Two Kinds One Frame

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  • So for a while I've been lusting after a tarck frame to use down the tarck. But I've finally realised that this year its not gonna happen. Money is getting hoovered up by other things so I thought why not make my current bike do both things I want it too.
    Plus until I clear some stuff, I just dont have the space for another bike that is gonna get occasional use.
    So my Brooklyn Gangsta is going under the knife so to speak.

    I've wanted to stick a disc on the front for a while, but after being advised not to braze anything onto the current forks, I was at a kinda dead end as to how I was gonna keep the same look but with the discovery of Ted James fork Im able to keep the same look and get a disc on the front.

    Its current build which I ride my road miles training and commuting on is something like this.

    Gangsta Track V1
    BMW Flat Forks with V-Brake mounts brazzed on.
    Phil Woods on Velocitys
    Miche Cranks
    Renthal Riser bars.

    Just a very samey same build as lot of people.

    So for the road Im gonna have
    Ted James Forks
    Shimano Saint 160mm disc
    Renthal riser bars and Thomson Stem to lengthen it up at the front
    Phil Wood Disc hub on maybe another velocity but Im keen for a H+ for a little more depth.
    Phil Wood on the back

    Then for when I hit the track
    Gonna cut off the braze on that are already fitted to the fork
    Drop Bars/Thomson stem
    Navigator Wheels on some sorta clicher velodrome tyres

    Long term goal is to get a Kalvinka carbon track frame but that'll be next year at the earliest.

  • Out of interest, why were advised against braze ons on a V1 fork especially when it already had something brazed on?
    Saying that, TJD fork looks beefier where the disc mount is, so probably needs it.

  • Just found this , V1 fork:

  • another one
    http://i16.servimg.com/u/f16/09/03/34/54/brookl11.jpg

    more : http://www.pignonfixe.com/showthread.php?tid=95032&pid=1431893#pid1431893

    It's something I might do on my v1 fork, I'd also be interested to know why it's not a good idea!

  • It was Ed Scoble on here in either the Hip hop thread or the Brooklyn thread(I've looked through this one and cant find it) That advised me against it.... Hence how Im here.

    It doesnt bother me that much apart from the money tbh, as the look of doing that above would make the fork unable to be used in a velodrome anyway so I'd need to buy something else anyway to ride.

    So for a extra £75/100 Im getting something custom, that will look the same, same size/rake all that jazz and it will actually have a nice disc mount instead of something on the side!

  • So the project has slowed down somewhat, with job uncertainty and all that jazz but today I did pick up a set of Eclipse mavic wheels for a very decent price.

    Fork wise, Im gonna get one done after the new year when funds are freed up a bit. Next month I have MOT, Insrance and repairs on the car so that defo putting a dampener on things!

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Two Kinds One Frame

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