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Points heard, but on a daily cut through the winter shit bike, i wouldn't really give a fuck about weight (too much), if my running gear could be replaced for under a tenner, obviously there is an initial greater outlay, but it's a similar difference as buying LED lights over halogen.

I know it's a Colnago and it has been handbuilt by virgins in the Vatican or something but still.

Good night

Handbuilt by Italian Pikey cunts, Colnago's are soooo overrated or was that overpriced!!?! Had a customers in recently with a CK 2 nut headset (kept coming loose), the headtube hadn't even been faced! And it wasn't just a small amount!! Proper shitty for a supposed "ferrari"

Dug this thread up because I finally thought of a good reason to get one! Sprockets are £3.95, meaning with a chain it's still less than a tenner, ideal for a high milage low maintenance bike (If you can put up with the sprocket having "play"!).

laughs. My guvnor is sheldon browns auntie, so I doubt i'd need either tbh.

Royce aftersales "FTW", Cliffs a true gent, modified my rear cassette hub spindle and provided two plungers (which look to be titanium!!) for his new ez lube system for owt! The best bit.. posted my axle friday, he rang me monday to say it was ready!

Couldn't recommend them enough. As for £70 for an axle and spacers, seems cheap for a precision machined titanium axle with a lifetime warranty. Oh it seems the design of Phils hubs are a winner for re-spacing!

This forum could do with a FAQ section...

Sprints, which you would have ridden on the track are 700c, 27's are effectively a "low pressure" open tubular. There is some availability, but limited. How many holes will your wheels have? 32/40?

great pedals.

for BMX anyway, appalling choice for a fixed wheel

The ONLY choice for any of my bikes! I have some egg beaters on my Trike, but i just can't be bothered with cleats on any of my dailies.

He means put it in the current project thread, everyone would love their own thread for their bike, but there wouldn't be much else in bikes and bits...

Oh right, sorry peeps. I can't even get photos to work, so im not gonna be able to move the thread!

Current Project.

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Nice to see you on the forum, andy, sweet bike !

Ez steve, Hows things chap? Got any "projects" going atm?

That's quite an impressive transformation. Rory O'Brien used to be my LBS many years ago.

Cool, I have met quite a few "old skool" roadies that were also local, one guy Jon reconed the first frame he got was from them and was built by Vic Edwards. Steve Sachs (sp?) took over the shop after Rory OBrien passed away and unfortunately it is no more. We had a frame of Steve's in work a few years back, that was yummy, it was a RO'B with chrome head lugs, looked sweet!

I got a "spare" set of decals through at work today for the strip and revise when it comes to it. Chipped the TT the other day, so it's already gathering "patina". Chrome lugs!... and the head transfer in the place i wanted it originally. We shall see..

What is the rim/tyre combination you have chosen?

Opted for 27x1 1/4 Weinman 36H (no hooked beads!!!) with 28-630 Panaracer Pasela Tourguards, old skool! To keep with the right looks and utilise the large clearances. (I have a pair of period Bluemels Popular mudguards in black needing some plating and stainless stays, come shit weather). Spokes were 302mm x3, so DT Comps rear.. ran out after lacing my rear wheel, so did the front x2, which meant I could use DT Revs (butt down to 1.5mm). Brass nipples and linseed oil.

Im tempted to build a pair of Ghisallo Beech sprint rims onto someting yummy for posing! More monies I don't have!! Get some "sprint carriers" and go time trialling my smoked out lungs and feebal legs! Haha.

Hello peeps, don't post on here often, but i do, so thought i'd share some pics of my little project thats been on the back burner for some time. A circa 60's 72 parallel Nervex lugged, Shop branded Rory O'Brien, most prob. built by Vic Edwards (Rondinella).

