Gruber's Uber Travel Bike : D

For you and those legendary sit bones maybe...

Absolutely lovely bike, just needs some nice mudguards to finish it off http://www.kinokocycles.com/hammered-alloy-fenders-1.html

Aye, could have used a pair of them earlier-got absolutely fucking drenched : /
Got a pair of SKS clip ons hiding somewhere that will probably be handier for travelling, as nice as those hammered guards are.

Saddle is fucking boss-no more numb willy!

I freed willy!

White tape and your home.

Good to hear. I presume the s/s joints are nice and solid?

They actually make your frame stronger

Please can you just get one decent drive side photo with everything level? To show off that poised compact geo?

ok, I need a proper Scoblebrick one anyway.

It's a proper beast, can emphasised you on the wider rims part, lower pressure, more grip, smoother road, make nervous riding fun.

Can the brake be mounted on the inside of the rear triangle?

Still trying to find my old panniers in the bicycle shed.

Bottles would be handy, you can move the brazed on for the rear brake cable on the correct side for a tidier cable routing.

Personally not worth getting rack mount when you have the whole bike packing nonsense to deal with.

Bike packing also mean your bike won't feel weird as you would with a heavy pannier/rack.

If you've only got 1 set of bottle bosses then I'd definitely get another set and as Ed said get the brake routing bosses fixed.

I can't make our from your PIC if you have mud guard mounts? If you do then you can just use those and a rack that mounts to the brake boss. If you dont then I'd be tempted to get mudguard mounts.

Personally I think that the option of a rack is really handy and a lot quicker and easier to sort out vs bike packing*.

*I have only toured once with a bar bag and a stuff sack strapped to my seatpost.

Any recommends for getting it done? Roberts have shut up shop indefinitely it seems!

You're still in London?

@coldharbour might be worth asking.

Nah I've not been in London for ages-still in the frozen north.

I need to ship it to Armortex anyway though so London framebuilder might make more sense.

Could look at Winston Vaz, used to build for Roberts IIRC, and spoken highly of by @veLLo

That sounds like a good shout then-I've found one local guy here who's highly spoken of but an ex-Roberts builder would be reassuring.

I think local would be idea, especially when you can easily speak to him about what need to be done and he can make suggestion and ideas.

+1 to what Ed said.

You also have the certainty of seeing the work before its sent off to make sure its exactly what you want.

And yes, the wallpaper is as fucking mental as a 70's brothel in Skegness.

Lookin' good grùbs...