Custom Oak Cycles 650B French Randonneur Project.

He send me a text saying mine shouldve won that. Still very pleased to hear he won it, that 29ers is amazing.

The trusty focused and well respected mechanic?

I dunno, I use my penis pretty heavily when I'm 'spannering' my bike. I don't think you could give it the same service without one.

like this?

Greatest bike ever posted. Better than Pengy.

The seatpost says 'supp?' as if to underline it's swagger.

Built in potty too.

Built in potty too.

with a flush!

Just seen the bike in the flesh. Absolutely stunning! The integrated electronics looked very sleek. Such a nice couple who put it together too. Well done to Ryan for winning best tourer!

I’m finally building Nik a bike, I’v been promising her a frame for years. So I decided to build her three in one. This will be a 29er off road expedition tourer, road tourer and crosscountry front suspension mtb 29er. Ive offset the seat tube to tighten the rear end to 420mm and allow for 2.5inch tires! (most off the peg 29ers rear ends are 450mm!) This bikes main purpose is to be an off road touring frame, with frame, saddle and bar bags. With a bottom height of 294, ht angle 73, offset 51, trail 60. In road touring mode she simply puts 28c tires on it, and the bottom bracket height drops (to 265) and the trail (51mm) will be perfect for carrying weight on a low rider racks front and back. In cross country mode with a 80mm travel suspension fork on it the bottom raises and the head tube slackened to 68 degrees making it a crosscountry 29er mountain bike. boom!

Very clever.

Just seen Eds bike at BB, its bloody lovely, loads of great features. Well done!

did you take any pictures?

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I love those dynamo lights. Very tempted.

Really enjoyed BB today, plenty of freindly advice, no hard selling, and some great bikes including Eds (aubegine bar tape will be trending this spring). A feast for the eyes, but it's a shame you can't just hop on them and compare the different ride qualities.

You're telling me, I haven't even ridden this fucker let alone see it properly.

Going to put a Supernova E3 front light on so it'll work better with the rear light (if it doesn't work, as one's not suppose to mate the Supernova rear with the Edelux front).

A massive shame as Ryan modified the Edelux's hanger to fit the front rack by brazing a mount on it (you can see the braze on it).

I fucking love aubergine.

ditch the rear light? It's not as important as the front anyway

Handlebar tape colour is great!

and on the subject of dynamo lights, the new B&M Luxos sounds incredible!

Has the best light beam of any dyno light, you can charge USB charged devices through it, has a handlebar light switch etc

[http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/b&m-hl.asp

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ditch the rear light? It's not as important as the front anyway.

On the contrary, it's as important as the front, if this bike is intended to be use everyday, I rather not have to worry about battery let alone having to install/remove them when it start to get dark.

Light sit lower, less blinding, constant instead of flickering mean the person behind me won't get annoyed (other than listening to me) and easier to see.

Most importantly when I want to use a saddlebag, I won't have to worry about blocking the light, or needing to clip on a light on the bag.

That B&M Luxos is awesome! reckon I'll put that on the Tokyo Fixed Dream Machine when I get it repaired.

I took some pictures yesterday, came out blurry but got some decent ones of eds nice electronics

http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd401/thegiantpeanut/B797F808-3920-4242-A737-C39417B30C4F-1333-000002CF2AE843DB.jpg
http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd401/thegiantpeanut/6D6647BD-09BA-4F64-BEDE-AB328876CD1B-1333-000002CF20F16E3A.jpg
http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd401/thegiantpeanut/0D0613B3-7141-41D9-9980-FB2A48809746-1333-000002CF1512FA9A.jpg

I am sure that some more worthy pictures of the whole bike will come!

That rear light is cool :)

It's tiny though, does it really work that well? Then again, it's only to be seen and less power drain on the front...

It is powered by the dynamo, so a lots brighter than you think, there is such thing as too bright.

It's got to be said, well done Ryan @oak, and well done Ed!

It's a very nice looking bike, that has had a lot of thought put into it from conception, to completion. Good work!

Now don't fuck it up by getting some ham fisted fucker to stick track ends on it! :0)

did you take any pictures?

yep:

(more plus others from BB here)

So much better, thanks man.

no worries!