Members' bikes

[Moultonaught]

not falling off is very good! but off road trophy dirt is also good 


latest revision to the road-i-fied Muddy Fox - a dose of orange-ness!



I think I like it....  it's VERY bight in reality...

[Cudzoziemiec]

A bit of (off-)road trophy dirt will soon make it less bright! Glad to see I'm not the only one with wonky mudguards...

[Moultonaught]

A bit of (off-)road trophy dirt will soon make it less bright! Glad to see I'm not the only one with wonky mudguards...

ahhh... I'd wiped some bird crap of the rear guard and had pushed it through the seat stay clip - making it  'gappy' above the chain stay. It's no longer wonky 

[Blodwyn Pig]

JESS a few years ago, pre frame repair





Blodwyn today, in the same spot,  ......OFFHAM , nr w. malling , kent.

[fuzzy]

My auld stomping ground that there neck of the woods

[sojournermike]

First up this evening, some may recall I offered my Spa Audax frame for sale a few weeks ago.After getting no takers I noticed that there were enough bits left that I could build something with it. Plus the geometry, if not the clearances, is quite old style cyclocross. So, I repurposed the 'gravel' tyres hanging on the shed wall and built this:


Spa Audax with Surly Pacer forks


Shimano 451 brakes and Challenge Almanzo tyres


Wheels are Kinlin XC279 on Novatech superlight hbs with CXrays


KMC (fast) gold chain and narrow wide single ring - 38 tooth. 6603 chainset, reduced to one


105 mech and sram 12-28 cassette


Rear brake clearance


Shifters are 6603 and the left gear shifter doesn't work any more, but fine as a brake lever

Took it down to Spa and they rode it up and down and declared it good. Then, very kindly, straightended the gear hanger I bent when I came off earlier this year. Gears now index perfectly and run silently. The bike is a complete hoot and weighs in at 21.2lbs inlcuding pedals, but not mud.

Mike

[Torslanda]

LIKE that!

[sojournermike]

The above bike happened in part because I wanted to use the groupset for Hannah's new bike. I struggled to find a suitable frame, but then found that Spa have started doing the steel Audax in a 50cm size. This has a 71 degree head angle and steel forks with a bit more rake to maintain trail and avoid toe overlap. The result is:


50cm Spa Audax with Spa steel forks - matching tape shows similar 'taste' and was independently chosen!


Wheels are Kinlin XR-22T (19mm internal 450g) on Miche Racing box hubs - 1611g without skewers. Chainset is XD2 triple with 48/36/26. Mech are Ultegra from my bike!


My old Ultegra levers and Shimano 650 brakes...


Tubing badge on frame


Miche hubs, I built the wheels so hoping they prove durable - ACI Alpina spokes


Stock meant stronglight outer ring and Spa inner and middle. Spa rings impressively thick and stiff


Campag 13-29 10 speed cassette - indexes perfectly with shimano shifters and mech. Interestingly, the 13 tooth cassette fouls my older (first batch) frame, but the dropout is different and gives more clearance on this one




28mm tyres from the shed




She loves it and the forum road bike for kids is ready to move on to Paul

[TimC]

Excellent stuff, Mike. Should be plenty of growing room on that!

[woollypigs]

Very very nice

[Paul]

She loves it and the forum road bike for kids is ready to move on to Paul

That's lovely, SM.

I'll PM you about the FRBFKs.

[Otto]

Thats a great bike

[Otto]

gratuitous Bob Jackson pic

Leaning on the wall at the Chiddingstone Tea Rooms Kent

[clarion]

Gratuitous Bob Jackson pics always appreciated

[slope]

Nice BJ Is it French Beige?

[rogerzilla]

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/j4qqlzkn10p4zje/AAAzZaOOMmFFh-e3O3rdzb-ya

(Dropbox is shit and embedded links don't work)

NSTN's old Brompton, now rebuilt and just missing a chain because I need a 13T sprocket.  I found a 44T  ring in the shed.  The wheels are my SON/AW set.  The seatpost is an inch and a half too short but will do for flatties and All-Stars.  I have one of those Chinese extended Ti posts, if I dare use it.  It weighs 285g and is somewhat flexible, if apparently better made than the Brompton Ti post (see red bike).

[Kim]

You forgot the Marmite :p

[Blodwyn Pig]

gratuitous Bob Jackson pic

Leaning on the wall at the Chiddingstone Tea Rooms Kent

How does it ride, now you've got used to it. Mine seems to have bedded in after about 9000km, or prob I'm used to it now and stopped fettling.

[Otto]

Nice BJ Is it French Beige?

Yes French Beige and Ivory

[Otto]

gratuitous Bob Jackson pic

Leaning on the wall at the Chiddingstone Tea Rooms Kent

How does it ride, now you've got used to it. Mine seems to have bedded in after about 9000km, or prob I'm used to it now and stopped fettling.

It's very comfortable, soaks up the road bumps nicely I'm still not sure if I could do with a shorter stem but I'm sticking with the one I have for the moment.
There where one or two annoying creaks, I've sorted out the creaky stem, but there is another from around the bottom bracket, which strangely enough stopped in the torrential rain last sunday. I gave it a good squirt of GT85 and its seems to have done the trick. Even though its  'sealed' bearings I'm going to pack it with grease at the weekend and see if that stops it permanently. I must email BJs as well to see if I can get a little pot of touch up.. not that I need it yet but you never know... Oh yes the brake pads are rubbish in the wet will have to change them I think.

Overall I'm really pleased with it .

[Blodwyn Pig]

Funny that ,I too have a slight creak in the bottom bracket area. I sprayed gt85 on the bb shell locknut/ frame interface, and its eased a bit. Maybe needs a nip up, or threads greasing a tad more. But then it may be cranks or pedals. Ohh!! been there before.

[Otto]

Funny that ,I too have a slight creak in the bottom bracket area. I sprayed gt85 on the bb shell locknut/ frame interface, and its eased a bit. Maybe needs a nip up, or threads greasing a tad more. But then it may be cranks or pedals. Ohh!! been there before.

LOL infuriating isn't it !

[Paul]

gratuitous Bob Jackson pic

Leaning on the wall at the Chiddingstone Tea Rooms Kent

What seat pin is that, please?

[Otto]

What seat pin is that, please?

One of these

http://tinyurl.com/qhtaqvm

[rogerzilla]

My old web hosting doesn't work since I changed ISP on moving house so I had to sign up with one of those dreadful image sites.  Anyway, here's NSTN's SO's old Brompton, a bit better than new.


NOS shifter from bits box


Rear light, Kool-Stop pads


1970s AW hub.  Currently needs to be parked with a kitchen towel wedged under the sprocket to catch oil seepage...it tends to dry up a few days after oiling it!


B&M Cyo and Marathon Pluses


SON-XS  front hub.  Wasn't as gougingly expensive in 2009 as it would be now.


44 x 13 gearing.  Has the little-known advantage that you can tighten a loose rear hinge bolt on the road.  Not that they come loose until you drill the heads off, but you never know.  Sugino XD2 RH crank and a 1/8" 44T ring I found in the shed.  Brompton LH crank because the LH pedal won't fold over a Sugino crank.  Luckily the taper is the same way around on both (diamond not square).  113mm Shimano UN55 BB.  Cheap KMC bling 1/8" chain.


Still not sure if I trust that Chinese titanium seatpost.  A front chainguard is on its way; someone in Taiwan makes 110mm PCD aluminium ones in black.  Which is nice.