Current Projects chat and miscellany

That Planet X is ace! Real classy considering it's a PX.

Can I use a SRAM Red Exogram crankset with an Ultegra front mech, or is it really "YAW only" (have to use Red or Force front mech I guess)?

Should be fine if your using ultegra shifters.

That's really nice Gaston.

Almost as nice as my commuter...

https://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1266&pictureid=17544

Can't win em all hey Gusto?

(Only joking!)

Its much better obv.

#trolo

I hope the black tape isn't holding it together ;-)

My not long finished Nago Dream

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^ big

Daily, just waiting on a bigger chain ring...

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And the GF's bike that i finished in time for summer last week (although she's complaining that the brakes "don't work" as she's used to a mountain bike).

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The daily driver. Always in need of some kind of change.

Cross post from my cp-thread. Pretty much done.

Yes Thrust, those wheels!!

Fuck it, i'm gonna slave out my Somec for summer..

finally finished my planet x build. can't believe i rode around on track drops for so long, new bars are so comfortable

SWEET! looks like i might have to drop my stem a bit more, what bars are they? and are you using it for tarck or track or both?

You lot all have pretty nice bikes and everything, but I think we can all agree that mine is just fundamentally, like...

better.

SWEET! looks like i might have to drop my stem a bit more

lolllllllll

SWEET! looks like i might have to drop my stem a bit more, what bars are they? and are you using it for tarck or track or both?

they're deda rhm02's. 99% street use, maybe it will see some track time when i get around to buying a smaller cog

PX up there is bloody great. Simplez yet slick.

finally finished my planet x build. can't believe i rode around on track drops for so long, new bars are so comfortable

Am I the only one that can't see this image? :/

Yeah^

Dang it, I'll just have to go off what other people are saying about it.

That's what the internet is all about.

The saddle looks like a wise eagle's beak.

Read this and was like "huh?", scrolled back up and thought it couldn't have been a better description haha

Update on the Ron Cooper and a pic for comparisons sake of my Graham Weigh. Sorry for the picture (and word) overload... Lets start with Ron.

Finished building this on Monday, some NOS parts, mostly old parts bin though, hence the odd mix. Finally tonight I took it for a short shakedown spin. Totally awesome. It felt weird to start with after having jumped straight off my fixed but once I got going everything just worked. I've somehow managed to get the saddle in just the right spot, the gears work soothly and swiftly and the position overall is spot on. Clearly I have spent too much time fiddling with bikes and not enough time with my girlfriend.

I have to say, using old parts, budget parts and maybe inappropriate parts has resulted in a smooth riding bike! I am less impressed with the stopping power of old brakes compared to new ones though. And I must say using a downtube shifter in friction mode was no issue. Apart from over reaching and nearly putting a finger in the spokes...

Theres still a few bits to do. Bar extensions would be nice, and those wheels from Thrusts bike earlier would be nice too ;) Also, I think a 5 speed cassette/block is the ideal set-up. Currently the chain is at alarming angles when at the extremes of the cassette. And lastly, thanks to Phil for the taigra derailluer - works a treat. And Tester for the brakes, and JD for the frame...

Now just to compare, here's my mostly finished, possibly Donohue built Graham Weigh. Pretty happy, 'cept I don't like all the silver and not sure on the wheels or the forks. However, this is all aesthetic and it rides very well indeed.

and lastly... overlay!

Apologies for the mammoth post.

Have I seen you on that Graham Weigh doing laps on Regent´s Park about a month ago?

Really nice both of them BTW.

How on earth did you managed to put your hand so far down, it's closer to the spokes than the shifter?