Current Projects chat and miscellany

Look<<<<<<<

No problem, today was a pretty lush day for summer slaving. there is nothing wrong with my bar tape.

That you yeah Rob?
Okay!

i need to clean my bike now :(

there is nothing wrong with my bar tape.

except for maybe the large chunk of leccy tape?

I've been meaning to get hold of some large diameter heatshrink to finish off the ends on my bars. When all the edges of finishing tape don't line up (or worse crinkle) it makes me feel a bit ill.

Installed a nitto pearl and rewrapped the handlebars with maroon cotton tape. Nearing completion now, only a couple of things I still want to change. Any constructive criticisms?

When your tyres wear out, buy something more tasteful (little or no logos) like Vittoria Diamante Pro or something.
When the tape gets dirty, replace it with black Cinelli Caleido.
Other than that, you're golden imo.

Not much of a project but I am picking this up this evening

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/download/file.php?id=266612

So road this home and I am thoroughly impressed. The frame has 1 tiny scratch and a couple of minuscule nicks on the tops of the cable guides. There's not even a scratch on the underside of the bottom bracket. The wheels are original from 92ish and barely even look used. The shifting is instant and silent, even on the front derailleur, I actually had to look down and check it had shifted as I couldn't hear or feel anything. I road home along Green Lanes which has a terrible road surface and I barely felt a bump. I have now rotated the bars down and lifted the levers and will change the tyres soon.

Lol ^ Your shock on a front derailleur that shifts properly #SRAMproblems

(I prefer SRAM)

looks nice

how does it ride ?

Agree with dicki, this is super. What bars are those?

I always forget to look back at this thread after I post. It's really fun, nippy, pretty stiff, could do with a better back wheel in time, and a slightly longer post, but great for the moment. I haven't done MTBing in years, but am really getting more into it every time I go. I'll have to go seek out trails further afield soon.

The bars are on-one Marys. I love them. The only flat bars I ever ride are swept back, so straight bars and risers feel weird to me now.

Lol ^ Your shock on a front derailleur that shifts properly #SRAMproblems

(I prefer SRAM)

The front shifting on my Sram works perfectly, but you really know about it when it shifts.

On a good day it's Clack... Clack... done.

On a bad day it's...

So road this home and I am thoroughly impressed. The frame has 1 tiny scratch and a couple of minuscule nicks on the tops of the cable guides. There's not even a scratch on the underside of the bottom bracket. The wheels are original from 92ish and barely even look used. The shifting is instant and silent, even on the front derailleur, I actually had to look down and check it had shifted as I couldn't hear or feel anything. I road home along Green Lanes which has a terrible road surface and I barely felt a bump. I have now rotated the bars down and lifted the levers and will change the tyres soon.

Ha I saw you at the lights at Manor House. Bike looks beaut (from a distance)

yea i fucking hate the sram front shirting, awful. still have sram though as i just luv dat double tap

yea i fucking hate the sram front shirting

That seems a bit harsh

1 Attachment

Just got my first dibs safely, so I'll put £5 on this bike being mine by the end of a year :)

Sorry Pepe but I already called them...

I'm very confused, who did you call TM?

Pepe your on top form recently.
Rep'd.

yellow tyres? nope

Cross chaining can >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Such a good find Sumo

Is it me or is the seat tube is extraordinary slack?

wheel project: