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I’m now thinking a forum group buy - and turning it into the SE London club house. We must have the DIY skills between us to fix it up.
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Ok so which one of you is buying this?
I want to read the future current projects thread.
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If you really care - https://www.change.org/p/bring-back-the-mist
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How many links in that chain!?
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I thought it was the swimming that was in Seine
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About as fancy a rigid mountain bike as you could ever imagine!
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@Stevethecoffee why does the Royal Mail hate your parcel? Luckily the bag was still completely fine.
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How do they know the frame is blue?
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Whisky Parts Milhouse? - they’re very light (but pricey!).
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Slightly off topic - but how do you find those rims?
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All the kids at Symonds had casios
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I’ve got a Sunn BMix frame in chrome - BMX spacing though so might not work if you already have the wheels.
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Looks fun!
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Yeah walkable or a 5 minute bus ride.
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I’d really rather not. I’d need to find a box and time to post etc. etc.
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Any interest in my old Gaggia Classic - from 2014. It’s been boxed up in my loft for many years so could do with a new gasket but otherwise all good. Was thinking £80 picked up (I’m in East Greenwich).
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Thanks - great praise from you, especially given that it has black spokes and rims.
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So, I think it’s pretty much finished. I may put some bigger tyres on it at some point and it’s over-geared (or I’m under legged) for much more than a gentle incline and I may put a layback seat post on it. I’m enjoying the silver, green and tan/brown parts. It’s surprisingly light compared to the Kona Humu - but probably not that surprising given the parts, smaller wheels and the fact the frame has one less tube. Anyway here are a few photos. I’ll take a better one of the whole bike closer up at some point.
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Looking awesome.
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I really like that colour and interested in how you find the coil shock. Here’s my rather more muted one.
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This Kona Kapu must be worth a punt for someone on here with frame building skills.
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Sorry for the lack of updates - though the slowness feels very much in keeping with how long it’s taken the get this far. The delay has been mostly due to my inability to measure things, namely the width of a bottom bracket shell. I’d assumed (big mistake) that being a mountain bike, although quite old, it would have a 73mm BB and even ordered a new spindle for the cranks to fit. Those took ages to turn up from the US so I sort of forgot about it. Anyway when they arrived and I came to fit the cranks I realised (after a lot of head scratching, swearing and drinking cups of coffee) it’s not 73mm it’s 68mm. After even more messing about I worked out it’s more like 67mm at the edges of the EBB - eventually I’ve got the cranks, chain and pedals on. Chain lines looks not terrible, chain ring clears the stay, everything is torqued up tight. Now just need to steal the brakes of my Gunner and find a seat post clamp that’s the right size and I’m pretty much ready to go - expect another update around Christmas.
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From a quick look at the sold prices on the road my guess is about £1 million.