Monark Crescent Track - The Big Swede

It's getting these

You know what I want to ask...

you know i actually dont know the answer, i got them cheap on her from someone

Good thread.

Looking forward to seeing this built up!

I'm wondering about a fade pain job, such as this:

Sick fadez bro is the way to go. I'm saying metallic grey to blue, 50/50...

Have you treated the saddle? It's meant to soften them up to start with isn't it?

I've given it two goings over with neatsfoot oil, but it mostly sat on the surface not being absorbed. I've taken a quater turn off the nose tension to help soften it up too. I'll try doing a few more coats and leaving it for longer periods, but on the face of it the saddle feels like a plank of wood.

I have nitto moustaches and priest bars you can have on the cheap if you want

Ive been thinking of fade for my beater when i get it sprayed. but AFAIK everywhere that would do it is verrrryyyy expensive :(

fade is easy to do. Get a rattle can of your colour choice. spray thick in some places and then lightly in others and voila fade!!

But im incompetent with DIY

If you want an affordable professonal job, speak to Stu F. He got a custom 2 tone spray job from a car painting place in essex (i think) for £60 including some filling work! Looks boss hog gangsta.

VL i'll try the bars I have and if dont get on with them i might be in touch.

Once I get some quotes for paint jobs i'll let you know rogan, I'm going to a car place like TM suggeseed

Will do TM, and cheers spotter if all goes well ill definitely follow

Have just PM'd you the number for Simon, the paint sprayer I used. Sorry it took so long - had it on my desk, had just forgotten about it until TM reminded me.

The frame I had done was in a real state so most of the work for Simon was filling up the rust pits after I had sanded off all the paint with emery ribbon. He might be able to spray right over the top of the existing blue paint after giving it a key cos it looks like a good finish, but he might advise getting it blasted with a fine grit - you'd have to discuss it with him obviously. (Only reason I didn't get it blasted was that the guy I know as on holiday and I didn't want to wait til he got back, so sanded it myself). So the price might be slightly less than £60

cheers for that mate, I will check how much it costs for these local guys to do it, but if not i'll definitely him him a ring

The only fade you could ever want. On the left obvz

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/413268_516951081577_1658831374_o.jpg

fromt the text i was expecting a photo of marcus

^ same

I will be getting a nice big wine box too, my local wine dealers said they give them away so thats perfect. I just need to engineer a nice way of attaching it. I will also build a light mount.

Which shop is this? I'm after a box like this to use in combo with my rack. Could you pick up an extra one?

Its in wales sorry, however you can buy them for about £12 on ebay

ah right, i'll ask around my local shops

Whilst i'm waiting for VeloDrama to get back to me about the soma rack I've been thinking about lighting options too, as it has an extra eyelet for a front light.

I could use a light i've already got, but on the other hand something like this might be a bit more in keeping


seatpost has come. I'm going to build it this evening to try it out before i spend money on painting it

Pics pics pics pics...