Current Projects chat and miscellany

Look is looking good. I get that you want a repaint because it's not a real Look but still... that paint looks nice. (and won;t chip as much as a new paint job probably...)

It is really badly chipped :( and there is paint applied to it by hand.

Haha, I understand.
Stem I'm getting is a 3ttt pro chrome, which I'm really fond of.

Will get a thomson elite stem (silver) in the future.

I like all black bikes, but it's not my style, A bit colour isn't bad.

I got nothing against the colour, I like the burgundy. But I think a bike needs two main colours and no more. Having some silver parts and some black parts and some gu metal/grey is messy. You need one colour to dominate your parts, black is dominating so far so do it all the way. The frame can remain a bright colour.

I am not keen on the white of the tyre walls, amber would look better with everything. But if the frame was black they could look ok. A bit like a 1930's car.

Pretty successful afternoon today. I fitted a new bottom bracket (replaced Miche with Shimano UN55), which I thought would give me a better chainline, but which I assumed would be a precursor to replacing the cranks. Turns out I was wrong about the pedal thread in the crank being fucked, the new setup is quiet as a mouse, but I can actually feel it being stiffer as well, which I didn't expect. So I've saved myself £59.99 basically. Next stop (maybe, when I get a job) Omniums.

Also went and got the top of my steerer lopped off, so my bike looks a bit more acceptable now as well. Now I'm considering bullhorns for the road and a more comfortable saddle, but I'm chuffed with how it is at the moment.

Looks great! Did they have to move the star nut?

Bought this awesome frame last week!
Not completely sure how i want to build it up though... I'm now looking around for forks that fit (1 inch steerer) but can't find anything i like...

Wound ups ;)

You bought the frame from MP? 175 euro's?

Somebody built a similar vagacini ages ago I think, have a search

Looks great! Did they have to move the star nut?

I didn't ask actually. If they did, I'm hoping they left mine straight.

Just unscrew the stem cap and screw it back in again, you'll be able to tell ;)

Wound ups ;)

You bought the frame from MP? 175 euro's?

I do like wound ups but not for this frame...
Yeah bought i of MP ;)

Somebody built a similar vagacini ages ago I think, have a search

Yeah this one
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonniejansen/3299941823/in/photostream/
But don't really like it..

After a bunch of forum pickups the Vitus project is nearing completion. Only missing cockpit, saddle and cabling now. Never mind the drunk stickering of the seat tube!
Probably looking at white housing and bartape. A white turbo or concor replica and purple hoods. Oh and please disregard the noname seatpost. All these campy pickups has started to hurt the budget a bit. If anyone want to donate an italian/french 25.0 at <20 quid for this please let me know ;D

What are you after for the cockpit? I've got a surfeit of Cinelli bars at the minute after being picky about width/bad at Ebay

That Vitus is AWESOME!
Looking really lovely man

What are you after for the cockpit? I've got a surfeit of Cinelli bars at the minute after being picky about width/bad at Ebay

late 80s early 90s cinelli or 3ttt with groves, 38/40cm and 80-100mm silver/chrome cinelli/3ttt stem

Hey, that's Tjeu's!
Why didn't you also buy his Wound-ups?

Bought this awesome frame last week!
Not completely sure how i want to build it up though... I'm now looking around for forks that fit (1 inch steerer) but can't find anything i like...

Full pics soon...

Fixieskidder setup:

(a few more...)

Need a job, then I might invest in some front crabon wheela a rear Gator Hardshell, till then, no changes.

Road setup pics when I get the drop levers, but the only real change will be the stem/bars/brake.

late 80s early 90s cinelli or 3ttt with groves, 38/40cm and 80-100mm silver/chrome cinelli/3ttt stem

Ah, I've only got 42cm and 44cm

Just unscrew the stem cap and screw it back in again, you'll be able to tell ;)

You should get a job in IT support

I've got Cinelli Campione del Mondo 38 but without grooves. Any good?

late 80s early 90s cinelli or 3ttt with groves, 38/40cm and 80-100mm silver/chrome cinelli/3ttt stem

i got those. 3ttt merckx bend something with grooves. u wanna?

lol another classifieds

Wound ups ;)

You bought the frame from MP? 175 euro's?

Exactly what I thought

new bars and stem

just needs a new saddle and seatpost and it's done!

those wheels