Members' bikes

[tippers_kiwi]

My new ride, it's a culmination of the last few years of experience with a nod to the history of the french Randonneur but with lots of modern touches. A run down of some of the more critical build bits,

- Velo Orange Polyvalent Disc frame
- White Industries Cranks with VBC rings (46/30)
- Deore XT M8000 SGS 11 Speed rear mech (Clutched)
- Ultegra r8000 front mech
- Dia Compe ENE 11 Speed Downtube Shifters
- TRP Spyre SLC Calipers
- Uberbike floating Rotors (160 Rear and 180 Front)
- 650B Wheels from The Cycle Clinic in Glemsford (Kinlin TL23 Rims on Novatec/ SP PD8)
- Gilles Berthoud GB25 bag on VO Randonneur Rack

The whole idea of this bike was that it would be a long distance ride but capable of handling touring. I can run up to a 40T Cassette (which is on it in the pics) giving plenty of range for loaded climbing and I'll run a 28T for Audax and daily riding.

After one 80km ride and a few shorter test rides I am really happy with it. Not the lightest bike but then that was never the idea of this one. Designed as a low trail front end it carries the weight in the bar bag well with no real noticeable impact on handling. Looking forward to trying it out on something a bit longer.

[Oscar's dad]

Fookin’ nice. If I didn’t have my Surly Disc Trucker I’d be tempted to follow your example.

[Torslanda]

- Velo Orange Polyvalent Disc frame

...but it's green! 

[Cudzoziemiec]

I love the zig-zag pattern in the mudguards.

[tippers_kiwi]

- Velo Orange Polyvalent Disc frame

...but it's green! 

I tried to explain that to my Kids but I gave up in the end, should have gone for a Pass Hunter which is actually......orange!

I love the zig-zag pattern in the mudguards.

Yep, I wasn't sure at first but considering they are 58mm wide I think it is great to have that broken up with the pattern.

[IanDG]

Surly Cross-Check rebuild

Changes for 2018:
Woodchipper bars
Deore XT 'v' brakes (tektro linear pull levers)
11-32 8spd (with 44/34/24 triple)
Deore Rear Mech
Wheels rebuilt (Exal SP19 on Deore)
WTB Nano 40c tubeless
Selle Italia Flite Max gel flow saddle

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[rogerzilla]

Harris, the Bronx of the north.

[mcshroom]

The Dawes in new black bar tape and new to it black saddle. The old tape was disintegrating and I had these spare, though I'm going to have to see if it grows on me or whether I go back to brown.

[Majorbloodnok]

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Looks fast when I'm not on it!

[Blodwyn Pig]

The Dawes in new black bar tape and new to it black saddle. The old tape was disintegrating and I had these spare, though I'm going to have to see if it grows on me or whether I go back to brown.

I  know  its not a 'top spec, uber expensive' bike, but I've always liked this one, I  like the colour, and it's fit for purposesness, and the fact it gets out a lot. I think its one of my favourite bikes on this thread.  enjoy your life together. 

Ps I've   had a chat with myself, and yes.......I like it a LOT!

[Samuel D]

I agree with Blodwyn Pig as I often do on these matters. And there may be closet fans lurking.

[rogerzilla]

The mighty Quinn.  Same age as me.  Slightly odd combination of track forks and road wheels in the photos because I need to go and ride it somewhere like Toys R Us's car park (no way to fit a brake until Argos finish making me a slightly longer fork).  Most parts recycled from the Fuji except the chain, headset, looooong stem (it's a very short top tube) and bars.

Obsessively-feathered lugs.  Supposedly one of Harry's own builds.

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Garry at Argos had a bit of a WTF moment when he found the fork offset is 50mm, but the angles are pretty slack for a track frame, and I don't want the steering any slower with the new fork.  Besides, it's potentially lethal to have minimal tyre/down tube clearance with a front brake.

[Paul]

I don't know which I love more: the bike or the photographs.

Another very fine job.

