Current Projects chat and miscellany

A bit late, but a level photo of the Rock Lobster... to clear up the confusion one and for all ;)

I think I may use the money from the frame to buy some new wheels for my road bike.

So I have just bought this wee thing - cannot find out much on Google other than the potted history of the company on Wiki.

Am thinking it would be nice with a full Dura Ace build - but it already has a Campy BB so perhaps that is a sign of how it started life?

Still finishing off the Raleigh Lo Pro (I need time to build the back wheel) and my Rossin is coming back from the painters soon but I am hoping to get onto this one in August / September after my trips to ride the Pyrenees and Alps and a flying visit to NZ in July.

I think I may use the money from the frame to buy some new wheels for my road bike.

seen these?
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/use-nano-tech-30-carbon-tubular-wheel-set/

A friend of mine has started building frames, So I asked him to build me something. Its a columbus max singlespeed cross bike / daily city bike.

Still have to get it dialed in and tidied up. Enjoy.

This is rad. I don't think the bars really work with levers though.
Are they integralers?

So I got a call today from the guy I bought my Dolan Forza from. Turns out it is Graham Weigh's personal track bike, given to him as a gift from Terry Dolan and was stolen from Graham's garage early last year along with a load of tools. It has a one off paint job and the wheels where one of two sets. Graham saw the wheels on ebay and traced them back to the guy I bought them from, and it turns out they have known each other since childhood. So now I am returning the Forza to it's rightful owner and will have to use the Vigorelli for the track again (which is still a great bike).
It sucks, but at least it's not getting confiscated by the police at a later date. I want another Forza now.

This sucks man ):
Guess it's nice that Graham will get it back but no good for you..

Are they integralers?

nope...intergralters

:)

Came into a CK headset and some 1" carbon forks so I thought I'd give it a go on here. Alas, I have a 7 day old son now, so no chance of getting out on the bike soon but he slept while I swapped the forks and stem over, which was nice.

Ugly stem is ugly, I know.

Looks too top heavy, I worry. Will give it a go and replace the stem for something prettier if it rides well.

Quick question for what was a current project . Does anyone else think this looks like a hole in the carbon repaired/filled with epoxy of some sort? Can't get a better quality photo at the moment unfortunately. Cheers.

nope...intergralters

:)

shut it Pollo

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2904/14147105836_f96db544c0.jpg

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2939/13983618737_954f5c2cdd.jpg

seen these?
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/use-nano-tech-30-carbon-tubular-wheel-set/

carbon and tubular, two things I don't want.

JB did you get that dent filled/rolled and painted whilst you were in LA?

Haha, le trolle.

nope...intergralters

:)

Nope, Integralters

Nope, Integralters

Nope, Integralter

I don't think the bars really work with levers though.
Are they integralers?

Nope, Integralter

Well, if he had asked 'What handlebar is that?', you might have a point. There are some odd plural conventions in cycling, and 'pair of handlebars' is probably less weird than 'pair of forks'. As long as everybody stays on the same page, though, it makes grammatical sense even when it doesn't make physical sense.

But it's a product name, innit. Integralter. A one-piece object. Correct correction is correct.

What bars did I have on my old touring bike? Cinelli Sixty Fours.

It's how we speak.

It's how the question was asked.

A bit late, but a level photo of the Rock Lobster... to clear up the confusion one and for all ;)

looks nice

how does it ride ?

So I have just bought this wee thing - cannot find out much on Google other than the potted history of the company on Wiki.

Am thinking it would be nice with a full Dura Ace build - but it already has a Campy BB so perhaps that is a sign of how it started life?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/145547777/eBay%20Find%20Koga%20MAX.JPG

It's in the '95 brochure. Let me know if you need help with translating.

http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj599/Bjorncone/Schermafbeelding2014-05-12om224619_zpsd1373e95.png

http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj599/Bjorncone/Schermafbeelding2014-05-12om224010_zpsd1b572c5.png

All other brochures here.

That Koga-Miyata is fucking awesome.

Cheers Björn. Surprised it only has Chorus if it was meant to be that high end a bike. I've got a NIB Super Record chainset so I will probably fit that and try to find some matching brifters (I think I might have some Centaurs in a box somewhere but can't remember what state they are in). I will keep an eye out for some suitable wheels, Im thinking some silver Shamals might be cool.

Thanks Dammit - if that's your view then perhaps my impulse buy was not a bad start for a new project albeit third in the queue for now - seemed quite a lot to blow on an eBay frame but if it's nice to own then that will get forgotten..

So I got a call today from the guy I bought my Dolan Forza from. Turns out it is Graham Weigh's personal track bike, given to him as a gift from Terry Dolan and was stolen from Graham's garage early last year along with a load of tools. It has a one off paint job and the wheels where one of two sets. Graham saw the wheels on ebay and traced them back to the guy I bought them from, and it turns out they have known each other since childhood. So now I am returning the Forza to it's rightful owner and will have to use the Vigorelli for the track again (which is still a great bike).
It sucks, but at least it's not getting confiscated by the police at a later date. I want another Forza now.

Shit mate, that is awful luck.

Koga looks a nice ride indeed.

And damn, sumo... I feel for you.

The Koga is lovely.

And the OG aero roadbike. Maybe.