Current Projects chat and miscellany

Yeah that paintjob's pretty wack

Raw, one 853 sticker and Gunmetal decals.

Raw, one 853 sticker and Gunmetal decals.

Yeah, leaning towards this. It's a shame the Graham Weigh typeface is so horrible. I like what Tommmmmmmmmmm did with his, but I don't know if I'll even bother with getting new Weigh decals. Maybe, as Tommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm discussed, just 'Graham'.

Just Weigh would be better imo.

There's something so lovely about the name 'Graham' though.

Sold some wheels recently that were laced by Keith at Deeside cycles. They have a 'Keith' sticker on the rim.

Also got these (apart from the middle one, which is for sale) going on -
531c CX frame and Bob Jackson 2x700c lo pro. Both are bent though, so off to a framebuilder friend-of-a-friend next week to get them sorted.
http://i.imgur.com/T3IgMBdh.jpg

Yeah, leaning towards this. It's a shame the Graham Weigh typeface is so horrible.

From a distance it also looks like it says 'Weich' or 'Welch' instead of Weigh.
I wouldn't think twice about abandoning the typeface, it's shit.

"No. Your saddle movement, assuming it was done to keep the saddle to BB distance constant, would need the bars raised to keep the triangle unchanged."

Note that I said lower it slightly... Saddle to bottom bracket distance in itself is basically a useless measure in terms of bike fit, as it doesn't take body/leg proportion, crank length, pedals, shoe size and cleat adjustments into consideration. Really you want to look at hip/thigh/knee/calf/foot positioning over the course of a full rotation of the crank, while maintaining the optimal reach and upper body position. But you already know that.

#bikefitforbeginners

Yeah, we're assuming that his feet and legs won't change size when he gets the spanners out.

Stem needs slamming, saddle positioning looks ridicules... Fixing that can be achieved without fucking up the overall fit.

You can tell all that without ever seeing the rider on it?

Yes.

Lynchmanfitz™

Note that I said lower it slightly... Saddle to bottom bracket distance in itself is basically a useless measure in terms of bike fit, as it doesn't take body/leg proportion, crank length, pedals, shoe size and cleat adjustments into consideration. Really you want to look at hip/thigh/knee/calf/foot positioning over the course of a full rotation of the crank, while maintaining the optimal reach and upper body position. But you already know that.

A romin saddle and some bar tape and it's track ready.

See you down track side old man! :p

Graham Weigh 853 frame

Now that I've decided to keep it, I'm trying to work out what to do with the paint/decals as it's currently horrific (the fuck is wrong with Graham Weigh?)

http://i.imgur.com/nB9ptPr.jpg

On the one I had the decals were fairly thick. I wondered whether I could carefully cut them off and then gently sand back over them to smooth out the paintjob ( maybe a clear coat if needed).

What do you think?

Personally I like the overall paintjob. But I agree the decals look great and don't even look as though the name is spelt correctly.

Yeah, leaning towards this. It's a shame the Graham Weigh typeface is so horrible. I like what Tommmmmmmmmmm did with his, but I don't know if I'll even bother with getting new Weigh decals. Maybe, as Tommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm discussed, just 'Graham'.

I went for just 'Weigh' in the end but I do refer to the bike as 'our Graham'.

Really not sure what they're thinking with the decals, their new generation is equally fugly.

Lovely bike you've got there though, I saw it on Ebay and wished it was bigger. The downtube is great. The bike might be made by Paul Donahue for Graham Weigh, as mine seems to have been.

Lynchy and Testy, I haven't ridden it yet, the bars, saddle (which isn't even the saddle I'm gonna use) are not in their final position. Thanks for the input, though.

Carry on.

Nice bike by the way... ;)

I've used one of these in the past to make a dual pull brake for polo. Do you intend to make both levers pull the same caliper?

I think it would work fine, but the action will be much more effective if the wire is nice and straight out of the outer, I made a bar with one cable at each end so that the cables pulled straight.

I am going to use the centre hole as one of the cable guides and hope the cable pull is not too rough on the second lever- been trying to use one long bolt to grip the cable with 2 square plates to hold each cable, just waiting for the new calipers to arrive then can set up.

I am going to use the centre hole as one of the cable guides and hope the cable pull is not too rough on the second lever- been trying to use one long bolt to grip the cable with 2 square plates to hold each cable, just waiting for the new calipers to arrive then can set up.

Forgot to ask, drop levers or MTB type? Having a second set of barrel adjusters would make things much easier.

Post a pic when you're done.

yeah drops, do you mean in-line adjusters? The only issue I have is the cable pull really and not too bothered if the left hand is a bit rougher as its only going to be for emergencies like when signalling/ turning right and going down hill

Getting close to finishing the Klein. Temporary paint for now, I want some flip paint on there but its not cheap. I built the whole thing on a budget around £700-£800. Just waiting on cable end stops and rear mech.

Also gave the Dolan a little spruce.

that klein is looking awesome

^ Yup dis.

Can we see the All City with new finishing kit?