[SpaceBadger]

The mighty Quinn.  Same age as me.  Slightly odd combination of track forks and road wheels in the photos because I need to go and ride it somewhere like Toys R Us's car park (no way to fit a brake until Argos finish making me a slightly longer fork).  Most parts recycled from the Fuji except the chain, headset, looooong stem (it's a very short top tube) and bars.

Obsessively-feathered lugs.  Supposedly one of Harry's own builds.

Chapeau, Mr. Z.

[Chris N]

About as far from RZ's track bike as you can get - fitted TRP Hylex brakes to the Pact this week

[rogerzilla]

That looks EVIL 

(You need some Pathclear or Round-Up) 

[Paul]

TRP Hylex brakes

Nice.

Good?

[Chris N]

Thanks both.

(You need some Pathclear or Round-Up) 

Neighbour's wall, council's road.  I don't care.

Good?

Dunno yet.  Back feels like it needs bleeding after cutting the hose to length but the front seems OK.  Going to take it for a ride this morning and see.

[rogerzilla]

Moulton TSR bought from slope OTP.  It was never a TSR-anything because it was bought from new as a frameset only. slope was running it as an 18 speed with North Road bars but I've changed it to a 9 speed with dropped bars, which will be swapped for nice oversize Ritchey silver ones when the Dimension stem I need arrives from the USA.  Hubs and brakes are Ultegra, crankset is a Hubjub 144BCD track crankset (Andel, unbranded) and the ring is a Sugino 56T.  Brake levers are RX100 and for once the typically yellowed white hoods actually look good. 

The 1 x 9 shifts well, with no chain drop over bumps.  Gear range is about 34" to 93".  I'm not bothered about pedalling at over 30mph.

Weighs 25lb without pedals; I'd hoped for 23lb and some nutters have got TSRs down to 20lb with lots of CF and Ti bits.  Folding tyres, better bars and a lighter BB (this has a cheap solid axle FSA unit because I didn't want to splurge on something that might not be the right length - turns out 113mm is right) might lose 3/4 pound.  It's not too bad as it is, though.

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[Oxford_Guy]

Fantastic Moulton!

[rogerzilla]

And the final project for hopefully a long time, The Mightier Quinn.  An £80 fleaBay purchase that had been sitting in a barn (literally) for nigh-on 30 years.  It's a genuine Liverpool Quinn, Q4694 (1978-79) and the weight says it's 531DB.  Large 23 1/2" frame but even so, the salvaged SR Laprade seatpost is right on the mark.  Built up with inexpensive fixie kit and a front wheel I had anyway.  GC700 brake the best option for looooooong drop.  As you can see from the lamp bracket, it's getting a dynamo wheel when I get around to building one.

It can be run as a SS if required, as it has fittings for a rear brake.  I am ridiculously pleased with the white mudguards and old-style reflector.  H. Lloyd screwed up the printing of the head decal (no white!) but it's too late now it's lacquered.

The ride is a bit hard on those folding Durano Plus Etapes but they were about nine quid each, shouldn't puncture, and weigh very little.  Slightly reduced 46 x 18 gearing for those winter headwinds.  The BB height is perfect for a fixie.

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[slope]

^^^ Jeez that's gorgeous. What colour? Where painted?

I'm glad I sold you the Moulton TSR - Storm Callum required (riding into Beddgelert for vittels today), being submerged beyond BB and pedals on the 700C wheeled Longstaff!

Water levels only (hopefully?) just below SP front dyno hub and rear LX hub.

[rogerzilla]

Thanks - I always use Argos in Bristol because I can drive there, and the saving on carriage offsets the fact that they're more expensive than most.  It's just called flam yellow - like all flams, it sings in sunlight.

I did think of you when I saw the report of 74mph winds at Capel Curig.  SO really, really wants to live in north Wales.

[Torslanda]

You'll not see nothing like. Without or within . . . 

Living in North Wales only works if you're a). On a hill & ii). Away from a water course

As long as you like sheep & rain - and you're not bothered about gammontourists from NW England - you'll be fine.

[Blodwyn Pig]

Verry nice indeed.