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Nice Jonno, any bigger/other pics?
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picked this up recently
Nice, was keeping my eye on that one myself but decided not to go for it. Glad I didn't get involved in a bidding war...
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JOnny you are a hip Mo Fo! very very nice
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Ah Jonnini!
How a very romantica of a you...
Assagnato alla bici Chesini, Roma 1972. Oscar
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Hey everyone!
Thought i'd stick a pic on here of my current half bike!
I had a charge plug which i just sold on that there ebay. It was nice, just a bit heavy and the mrs and i have a really, really small flat so somthing had to go.
Annyway, it's a cougar! Bought off ebay, it's Reynolds 753 and apparently it was "handbuilt by terry dolan". Now, i'm pretty sure that's bull shit, but still i like it. Yes those are road wheels and are having a Fixxer on the back so.. it'll be fixed. Truative Omnium crank and BB, Nitto Stem, Shite Shimano headset that came with it.
No bars or seat atm, thinking of going for san marco concor but no idea what bars.
If your in nottingham and see an ugly bloke pushing his bike along whilst holding the stem say hi.
That's a 700 x 20 tyre. Don't think i could get anything else in there as it was, i reckons, made for tubs. Also, it's designed for a 650 front, but i had one on and i didnt like it :-)
Right, i'm going to post in the welcome section,
Oli.
very nice!
the clearance on the seatstay bridge is well tight
put 650 back in there though....
it looks silly with the top tube sloping the wrong way
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cheers fellas.
andyp - yeah it was on the bay and i was in contact with the seller with a few questions. anyway, forgot to bid cos got my time mixed up. the buyer who won it reneged and the seller was in contact so all worked out sweet. bought it without bb and chainset pictured which is fine with me as have spare crankset.
pistanator - no other pictures fella and ain't gonna take any til it is built including hopefully,
murtle - yep, those track forks i got off you a while back. putting them on this.
buddha fingaz - wouldn't have got into a war. his starting bid was my max bid. but anyway.
shoots - yeah, is slightly romantic in the sense it completes my italian stable. gonna be setting this up for some progressive riding though ;)
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It sound like a tandem track hubs + rims, at least that what I think, in that case, a tandem rims is the answer?
quick search in google got some result http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&hs=RdH&q=40+holes+rims&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=F8b4SfyiCs_RjAeh4JHYDA&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title
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Greetings from North Yokshire! most current, a 531 lo pro:
http://static.londonfgss.com/attachments/9390d1241044197-100_6376.jpg
Did this bike originally run 650c up the front??
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Here's a little project that I hope to get cracking on in a month or so, and finish during the summer:
Turn this:
into this, but with coaster hub brake only:
with the fenders, chain casing, rear (and maybe front) rack, and rear wheel housing of this:
all powdercoated in seafoam green:
So the first thing I need to do is decide on a wheelset. The rear hub will probably be a Velosteel coaster hub from Bikefix, but I don't know about the front hub or rims yet. Any suggestions? I am after an understated look, so maybe something like a Mavic Open Pro in silver? I will want to run 25 or 28 tyres.
Second question is whether I would even be able to find the full chain casing for sale. My gut feeling is that these are made for specific bikes, so I probably won't be able to find anything designed as an aftermarket add-on. It has to be able to stand up to being powdercoated. Anyone have any experience with these?
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check ebay, there's a couple of them (steel too);
I'm sure you can modified them to fit your bike?
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check ebay, there's a couple of them (steel too);
I'm sure you can modified them to fit your bike?
Thanks Ed. Will try to find something new (and lighter) first. I guess I will need to be specific about the measurements of the chain case; maybe Pashley can supply them?
Also, looking through this thread, I see that the bike you built up for your GF is very similar to what I'm thinking of doing here, even down to the brooks & bar tape - creepy! Did you put a coaster hub on that?
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Hi!
Just finished this, couple of hours yesterday evening, and I woke up an hour earlier to finish it so I could ride it to work this morning...
I found this Dawes frame in the bin on my street, old mountain bike steel frame, reynolds 500 cro-mo tubbing and some lugs (Yipee!!).
I fitted it with the wheels from my girlfriend single speed bike that she never uses, and her saddle, an old B17 standard I chopped a while ago... Every thing else was spare bits and bobs I had...
I still need to find a chain ring. since this one is 50!! (my sproket is 17) I am looking for a 44 chainring, for shimano 5 pins spider (130 bcd I suppose?) and short chainring bolts since I am too lazzy cutting the ones I have...
Also I still need to finish to shave all the brazed on bits...
At the beginning of that little project, I though I'd ask MV to fit some track dropouts, but am hoping magic gear will be OK with the 44X17 ratio, I have a half link in stock if needed... so far, as 50X17, I've got good chain tensionning, except I can't really skid, unless I help myself with the front brake, but I almost broke my knees...
The seat post is very high, I suppose this is because it is a MTB frame, otherwise, it doesn't feel too small...Yo!
Loic
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Also, looking through this thread, I see that the bike you built up for your GF is very similar to what I'm thinking of doing here, even down to the brooks & bar tape - creepy! Did you put a coaster hub on that?
the very same coaster hub! althought it won't be precisely like your since your will look like a proper path racer oppose to my missus one.
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yay. just ordered my new wheels for the fixed tourer...
goldtech track rear, goldtech touring disc front, stans 355 29er rims (running 42c tyres)
black hub/black spokes/black rims
is it worth an extra 20quid for the black nipples?