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Damn, that's one nice conversion you've got there.
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https://soundcloud.com/gillespeterson/01-gp-ww-jan-1999-four-tet-mix The best set I've heard in a long time
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HHSB equivalent of
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Zero rake it is, I'm wondering what the handling will be like, the trail is on the big side but I figure there are more factors to take into account.
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^ ha, I do what i can.
Well, as promised, here's a mockup (excuse the background, the bedroom is a current project, too)
The fork is a kinesis, though haven't seen a straight one before, and is quite tatty. As for the build, considering my quite restricted budget on this, the parts I've aquired so far are mainly quality bits with lots of patina (read: beater condition).
The cockpit is a cinelli xa +cinelli la84
The cranks are 151bcd-era campag strada, well, at least the driveside one. (If anybody has a matching 170mm left crank for a reasonable price ,let me know.)
The front wheel is a 650c wolber clincher to a miche hub for time being, I'm on the lookout for a hard anodized mavic clincher rim with virgin braking surfaces.
The rear will be a minty mavic open s.u.p (precursor of open pro, from what I gathered) laced to a hub yet undecided.
as for ass-cockpit I've got a black (going to strip the ano when the time comes) thomson elite and will probably settle for a flite. -
Thanks, though it's only the fork, I've contacted several the shops who repair Vitus bikes and noone has any suitable top tubes, so it seems that i'm on my own with this.
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Figured this thread needed a better picture of the actual frame.
On another matter, finally some progress on the build, two months of searching paid off yesterday
as this was delivered:
anybody want a shot at guessing what it might be?;)
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Not feeling the contact points to be honest, but don't mind me, I'm just jealous, it's drop-dead gorgeous.:(
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Dibs for the forks if Lloyd is split. (as mentioned in the PM, just posting to join the "split it" bunch)
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Desperation bump.
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Yeah, steerer lenght should be sufficient, going to drop him a pm.
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Haven't made any progress yet, I don't have much spare time at the moment as exams at the uni are creeping up on me, so I'll get back to it probably only in the second week of January.
I've been eyeing that fork, how much is he asking?
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^^ Get that camber sorted.
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Gorgeous anodizing, Is that a sparkle dye? How did you fill in the white campagnolo logo on the cranks?
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/burning-peacocks/8198623089/in/set-72157632045049205 well, haven't fitted mudguards or 27"s on it, but the mudguard holes and clearances suggest it should work. The seatpost is 26mm
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last drop, 70 notes
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Thanks, I already had drilled the radial holes (great minds think alike), but haven't thought of applying rotational force, as the tubes seem to be mitered, so I doubt there is much space for rotation. As for the threaded tubes/sockets, I think it was just the ALAN frames.
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Had the same problem with my swiss frame, take the stem, wrap it in sandpaper and spin it around for a few minutes, worked like a charm
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Gave up on finding suiting 650c forks and wrote Orlowski, who agreed on making some custom ones (for a really reasonable cost, I must say). Also going to pick the front wheel tomorrow.
As for the actual top tube repair, I seem to be stranded. The guy in LA didn't find a tube of suitable length, so I'm going to get one locally made, which after doing a bit of googling shouldn't be too hard. However, after two days I still haven't manged to remove the top tube stubs. I took a heat gun to the joints for twenty or so minutes, but the epoxy didn't seem to budge a bit. Any help or suggestions appreciated -
It's from a p2k (early 2000s), if that's of any help, and you've got a PM about the argos.
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Dibs on 151bcd chainring, PM coming