Current Projects chat and miscellany

archangels what rims do you have spare, i need a 36h. preferably deep though

Therefore- what bottle cages?

I just got some SS king cages from sidewaycycles. A little bit heavier than the Ti ones but £15 and look exactly the same.

http://www.sidewayscycles.co.uk/products/index.php?id=953&clid=25

Cheers Wharry, I'll have a think.

RIght, behold!

Is that your FD clamp that wasn't working very well?

Yep, you can see where the carbon has started to fail under the load that the FD was putting it under.

That design would probably be quite good in Ti. Obviously going to be heavy compared with crabon fribé, but possibly still light compared with the alternatives.

Does the electrical fd but more forces on the band? havent seen or heard an issue with those clamps before.

Bars wrapped and final little wipe down of the alan, weights in at 7.7kg which is pretty good I think!

Di2 front mech exerts a lot of force- to the degree that Campag sells a reinforcement kit for braze on fittings on carbon frames to avoid the cracking seen in my band.

^^What size is it?

XM.
Xtra Midget.

50 square

^ ;)

thats with cadence sensor, heavy seatpost thats gna be replaced and my bryton rider 50

Read that as:

heavy seatpost thats gna be replaced by my bryton rider 50

WTF?!

(how are you finding the 50? I'm loving mine :)

very happy indeed. waiting for a silver cinelli pinocchio stem and some drops although undecided on which ones. also need to build the matching front wheel.

    ![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8226/8500837386_3930a97d6c_b.jpg)

who needs a seatpost when you have a computer?

I love it, even more when i remember it only cost me £75!

Argh jealous :)
Excellent price!

Nice stem there XH...

Picked this up for £20

Just waiting to hear back from Jason Rourke, hopefully he'll be able to tell me what its made of. Its obviously something nice as it is pretty light and has campag dropouts and a reynolds BB

However, there was a reason it was so cheap:

But thankfully it'll only cost me £35 to get it fixed, so its still a bargin.

I'm not 100% on how it'll be built yet, but probably with dura ace hubs on Mavic SUP wheels, Suntour Cyclone MkII gears, Sugino cranks, some risers and my front cargo rack.

I've also got this:

which Is actually a Nitto S65 branded as specialized, I wouldnt have even noticed if JB hadn't pointed it out.

Nice stem there XH...

Oh ya, I forgot to text you about that. Is it alright if XH borrows your stem?

Yes, but if it sells I will need it back right away

^^^Where the feck from?

Just started a total renovation of an ex ANC Halfords team bike rode by Joey Mcloughlin, a very rare iconic British classic that had been in my mates shed rusting away. Hoping to get it back to show condition. Frame is off for a complete re-spray & chrome once the decals have been made exactly to match the existing. Photo’s in link will update as I progress

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aln1974/8500879578/in/photostream/

^^^Where the feck from?

Ahh well, that'd be telling...

taps side of nose

I probably shouldn't tell you about the Giant Carbon frame I got for £50 either...

*Grumble grumble grumble"...

I don't need anymore bikes/builds but when they're that cheap!