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Thanks. :)

This is a rather rare occasion of me actually planning a build. I'm currently thinking if I should go with a 3x9 Campy setup or Shimano 600 friction shifters. I think I have most of the components, but it's really not a suitable weather outside for this bike in Finland at the moment so no rush.

Apologies for keeping you waiting, but here's a few pics.

The stays taper from rear dropouts to the headtube with a bridge joint behind the seat tube.

It was difficult to try to put this message into words yesterday and it hasn't gotten much easier overnight. First of all, thanks @Velocio, it's been good. I must have started to lurk on the forums in the early 2010's and I can't emphasize enough how much cycling, and related communities on IRC, LFGSS and the Finnish forum have affected my life and where I've ended up.

Sure, the frame is hanging in the garage, I'll try to remember this and get some pictures for you!

Few pictures with the correct saddle height, closed enough centered rear wheel and a bit more light.

Thanks! They're Continental cyclocross tyres, so around 35-622 I think.

Sadly just dat crank, I only have the drive side one, with a mismatching NDS crank.

I went through my stash of chainrings and found this. I think the receipt was from around year 2000. 41-16t it is then.

Initially I wanted a pair of black cranks for this, but I think these work quite well.

And there it is, seat is a bit too high and I still need to center the rear wheel, but it's getting there.

I had a bit of time in the morning. I managed to assemble a working headset and converted a front wheel to a rear one with a new axle, spacers and a 6-bolt cog. I still need to dish the wheel to center it. Seatpost clamp is a bit too large, but i might be able to shim it to fit. I did find some long reach brakes that should work and a pair of old 105 levers.

So far I've found 38 and 43t chainrings, for winter use I'm leaning towards the 38t, but I'll double check if I'd have at least a 39t somewhere. Cog is a 16t.

Disc would be cool, but I'll have to try to build this with parts I already have, I'm trying to avoid buying any more bike stuff excluding wear-out parts.

A quick therapy project, I hope. I got this Pelago San Sebastian frame for free, seatpost was very much stuck and frame was pretty rusty after the salt bath of Southern Finnish winters. I used pipecleaner to remove the seatpost, removed the rust as well as I could and retouched the paint with Saab midnight blue (apparently quite a close match) left over from my old 9-5 Aero.

I have a few options for forks, I have an unused original one and few unicrown canti forks. I don't think I have any long reach brakes and don't like riding brakeless but i loathe unicrowns, so let's see what happens. I should have all the parts for a quick parts bin fixed gear build, maybe tomorrow is the day I'll build this, or not.

The forces in removing a stuck seatpost are quite significant, how much force can steering components create? My idea was to build a similar gilloutine looking contraption to what was linked above, but use some stuff like spring compressors I already have.

here's quite a simple way to turn a stuck post and make noise https://youtu.be/P-YpmDx86d0?si=jyTypVg0waA2F0I0

Exactly, I planned to try to simplify the design a bit. Due to heavy rains & snowmelt our basement is currently flooding so I had to put this on hold and I'm going with the draincleaner for now.

Impact wrench is truly a bliss for stuck bottom brackets, i'm much less worried for the frame when using one than with a long breaker bar with extensions.

I'm currently fighting a stuck seatpost on a Pelago San Sebastian, after a week of trying I'm seriously considering buildong one of those gilloutine-like special tools.

Front box worked with a 12" bike, with a 4-year-old and a 16" bike there's just not enough room especially in the winter with a cover on. The cover also makes strapping the bike to the side of the box a bit challenging.

FollowMe tandem seems a bit much for this use case, the bike is only hanging there a part of the way, the most practical commercial solution I've seen is the Bakkie bag https://bakkiecycles.fr/en.

I guess I'll try the current solution for a while and hopefully adjust and develop a bit at some point.

I found myself in a situation where I have to transport a child and his bike every morning to daycare. This is a solution I came up with during the weekend.

1. Lift the front wheel to the support hook
   
2. Tighten straps, weight is now on the straps/rack, not the support.
   
3. Ride.
   
   

Based on the first try this morning it seems to work rather well. Bike stays where it should and doesn't move or make any noises. 3-point turns are most likely a pain. Will I die if I keep using this or should I change something?

Paul Di'Anno died on Oct. 21st. I saw him live around 2008 on a very small venue with I think a band consisting of Finnish musicians. I don't remember any of the songs but I do remember feeling the gig was one of the best I've seen.

When I was a child, my dad had a 650b Peugeot, I blame him on me liking French bikes. This is a Rando-Cycles frame, a shop in Paris that closed a few years ago (2018 I think). Size is a rather large, 65 cm. It's pretty nice. I have no idea on the tubeset, but it passed the ding/donk test with flying colours.

I haven't really planned the final build, might use the 3x9 Campy group from the broken Gianni Motta.

I met this guy yesterday.

I've now been riding this bike for a week, with very minor adjustments it's a lovely bike and quite a perfect match for my use (riding to work and occasionally taking pictures for instagram). Shifting with Di2 is simply superb.

This morning was foggy, it was very pretty.

Today was finally the day. I had the evening all to myself and made a quick decision to ignore the maintenance a few of the bikes desperately need and concentrate instead on the CNC Gravel thingy. In Finland they stop selling alcohol at 9 PM, so I had a good few hours to build the bike, and ride it to the store to buy beer. It was a bicycle shaped object to begin with, but nothing work, no cables etc. My receipt says 20:58.

Frame is the CNC Gravel Light, fork and front rack are custom made by some Russian company. I'm running 2x11 Shimano Di2's, crankset is a 180 mm Ritchey Logic one and brakes semi-hydraulic Chinese ones off Aliexpress. I've dished the rear wheel slightly to one side, I'll also put a chain protector on the chainstay to protect di2 wiring.

Beer tastes pretty good.

It quickly became pretty clear that I wouldn't have the CNC Gravel bike ready in time for the ride, as I was still missing brakes, mounting hardware, last di2 wires and a charger. As it happens, a guy nearby is selling pretty nice cycling stuff, fancy Wolverine build, a Salsa 29er etc. Late on one evening he also listed a Marin Muirwoods Monstercross build, with Microsfhit AdventX, Rockshox fork, Cane Creek Thudbuster and so on, for really not a lot of money. After a short discussion, he delivered the bike to me the next day.

I have since done some small changes, I wasn't comfortable with the rear tyre clearance, so downgraded from 2,2" to 2,0", also, I prefer seatposts with two bolt clamp, so out went the Cane Creek for a Thomson Elite. In addition I've of course replaced the pedals, stem and the seat.

The build is exceptional I think, sadly I really can't take the credit for that. On the rather technical gravel ride last weekend, the bike felt fast enough on easier sections for keeping up with the fancy gravel bikes, and on the soft bits and rocky paths, it was comfortable and extremely confidence inspiring. Cranks are still a bit short for my liking at 170 mm, but that's an easy fix. I did plan to replace the AdventX with a Shimano 5800/RX810 set I happen to have, but let's see.

CNC is still on the repair stand, I've been planning the wiring which is quite straightforward, but does require a bit of power tools. I'll get around to it any week now.

My Marin Muirwoods after a weekend gravel ride, the setup handles the rough paths around here quite well.