Current Projects chat and miscellany

Another vote for black. Gumwalls have their place, but that ain't it.

have you ridden with normal shoes?

looking for something similar to this, but for ATAC.

These?

Always loved your Dolan Gabe.

hah, one one these sentences just doesn't belong here....

EM is so close to the c-record pista guise it deserves. I've been riding it in fair weather (whenever that was) but with atacs/donor rear wheel. It's all good, just need something to replace the practicalities that the merlin had. bigger tyres (foul) weather proof, packable, etc... which the cervelo doesn't offer. Bit like TM's cx actually, hmmmmm.

So you did sell the Merlin?

Didn't see that post, yeah it is nice, was just saying today it's truly a great all rounder. Road rides, commuting, light off roading... Would happily take it touring too.

You can do much nicer than a Boardman though, Dammits future time machine for example. For the money though, with some tweaking, the boardman is awesome.

Always loved you Dolan Gabe.

Yeah Dolan Gabe, he loves you.

Strong page!

The rourke is fantastic, great build!
The linksey looks very promising indeed too!
The Dolan is spot on!

Fantastic page

Is it possible to get hoods for these shifters anywhere?
Or I shouldn't bother and just get a NOS pair of levers for 20 euros?

BL-R600 hoods fit, can't find a UK seller at the moment but they are current product so any bike shop will be able to get some from Madison

^^ Do you know of NOS of those?

So you did sell the Merlin?

swapped it. despite being a beautiful frame, it was never quite right for me*. It was a pure cx race frame, which is what is doing more of now, i believe.

*starting to feel the EM and master piu are the same, could just flog them both and get a deposit down for a custom, or a 2nd hand indy fab/moots/badass something. wish that Saffron frame (on here recently) had been a bit bigger... that would've been perfect.

More and more I think I need a Parlee Z5

Looks heavy.

Sweet lynskey really nice red!

z5, really?

Yup, really

I'm really enjoying spotter bars on this.

Theres some nice price on em now so quite affordable even new (overseas that is).

You won't look back... Best bike I have ridden and none of the usual marketing crap... Round tubes / great handling.

More and more I think I need a Parlee Z5

Stem ID for that Parlee please lads?

Close...it's the OC because those bars are 31.8mm (sorry to be a knobhead)

Top work the both of you.

Woof, bit pricey though!

And a terrible design too.

Top work the both of you.

Woof, bit pricey though!

Can be found on ebay every now and then

Used?

That doesn't sound clever.