a new member of the Fort lo pro club.......

the Rustbucket will be rolling again soon.

Love that look.

Reminds me of this Mk 1 golf which popped up in somewhere in Europe back in the late 90's along with a rusty mk 2 with wicker seats

black EVERYTHING.
but leave the frame how it is.
maybe a coloured brake cable.
trying to keep it fairly cheap though, as it's my second/pub bike.

good stuff...............hmm, wonder what sano's working on??

Love that look.

Reminds me of this Mk 1 golf which popped up in somewhere in Europe back in the late 90's along with a rusty mk 2 with wicker seats

thats pretty much what i'm going for......

good stuff...............hmm, wonder what sano's working on??

he's just got himself a Volume Cutter.....it's looking quite nice!

Rat Bike . . like it!

thats pretty much what i'm going for......

are you putting a clear coat over the rust or just leaving it naked?
i love that look but i wonder if without a clear coat it woult keep on rusting away...

Sano's been rolling on it bare metal for ages, it seams fine.
there as a bit of rust build up on the underside of the don tube, but you can just rub it off.
i might just give it a light coat.

Sano's been rollong on bare metal for a while, it seems fine.
when the rust builds up you can just rub it off.

but i may well give it a light coat of clear.

leave it alone, just get a rag and keep rubbing the build up off.

leave it alone, just get a rag and keep rubbing the build up off.

Thats the same advice the doctor gave me

haha!

Sano's been rollong on bare metal for a while, it seems fine.
when the rust builds up you can just rub it off.

but i may well give it a light coat of clear.

won't it rust all the way through then? i'm not an expert on rust...

Sano's been rollong on bare metal for a while, it seems fine.
when the rust builds up you can just rub it off.

but i may well give it a light coat of clear.

im sure vw guys have this wax stuff they rub into rat look vehicles to delay the corrossion process,
but eventually it does eat through regardelss as far as im aware,
and when i say eventually i mean years!

the attached is my favourite ever, see it a newqauy almost every year but its changed colour dramatically its now quite an oxidised orange

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