Current Projects chat and miscellany

first racing bike build full ultegra didnt have the money to get sram red

cervelo S1, still lovely. I keep eyeing up R5's on group rides... ho hum.

"I heard all your friends are buying old road bikes and taking the gears off them. I hear all your friends are putting modern groupsets on old raod bikes."

Drill the fcker and next time buy stainless steel bolts.

Lesson learnt, will take it to my lbs on my next day off and see if they can sort it out without drilling.

My barn-find-turd-to-polish has turned up...soon my pretties this (Colnago Oval CX) will have a new lease of life...just as soon as I get the nasty powdercoat off...

Nice bike man. Why ultegra over force though? No need for red but could then easily upgrade parts. Maybe trade Evans prices.

Most of the stuff is Evans trade didn't have enough for dura ace and S red are lighter but I'm happy with the ultegra
Might get Chinese carbon wheels to test them out

cervelo S1, still lovely. I keep eyeing up R5's on group rides... ho hum.

Not get wiggle news letters?
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cervelo-r5-vwd-frameset-2012/

Enjoy Maddy, gears are addictive.

Cross-posted from Any question answered... Nice job on the Merckx, Dan!

concuring other's post, you'll be fine, hell just slot the 130 spacing wheel in.

TS - That Cinelli SC is mint, what you hanging on it?

That Cinelli! Wonderful.

Not get wiggle news letters?
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cervelo-r5-vwd-frameset-2012/

I do, I have seen, they have my size. Amazing.

That's cheap man cheaper than trade price

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cervelo-r5-frameset-with-rotor-3d-chainset/

same cost with Rotor 3D?

Lovely frame Joe!

#boom

That's cheap man cheaper than trade price

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cervelo-r5-frameset-with-rotor-3d-chainset/

same cost with Rotor 3D?

read the review.....

yea but they have 3 different sized frames in the stock, might not be all of them that are fucked .. dont know seems strange.

Nice ride out today. The Cougar is almost exactly where I want her..recently added a lovely clean Hatta headset and Izumi ST chain.

Only things I need now is an appropriate BB for the Suntour cranks (109mm?) to straighten the chainline (off-line Izumi is loud)..only slight problem is that the rear spacing is 125mm, so fitting a shorter correct spindle could result in the 51t chainring nicking the stays, so may invest in a smaller chainring..maybe a 49t Zen ring or Suntour track if I can find one. Will then be able to go for the 18t EAI superstar cog and finish her in style! Totally love this bike though, she's the reason I'm selling all my nice gear :-)

Shit those wheels are hot Jonno

That frame is the business. Very nice build too - needs better pictures.

mmmmmm, lovely bike,

I'd stick TT levers on those bullhorns personally, for both aesthetics and functionality.

That paintjob is fantastic

Cheers dudes...will get better photos soon.

I never ever ever use the brake except for total emergencies (don't want to mark the rims!), and the ickle paul lever sits okay next to the black tape but can see where you're coming from a bit with the TT lever. Perhaps I should go brakeless for pure clean looks but I'm a bit :-s about that.

I have been busy turning this 1980 Motobecane Mixte 650B with really low miles:
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Into this for a friend:
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A big clean, degrease, regrease then new tyres, inner tubes, new inner/outer cables, new handlebars, new stem, new grips, nice second hand Brooks saddle.
Also sorted out the dymano which now works...

Lovely frame Joe!

Can't think where I got the idea, D... Hehehe...

Cinelli looks amazing

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cervelo-r5-frameset-with-rotor-3d-chainset/

same cost with Rotor 3D?

oh FFS stop it, if I hadn't spent >4k this month already getting sh*t sorted to move to the other side of the planet... I'd be ON DIS.