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#scoblequestion

would the handling be awful if I got front rack mounts on my bob jackson vigorelli?

Talk to the framebuilder about this first and see what they have to said.

May have spoken too soon about the comfort of these bars. Really bad wrist pain after a couple of days of riding.

Anyone got any tips?

Back to Nitto, b. arnold!

May have spoken too soon about the comfort of these bars. Really bad wrist pain after a couple of days of riding.

Anyone got any tips?

Swap to bars that dont interfere with the natural position of your body. AKA drops or bulls.

Serious pub/rat.

such good work

put my new bike together, took a few clean photos before going full pub/rat bike mode
yes, the zen is temporary until i get my sg75 chainring

Look Delta pedals, good for sick skidz?

Bianchi SSMTB up and running:

Drop is a little extreme at the moment, but thanks to BareNecessities that will be ameliorated in the near future with a Thomson 15 deg stem. Otherwise great fun, looking forward to taking it up in the hopefully snowy Nordmarka (hilly forest area to the north of Oslo) one of these days.

^ rad as fokk

That bike is gorgeous!

Much obliged :)

Look Delta pedals, good for sick skidz?

yes

Actually misstyped, should be Look Arc with delta cleats. Same?

yep. They're all good for brklz/sickskdz.
As far as I know all Look delta pedals have the same mechanism.
"Arc" is the geometry of the red cleat designed to give some float.
I think they wrote "Arc" on the pedals to advertise this feature.
Black (OG) and red (Arc) Delta cleats can be used on all Look Delta pedals

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

So much love for that bianchi

Aside from the Ergostem and LA84s to go on, finished my Corima.

Cheers, this is how I found it.

That is a bike well HHSB'd, looked total shite in the beginning

Hold on...the last piece of the puzzle was a Record Pista chainset...isn't that what it came with? Or is that an undercover Miche?

Don't buy a Cinelli Frog! Not that you were going to anyway. Just been Indra'd on the way to Southend, now I'm freezing waiting for a taxi to the station. I went to adjust the stem bolt, got it loose, and now it's seized completely and won't tighten or loosen.

I fixed this today using a lot of swearing, some grunts, a seatpost and my knees.

Something had gone wrong with the bung and bolt, and the thread was being mashed rather than the bung turning in the thread. It took ages and a lot of leverage to get the expander off, but as soon as I reinstalled the stem with a new bolt and bung it tightened up straight away and fit nicely.

Good location for Bianchi.

Gear look like it could spin up a cliff.

Rotor look like it could then hold it?

Not a fan of old mtb tech myself.

Maybe a WTR or DB at a push. /csb

Hold on...the last piece of the puzzle was a Record Pista chainset...isn't that what it came with? Or is that an undercover Miche?

I was wondering that, but BCD and print on spider looks more like OG Primato

That is a bike well HHSB'd, looked total shite in the beginning

Cheers, it was in a sorry state. Miche bits, quill converter and mtb stem... Paint was haggard and those decals! Now, with a change of cockpit, tyres and rear wheel, it will be pretty much period correct, which was the long term plan.

Hold on...the last piece of the puzzle was a Record Pista chainset...isn't that what it came with? Or is that an undercover Miche?

Miche tommmmmm.... Ffs

Good location for Bianchi.

Gear look like it could spin up a cliff.

Rotor look like it could then hold it?

Not a fan of old mtb tech myself.

Maybe a WTR or DB at a push. /csb

Gear is indeed spinny (36/20), but I'll have to try it out on some trails before I decide whether to change anything. And rotors and brakes (Hope Mono M4) are overkill for my use, but I got them cheap with the frame (also cheap), and they do perform.

Did you add disc mounts?

Bianchi SSMTB up and running:
Drop is a little extreme at the moment, but thanks to BareNecessities that will be ameliorated in the near future with a Thomson 15 deg stem. Otherwise great fun, looking forward to taking it up in the hopefully snowy Nordmarka (hilly forest area to the north of Oslo) one of these days.

What a frame!

Did you add disc mounts?

No, it comes with IS mounts standard. It's one of a series of Bianchi SSMTBs from around 2004/2005, given names according to colour (SASS is Shiny Ass Single Speed).

What a frame!

Thanks :) Although I can hardly take credit for it.

Got some drops coming for that extra scoble brick effect

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Not you as well ;)