OWK’s stable - De Rosa / Geoffrey Butler / Ridley Oval

bikes look so much better in larger sizes

I have to agree, but if I didn’t, I would anyway!!!

Rises and bar tape for the bullhorns arrived today. Couple of bits and pieces and we’re good to go

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Day off

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Love the photo with the Gorilla. Where is this taken please?

Thanks!

Gorilla Statue
66 Pentonville Rd, The Angel, London N1 9LA
https://goo.gl/maps/ksYLoqDazucbjr1a9

Is that Oval the 66cm frame that was on the wanted thread a few weeks back?

Possibly. The official c-c size is 62cm but 66c-t.

New shoes coming soon

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Ooo, nice! What rims are you building them with?

undecided! had reached this conclusion from the wheelbuilding thread

thinking about Kinlin XR26t, DT Swiss RR521db or H PLUS Hydra . looked at Velocity/Easton/HED/Zipp too.

need to bring it up to Scotland one day for some fixie miles !

Some good choices in there, the DT Swiss and H+ in particular ;)

You should! Loads of great routes for brakeless fun up here.

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hmm I like the profile of the Hydra more in that picture... could be one to consider more closely!

https://link.marktplaats.nl/m1670349678?utm_source=android_social&utm_content=vip&utm_medium=android_social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons

In case you want one more:p

haha thanks :) but one's enough

Dropped some parts off at SBC cycles today for a wheelbuild...

We have wheels! collected this evening - Paul and Hplus Hydras handbuilt by the excellent SBC Cycles

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gotta say, I've been aware of Paul hubs for years, but never owned any. they seem excellent and the lockring is beefy AF. closest I came to any was @roboto 's pair at the Jolly Butchers :) the lockring certainly inspires confidence :)

Ended up getting one Hydra rim from Bikemonger @£75 and the other from SJS @£80. they each only had one in stock. but BLB price was £88 so.... made the price of the CX Rays sting a little less. but hey, basically paid for by Elon Musk and his unapologetic pumping of Dogecoin :)

Another horse in the stable 😂

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What an absolute beast of a bike, makes me want to ride fixed again!

The length of the shadow bars! haha!

Love this build and wanting to put my dibs on the wheels down on here first too :)

Small update on the whip

New bars and some AMAZING wolf tooth fatpaw grips which I wish I had discovered years ago (if they even existed)

1.75 scoblebricks

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Highly recommended for anyone with large hands !

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Also happy 10 year anniversary to this thread 👀