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Yeah, if it was steel I'd have no qualms but as it's aluminium I suspect it may need slightly gentler treatment...

woodblocks and vice?

Finished the 650b conversion of my Pina friday, and cycled 200+ km to a friend further south on saturday. Synergy rims to Tiagra hubs with Pacenti Pari-Moto tires:

Only one thing to say about the new wheels: Gunplay - " Kush " Ft. Lil Wayne & Rick Ross [Official Audio] . - YouTube

How my daily currently looks -

Somec looks good! 1" alpinas? Plus anymore pictures of it?

Is it easy enough to get a crimp put in my Dolan's chainstay to give me a few more mm clearance for the 52t ring I have, or should I bite the bullet and try and find a 48-50t 135BCD track ring?

Buy smaller sprockets, your drivetrain will weigh less and you won't get funny looks at scrutineering.

Buy smaller sprockets, your drivetrain will be less efficient.

ftfy

So smaller chainrings/cogs while ratio stays the same is less efficient?

tester please explain.

Wear and tear.

So smaller chainrings/cogs while ratio stays the same is less efficient?

tester please explain.

Higher bearing pressure, basically. Between the extremes of normal drives (e.g. 39/13 to 54/18), it can amount to almost 1% difference

Paint. Application of. Where's a good place to look for inspiration?

Tate Britain.

Dulwich Picture Gallery is closer to you though.

more pics please! x

Finished the 650b conversion of my Pina friday, and cycled 200+ km to a friend further south on saturday. Synergy rims to Tiagra hubs with Pacenti Pari-Moto tires:

I only brought a 50 mm lens, so proper pics at a later date, but one more of the build:

Looks fun. What did you do to get this 650b conversion to work? How did you do it with the brakes?

Looks ace, interesting way to give a Pinarello a new lease of life. How was the ride over 200km?

Is there a bar tape which comes in a kind of lemon yellow/pale flouro colour and comes anywhere near Lizard Skins DSP in terms of comfort and durability? I suspect not, but the Lizard Skins yellow isn't quite right.

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http://www.wiggle.co.uk/arundel-gecko-grip-bar-tape/

Lovely Pinarello!

I had to ditch the glue strip and use double sided tape to make my arundal bartape hold.

It's really good tape (with shit glue).

First attempt to build road bike

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/933746/carrera.jpg

6/10 internet bike

I take it that you are from HHSB world

I bet if it was a 50cm you'd be posting it in the porn thread...

in 2012 maybe

Made a couple of changes to the NJSBeater today.

I take it that you are from HHSB world

Only the seatpost is a little out of place.

Let him figure his position out.