Current Projects chat and miscellany

Nice, got my stolen fixed gear back!

^^^ That Venom could be pornworthy if built up nicely. What tubing is it?

I hope I can do it justice. Its columbus nivachrom for sure, but the sticker on it says riverniciato so i dunno which it is. I'm happy with most of what I'm sticking on it (not period tho) dura ace cranks, gonna grab some ITM bars so it's all matchy match :) but I can't really afford a new wheelset, so its gonna be a set of dented deep v's... itll be a work in progress

Can someone please explain:

is this sensible/safe/effective/stupid/ridiculous/pointless ?

is this stupid/ridiculous/pointless ?

Yes

is this sensible/safe/effective?

No

if no one else has one. and no one else has even heard of it. and its very very expensive, then i would like to buy one. i will worry about its actual use later.

would give you nice burn marks on your ankles in the summer

Yes

No

no wonder you are approaching 8000 posts! :P

would give you nice burn marks on your ankles in the summer

true, but I don't have these:

i was thinking more when you stop, like when you black marks up the back of your shin from the chain ring

just like my first experience with motorbike riding..
#nostalgy

^I have Brixton Cycled my road bike

I like the look of the shape of those new bars. Part ergo, part compact. What are they?

Can you reach the brake levers from the drops?

Ah, thought they might have been Ergonovas but didn't want to look stupid. embarrassed face

Can you reach the brake levers from the drops?

Yep, have had these bars on the CX bike for ages, Apex levers in the same position.

I hope I can do it justice. Its columbus nivachrom for sure, but the sticker on it says riverniciato so i dunno which it is. I'm happy with most of what I'm sticking on it (not period tho) dura ace cranks, gonna grab some ITM bars so it's all matchy match :) but I can't really afford a new wheelset, so its gonna be a set of dented deep v's... itll be a work in progress

rivernicato means refurnished/repainted.. I really like it, I'll watch this space!

Seriously Brian what do you do for a living? You seem to have the greatest collection of bikes I have ever seen!

And a shit load of shoes

^ you just quoted a post from 2008.
Dammit, it looks like you've lowered your stem but managed to raise your bars?

Built my first ever wheel today

Converted XT hub laced with Halo spokes to a Aerowarrior rim. No more dethreading hubs for me!

^ proprietary cog fail. I can easily make more cogs for my hub out of threaded ones if i want a new one and no one makes them anymore

infact I dont think they make those hubs anymore so it'll be even harder to get the cog for it

I'm fucking doomed then.