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Jack Taylor for the win... They were one of the few UK builders to follow the French Constructeur tradition. I love mine.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3052/3010572205_fb5378737a_o.jpg

read more about them here: http://www.blackbirdsf.org/taylor/

well, yes and no. it just becomes even more important on a rim that is designed to have some give.

lower spoke tension + greater elasticity allows for the wheel to spread deformation over a larger surface, creating an over all stronger wheel.

i do not understand why anyone would ever want to use straight guage for anything given the option. its only benefit is slightly lower cost.

I have built a set of wooden wheels. There are a few things you should know. First off, you can only do what lacing pattern the wheels want to do, (3x usually). The spoke holes are sunk directionally. You must use double butted spokes, also you need to get special nipples that are longer than normal. Finally you must use spoke washers. You will want to run them at a much lower tension then you would expect. (i forget exatly but at the end ill give a link of good reading). They are also much more sensitive to minor changes in tension, work your way up slowly.

Ric Hertzberg is pretty much THE MAN when it comes to wooden wheels. I emailed him with questions and he was helpful and sold me supplies. Here is his website

http://wheelfanatyk.blogspot.com/

http://wheelfanatyk.blogspot.com/search/label/Building%20Wood%20Rims

http://wheelfanatyk.blogspot.com/search/label/Wheelbuilding%20Tips

fwiw, wooden rims + disc brakes = ultra awesome. ghisallo is the only brand currently made, as far as i know.

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what is that on the 3 rensho rear hub and where can i get one?!

its a chronos prototype track wheel. (chronos was a small machine shop/boutique hub builder). Cane Creek liscencesd the design and they are very similar to the Volos hubs.

i was nailed by a hit and run driver while riding it and bent the frame. i got it repaired but ive never built it back up again. its hanging out in my room as wall art.

at the sf premiere a friend and i kept making jokes about macadamia: nuts on the stem.

i enjoyed it, but i am biased as i know a large portion of the riders in there. I have worked on several of their bikes, and ridden, raced, and gotten sloppy drunk with them. the cinematography was nice though over exposed/saturated. the music was a nice change of pace, and it felt like a very nice snapshot of my hometown.

traded it to rafaelle giordano in stokholm for the carlton flyer around 2 years ago. (i believe hes a friend of roberto's). he ended up selling it on ebay. i have no idea where it is now. it was aelle tubing, nothing special. it just had a ridiculous paintjob :)

thanks for the compliments. i still hate the rossin! :P

ah. edited out and moved there then...

originally posted in bike porn but i guess thats not where it belongs so i moved it here.

Hello London, greetings from San Francisco. Thought I'd share the stable... Dont ask me how I ended up with 3 (i actually have a 4th frameset) English bicycles in California, it just kind of happened. What can I say, you guys make solid machines...

late 70s, early 80's Geoffery Butler track bike, actually made by roberts. Reynolds 531, Fillet brazed. Zipp hubs laced to Araya ADX-510 rims (one gold nipple on each wheel. heh.), C-Record cranks, Gold Campaganolo BMX chainring, Gold EAI superstar cog. Thomson post, Brooks Swift TI, Cinelli stem and bars, Phil BB, Ofmega headset.

Miles CX bike, made by my friend Joshua Thayer here in San Francisco's Hunters Point (aka GHETTOS!). Fillet as well, a mix of columbus tubing. Chris King Cross hubs to Ceramic Open Pros. 11-32 xt cassette, 42t Specialiities TA ring on Campagnolo Chorus compact cranks. Record 9 speed shifters running via a jtek shiftmate to an XTR mid cage derailleur. Paul Neo retro brakes in front, touring cantis in the rear. Paul interupter levers and moon units. Crank Bros Cobalt SL headset, Thomson post, TI Rolls saddle, Deda Shallow bars and Newton stem. The bike that gets ridden the most. I'll paint it in the spring.

My most recent aquisition. I dont consider this one done yet. 1970 Jack Taylor sport touring bike. Nuovo record, cinelli, schmidt generator, honjos. whee.

the oddball of the group. Carlton Flyer from 1945, with sturmey archer asc 3 speed fixed gear hub. Mafac racer centerpulls, nervar cranks. Titan stem and bars, french city bike levers, campy seatpost and a wright saddle i got for cheap.

bikes ive had in the past but no longer are in my possesion (or have built for other people). single tear

my old 3 rensho (frame was too small, sent to the ebay gods)

another configuration of the same bike

rossin (i hated this thing, but everyone else liked it)

carlton touring

frejus track (i was given a blank check by the founder of the furniture company design within reach to build anything i wanted. this is what i built, full vintage record with wooden rims)

and finally heres me, crusing around during the mission path race a couple weeks ago.

ah wrong thread. moved to names to faces.

yup!

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i used to have a sticker that said death before derailleurs. it made me laugh.

nah, thats a genuine san franciscan winged rat. if you kill one it gets reincarnated as a homeless person, and visa versa.

im bringing some more UK track bike love to san francisco... my next build will be around this frame...

it will be set up with zipp hubs to araya adx 510 rims, crecord cranks, an old cinelli front end (the pointy kind, not a 2a), brooks swift on a record seatpost, time atac pedals, phil wood bb, ofmega headset.

thanks, tracking down the history of that bike was quite an experience. i hope to be riding the stan miles again this winter. since i bent the top tube and down tube in my accident im having the tt length altered to fit me better, and then will be building it up a bit more modern and tearing it up again on the street. a friend of mine is working on a custom cross bike for me right now, and i cant wait...

the-smiling-buddha i also have a stan miles track frame made by bill hurlow under going some repairs after an unfortunate run in with an automobile.

128 - I was reading all about that stan miles on velospace, quite a find that one

I like your other one and all

both your bikes have a nice bit of 'class'

hello from san francisco... thought i'd poke my head in here out of curiosity of what goes on fixed wise in other parts of the globe. i started the san francisco version of this site, sffixed.com. i also hold it down out here with a really old British bike.

me

my carlton flyer

i also have a stan miles track frame made by bill hurlow under going some repairs after an unfortunate run in with an automobile.