Current Projects chat and miscellany

Chris; woooooow! You surpassed that Concorde wish by many many miles.. That's going to be effin' lush!

cheers ruud, how goes? i'll also post a picture once its all done. im still waiting for my trip over the pond, people still throwing away decent steel over there??

Yes. Had disc brakes before but cable operated BB7s don't work with road shifters very well, despite the marketing blurb. I set up the bike with some EuroX cantis but they were fiddly beyond belief so picked up a pair of the ultimates after hearing nothing but praise for them. They are very good, ideal for cyclocross and very easy to get set up.

I went from canti's to V-brakes and was amazed at the increase in stopping power, then from V-brakes to a shimano hydro disc, and was a bit "meh", as overall power was around the same, but modulation was well behind.

Unless it was wet, when the disc was unquestionable in it's superiority.

Is the stem match the colour of the frame? if so, pure win.

Go really well with your 105 group do they monsieur Bang? :P

Silly things.

Pfff - I believe you'll find it's Ultegra Madame underscore. ;)

Matching stems are always anti to me. Unless the bike is black or chrome. A bit like coloured rims.

H, go for carbon fibre seatpost for extra comfort.

I just scored a set of wheels with dura ace 7600 hubs for £50 on ebay. Now I only need a frame, was considering buying an old french track frame, but the bb was missing, and I dont have a stem with french diameter here so I think I'll pass considering it wasnt that cheap. or does anybody know where to order a french threaded bb (JIS taper preferrably) in the EU that is reasonably priced?

I just scored a set of wheels with dura ace 7600 hubs for £50 on ebay. Now I only need a frame, was considering buying an old french track frame, but the bb was missing, and I dont have a stem with french diameter here so I think I'll pass considering it wasnt that cheap. or does anybody know where to order a french threaded bb (JIS taper preferrably) in the EU that is reasonably priced?

Result!

Pfff - I believe you'll find it's 600 Madame underscore. ;)

fixed that for you :)

you coming for a ride this wknd? I can't do London>Brighton as the missus is in town (next weekend for that?) but can do Richmond Laps?

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perfect...so perfect.... except for those calipers... bloody delta's

agree, you should do yourself a favour and get rid of the delta's, I'd be happy to dispose of them for you if you like?

haven't been on this forum for years
hope you guys are all doing well

heres my current project
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/188665_10150109873702747_504107746_6442431_1900700_n.jpg

Result!

Result. Didnt realize the exchange rate was so bad, its £60 then.

cheers ruud, how goes? i'll also post a picture once its all done. im still waiting for my trip over the pond, people still throwing away decent steel over there??

Quite good.. Sun is shining, aching to ride, need to go to class.. FML.. They do actually, we have a luxury problem.. Weird thing is, I now ride British aluminium.. Although I've treated myself in the meantime also with a some dutch goodness.. (apologies for badbadbad images) Looking forward to the result!

agree, you should do yourself a favour and get rid of the delta's, I'd be happy to dispose of them for you if you like?

naaa, i'll just chuck them out, thanks for the tip didnt realise they were so useless

dutch goodness..

that is lovley, the geometry looks like its a great fun to ride. and good news you finally found a good british track frame after all the waiting!! Ive finally finished my commuter and im contemplating a london to brighton ride, mabe.

This morning my Bianchi snapped in half, one in, one out I guess.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3290/trackbikebuild001.jpg

You know how some bikes just look fast? That looks fast.

This morning my Bianchi snapped in half...

what exactly hapenned?

looks good dov,
guarantee replacement from bianchi surely??

what kind of Bianchi was it?

a** bia/nchi**

very nice. Rep etc

Bearly man, how did it happen??

On another note, I've just dropped the Brooklyn Gangsta off to a framebuilder in Deptford to get cantis mount done, after much discussion we were toying with the idea of getting integrated rack on the Gangsta just to carry pannier a la Rob English (the stem have been flipped the right way round... hater);

Sorry Ed. That would be a catastrophic fail.

In term of design? appearance? or the notion of a 'track bike' having rack?