Current Projects chat and miscellany

A quick session of Using The Fucking Search brings this up.

Bar and headtube mounted is the way forward for light loads, otherwise the steering suffers a bit.

heavy alu fixed frame = super stiff trackbike?

I re-sprayed the replacement frame for the Ciocc last week.... Put a gloss 2k top coat on now though, and left it to cure over the weekend.... Just picked up some Super Record bits for it too.

That's looking great Rob

awesome paintjob.

i love the fork ;)

Best Felt paintjob ever? I do think so.

(Have there ever been a nice Felt paintjob?).

They usually ruin it with the frame model in a silly design on the top tube.

(Have there ever been a nice Felt paintjob?).

Can't see much wrong with this DA

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yeah but that's not really comparable is it. its matt black with a sticker.

colourway above > matt black > this:

^Tru dat

Can't see much wrong with this DA

it's black with a felt logos.

Okay new challenge, show me a raw carbon bike that doesn't look good with the manufacturer decals on it.

I got the Idea from the Felt BMX logo:

I just asked Wayne to knock me up a quick .EPS in a cross between that, and the Intersection Magazine font.
The rest is inspired/ripped off from the new Condor Super Accacio paint scheme, but done in my club colours.
I'm no designer, just good at stealing other peoples ideas!

Okay new challenge, show me a raw carbon bike that doesn't look good with the manufacturer decals on it.

Hoops am i seeing things or were the seat tube bottle cage nuts sprayed over?

Black paint, black bolts

Well that's what I'm hoping at least

They were just random M5 (or maybe M4, can't remember) machine screws put in the bottle boss' to mask the threads.
Quickest way of masking threads off for painting.

I got new wheels

^^ah I see!

^^ Very nice. PX wheels?

yup.

Not sure if I asked already but. Anybody using Shimano hollowtech cranks for fixed? a la on the big ring with single chainrings

USE make a track chainring specifically for 105/Ultegra/DA HT2 cranks, so I guess somebody must be doing it. General comment on HT2 road cranks for fixed use would be the same as for other external BB road cranks - it can be a PITA to sort out the chain line.

I ride a fixed mtb for polo.

I had RaceFace Evolve XC cranks in a BB70 external bb, but the RF ones use a drive side bolt+cap. I've replaced them with FSA Motor cranks which use the same offside pinch clamp as Shimano.

Normally on a 68mm shell these mtb externals use a 2mm spacer on the left and 2mm + 1mm spacers on the right. I'm running both 2mm spacers on the left. I,m using a Salsa single ring on the middle ring position, mounted backwards for an extra mm of shift.

This seems to line up well with the 1/8th chain and 1/8th sprocket on an Echo trials hub.

Might be easier with road HT2 cranks!