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The rods I got for free.
Trade them in for brass + beer :-)
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http://forceframes.co.uk/lugged-track-frame-may-2013/#jp-carousel-865 my mate stu is building this for me. First steps into frame building for him. I came up with the geo.
Looks very nice. Are you going to file off the BB cable guides?
What colour are you thinking?
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Looks very nice. Are you going to file off the BB cable guides?
What colour are you thinking?
Thanks very much. The cable guides are potentially coming off, although I'm still toying with the idea of maybe sticking a nexus hub with a coaster on the back.
Again, choosing a colour is also a daily changing saga! All I know is that the forks and rear drop outs will be chromed.
The raw frame should be done in the next week or so. I'll post up updates as and when.
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tracko's idea can help you: http://trackosaurusrex.com/drilled-pista-concept/
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me!! PMd
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Get 'er done?
Yep! Just got back home from the Crit and got 2nd place. Won some Dodici Rims, that will probably appear up for sale some day soon. If I sell them here, I'll donate to the forum since it has made winning them possible.
Thanks for the help guys. All of you!*
*Except for tester, cuz he called me fat.
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Nice! How "light"?
Not that light in itself... frame is pretty light for the size but the components were not selected for weight, just what I had lying around!
By 'light' tourer, I meant that it'd carry a bit of luggage for summer trips, but also be useful for faster rides round Yorkshire hills.
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Been looking for a campagnolo c-record era seatpost and found this
Very tempted by the panto and it seems quite well made, however I wonder if the massive (by the look of it) setback won't look wonky given the fact I haven't got a lot of seatpost showing (12 cm , to be precise).
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it was made for this frame, i wouldnt worry about the cosmetics too much.
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Reach shouldn't be a problem, I've been cursed with shortish legs/long upper body and feel like the saddle could be set a few cm further back than the thomson allows.
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*Except for tester, cuz he called me fat.
My expertise in preventing seat post slippage was hard won at the dinner table :-)
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The Kalloy SP248 which copies the C-Record clamping mechanism is actually nicer than that Vitus thing, and it's available in 25.0
http://www.amazon.de/Patent-Sattelstütze-KALLOY-SP-248-D-Aluminium/dp/B008EJRHKK/ref=pd_sim_sbs_sg_4/279-8666297-5810555 -
Thanks for the heads-up, I've been actually eyeing the kalloy once I started collecting bits but found the thomson locally and couldn't pass up. Either way, I've been toying with the idea of gradually changing bits and sods to c-record, so I suppose neither the kalloy, nor the vitus will do in the long run..sighbreaks piggy-bank
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^^ interesting idea, good luck making a neat hole in shim stock though; it's bastard hard. You might be able to punch it, or wave a torch over it to anneal the ends then drill it. At that point, though, you might as well turn up a little collar to fill up the clearance hole where the bolt head sat.