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Finished the bobby I got for my girl off with some simple but classy stuff bought local.

really lovely, super tidy cable routing!

Very tasty Spotter, looks like it'll fly!

cheers chaps

Like that.

like what?

cut the steerer on the bob jackson and get a real saddle, but the rest is cool.

^^^Great photos, makes it look real vintage, also love the seatpost, but agreed, get a different saddle, condor?

cut the steerer on the bob jackson and get a real saddle, but the rest is cool.

yeah the steerer is cut long for some odd reason. Its on the list :)

There goes a rideable version of my Courtois.

so 1978 Bernard CARRE frame,
went from huret to Simplex gears,
Gipiemme cranks and pedals
Universal model 77 brakes and DA brake levers(until i get fresh universal hoods)
a saddle my arse loves
a longer 3ttt stem and Gimondi-like ITM drops.

might add later lower gears (52X14 are good lookin',but i'm more a spinner than a pusher) and a clincher wheelset shall i use it for commuting duties.

BR,

Marguerite DA

Like that.

pop a pair of wheels on it plus a long seatpost in the seattube

stand it up and using a spirit level measure the distance c-t-c seatpost to headtube

this virtual t-t measurement should be 600 ish for an xl (590 - 610)

pop a pair of wheels on it plus a long seatpost in the seattube

stand it up and using a spirit level measure the distance c-t-c seatpost to headtube

this virtual t-t measurement should be 600 ish for an xl (590 - 610)

thanks mate, I deleted the post and started a thread

just so people don't think you're talking to yourself!

I replied there

never usually stops me...

Finished the bobby I got for my girl off with some simple but classy stuff bought local.

I'll try and take some better photos next week when the light is better, but for the moment my daily ride is done

Ready for Fixed TTs

Well apart from a small gearing change that's happening this week.

These bikes, are fucking awesome.
Really makes me want to do another build, guess the lady friend is going fixed!

Nice photos = bike looks even better

I wonder what Pengy would look like with some thought given to exposure and appropriate use of some nice filters.

Agreed, a shit camera/shot doesn't do them justice, e.g.

Well, somewhat...

The pics of that Bob Jackson are lovely, make great parts look even better

Pengy

First result on google image search, ahead of about a million cartoon penguins. The bike might be shit, but it has entered the global consciousness

Wish I knew what Pengy was before replying...

Is that yours now?

I'd like that even more if the white stripe was straight all the way through the frame. As it is it looks a bit random.

It was supposed to be (I probably still have the original drawing showing it somewhere), but Rourke's paint shop was a bit random back then.

It's better on this one

and on this one

all three were built and painted from the same drawing, and they all came out different.

That was very confusing before the edit

Wait there was no edit, at first it was showing the same pic twice nm

Ninja edit, I pasted the img code and forgot to change the file name first time around

ahh i see if you edit quick enough does it not display the notification that the message was edited?

Is that yours now?

Yeah, purely a good weather bike that I'm not doing any justice by my lack of all things TT

I'd like that even more if the white stripe was straight all the way through the frame. As it is it looks a bit random.

So true dammit! Did i get the bum frame of the lot then??

You got the one with the fork painted per drawing. The chrome forks on the other two were not requested, and might not be a good idea on 753
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