Was given the frame by a customer (I work in Madgetts Cycles, Diss), measured it up, 22" seat tube, 21.5" TT, thats about my size! So it hung at work for some time, looking like this..

http://www.londonfgss.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11306&stc=1&d=1245395162

The only modification i made was to remove the brake bridge for centre pull shit type brakes.

http://www.londonfgss.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11307&stc=1&d=1245395162

So in between spending far too much monies and time on supercharged polos, i finally got round to getting the frame restored.

http://www.londonfgss.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11308&stc=1&d=1245395162

The frame cost me £50 for new chrome plating. circa £20 for Decals (H Lloyd) and £75 for paint. It came out rather well all except too much chrome on forks and the head transfer i'd asked to have on the seat tube!

http://www.londonfgss.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11309&stc=1&d=1245395162

Seat needs some adjustment!

http://www.londonfgss.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11310&stc=1&d=1245395162

http://www.londonfgss.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11311&stc=1&d=1245396309

http://www.londonfgss.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11312&stc=1&d=1245396309

http://www.londonfgss.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11313&stc=1&d=1245396309

http://www.londonfgss.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11314&stc=1&d=1245396309

And a customers bike, which i love. It's a 1949 lugless Holdsworth.

http://www.londonfgss.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11315&stc=1&d=1245396309

I apologise for the offensive quality of my camera (phone)! And for my inability to suss out uploading pictures properly!

Andy

Royce ftmfw, british (new milton), titanium axle, a lifetime warranty on said axle and a sexy anodised hue!

Basically steels gonna be more comfortable than aluminium alloy. However, if you do want horizontal t/t alu frame, ridleys tend to come in this formation. Pompino or surly would prob be my choice.

Canti's are the "winner", get some of the old style like the old mafacs if you can, paul price makes bling interpretations of these or iirc Tektro/(one of the Tai companies) do something similar.

As for pushing; I ride 61" on road which is nice, but also compatible with off-road work, try something around the low sixties and if you need bigger or smaller, change your sprockets accordingly.

Plastics no fun, can't you find a beer can to use? Much sharper edges!

It's great all the what i call "proper (old boy) cyclists" bikes that i take loose cup and cone b/b's out of, always have a home-made metal sleeve in them. Works great, unlike cardboard, which i found in someone's shell one day.. wet cardboard, nice!

If you czech out Phil's site, they do charge $49 per hub to have them any other colour than black.. which by the time they've been imported is £49.

I got a pair in pink through BLB @ trade and they would have stung (really bad) if i'd payed anything more than vat on them.

Cinelli use a unique size to make you buy bars and stem together.

Prob 26.4mm, so you'll need to take-up 1.00mm, so .5mm shim should do the trick. A perfect excuse to buy a pair of vernier calipers!

As in the title, got a customer with a youngs frame he want's to restore. Sods law theres no head decal anymore and we sold the youngs frame we had a month or so ago. Just wanted a piccy of the head transfer/badge if anybody rides one.

Got to be careful with this shit, we use it at work to eat alloy out of steel tubes, Given long enough it will completely eat away aluminium alloy.

Another campag versus shimano debate...if peeps can argue this question as much as they do it's not a wonder Middle East peace is hard to come by...

Of course! If we all talked about solving middle east problems, it would happen.

i've taken engines apart without instructions,

im sure this wont be much of a problem.
No need for a diagram.

Me too, but have you put any back together? :P

Haha only joking..

but seriously, mines been apart... is it 2 years or 3 or is it...

Thanks randombadger, they are lovely rims but are probably 80's MA40 or similar, as much as I would love to go with the grey thang (to match the frame), i can't bring myself to it! :)

No worries, they'd look better on a pair of Weinmanns or Dunlops tbh. Thought i'd offer the NOS goodness! haha

If its threaded, "mark" the steerer, thread a steel headset top-race on over the mark and use your pipe cutters or lemon tool

These are in stock @ Madgetts Cycles in 20T, i will check and c if we have 19's, but they've been a bit scarce of late. Circa £9.95 (inc vat) + postage. Just holla and i'll hook you up.

Andy