Current Projects chat and miscellany

Swiss!!! :/

Swiss!
French thread dimensions but sensibly the drive side is left-threaded.

i'll try and get a non-carbon Italian rear wheel

Does that feature with the curved triangular filled in sections of the frame have a special name? I'd love a frame with those.

Aerodynamic fairing ?

Gusset

web

got to ask, whats going on with the bars, and especially the stem?

Bars seem pretty ordinary to me?

The stem is just something I had lying around. I needed a short stem and this was a short stem, not about to go buy something else when I have something functioning going spare.

story so far re. Bambaataa



not had luck wiring up bullet shifters, so I know an old school bike mechanic,
fluent in Campagnology, whom I shall see on Tuesday to get finished, couple of little tweaks here and there and should be done

I know those mech guards are period correct (I had one) but I wince whenever I see one- means the frame gets bent rather than the mech getting damaged.

still not sure on tyres, so I have some gum wall slicks coming, and I'll see how they look, in situ pedals aren't campagnolo, just generic, leaving Campagnolo in box when bike in use

I have some gum wall slicks coming, and I'll see how they look

I can't imagine they will look better than the Kojaks.

Any kind of slick tyre looks a bit wrong, Id get something similar to Tioga Comp III's they are knobbly but always rode well on the flat and was what everyone rocked on their BMX's

I know what you mean, but I saw some Schwalbe City Jet tyres on a vintage Cannonadle mtb that looked clean on, and i thought the gum colour would juxtapose nicely against the red of the frame, either way , I need some slicker tyres for my mutant, as it sounds like a Land Rover with the current tyres

also, done away with rear rack as did not use, just have to find some nice mudguards

mutant is really an mtb frame, here are similar examples I found listed in Italy

They might look nice, but they are shit.

^^Steep descent

They might look nice, but they are shit.

how so? grip wise or they rip easy?

Triangular tread profile makes them handle oddly, they are just cheap and nasty tyres for cheap and nasty bikes, your Colnago deserves better.

I'll keep for the mutant then, I was thinking of super motos, but they look a bit too militant imo

Bars seem pretty ordinary to me?

The stem is just something I had lying around. I needed a short stem and this was a short stem, not about to go buy something else when I have something functioning going spare.

personally id cut the bars down a bit to shorten the reach to the levers then you could use a longer stem?

also nearly done
with the city jets, I was thinking of this image with gum walls as the mtb paint job is meant to be Saronni red

just got to wire up and add the freewheel

Urgh, disgustingly nice. How many Colnago logos have you managed to get on there in total?

i missed this one