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rep for upside down bike, the peoples bike stand

these look like sensible anti cager defences if you ask me

@Josh it can! but i would have to have ronnie send me some bars, tape and levers personally for me to even consider the switch, cant be going through what i did with the pomp all over again

the chainring has been posted, fingers crossed tomorrow? hoping the chain isn't too short? hoping i can work out how to twiddle the derailleur bolts??

Cable showed up, it fits, just need to hope the chain ring shows up tomorrow

Bike people shaking their head at this cable job I’m sure, I’ll be sure to bring it to one of your kind when the bikeopalypse is over.

Spent the rest of the time fettling in saddle height a v brake toe in, made sure the pump fits (had to flip it round)

I was worried where the bars would sit in relation to the saddle, not near as high as I thought they’d be, but almost identical to the position to when I had them on my pomp which is good, and leaves space to get taller ones if I wish.

Enjoying the amount seat post on display, roughly 150mm, not quite french/ crust but enough to have room to lower it on the trail

changing rooms weekly magazine between the years of 2000 and 2004, sadly they haven't gotten round to scanning the archive yet

if you keep an eye on this you might pick up a bargain

https://www.shpock.com/en-gb/i/XHlSZb9S3QO9VxUL/changing-rooms-magazine-vol-1-4-in-binders

i don't think there is, at least not for it to join in nice places and with slack in it, the new cable should be here tomorrow so will be fine,

i'm sure i can find a home for the cable with a friend, it's really very nice all things considered. the brake outer from them chopped nicely, not quite jagwire nice, but nicer than i was expecting.

maybe a good exscuse to get nissen cables on its first service :eyes:

i have now had a time to eat a lovely veggie burger and some hash-browns and reflect on the day,

thank you for all your lovely comments throughout the day, and some genuinely helpful advice!

the bad!

1) the shifter cable could have been prevented if i opened the packet, but i want to let myself off because it seems truely surreal they'd send precut lengths. i'm annoyed it wont have the metal effect cable but can be replaced long term.

2) the chainring is on me, the time i spent oggling it, the photos shared, i should have seen it, will hopefully be resolved this week.

3) the rack not fitting, i don't seem to have a good time with racks generally, will look at it again long term, bend the bracket out, get the right bolt, but for now im ok to go without

the good!

1) the frameset is lovely, little commented on in the earlier posts , but truly, the photos do not do it justice and tbh, no amount of words will either because a lot of what i like about it is a hodge-podge of vibes/ideas/feelings that float around and release good brain chems. it's exactly what i wanted from a bike.

2) the frameset is surprisingly light? it looks quite burly but i'd say it's not noticeable if you've ever held say, a brother kepler or a cdf, considering it looks/ is a lot more burly. at no point did i discuss tubing with mv, the man knows his stuff! stickers that came with it tell me it's columbus cromor? zona? cant tell you which bits are which, maybe he can

i got to admit i thought it would just be ol' bmx steel, 4130, so this was a very nice surprise and makes it even greater value than it was???!

3) the geo, there is a shot up there next to my pomp, they look remarkably similar, the geo itself is a caadx 56 give or take, but it looks smaller? maybe some tweaks to fit the lugs, whatever has happened the reach/ stack numbers are spot on

has a toit' wheel base and that is a 175 crank dangling there!!! it's so far off the ground!!!!!! going to be great fun, when it's done.

really is a 29r bmx as it stands

4) a bit of praise for my collection of parts looking back, they do look nice don't they, well at least to me. the silver wheels, crank and brakes against the black finishing kit and fork, v nice.

5) the only things which went wrong are things i have not had to consider before, never set up a derailleur (friend done this for the Raleigh, remember that?!?!) and the chain ring, didn't even know middle burn did 1/8th specific ones. so i'm happy i have learned some good skills over the last year!

left to do?

1) get it done, take it for a spin before i have to go back to the email mines

2) get some nice photos not next to a bin, a nice FAQ detailing all the little bits and how it actually rides

that would be so lit, dropped you a dm!

very kind, is it a generic? wouldn't mind buying one myself if it is.

i think my main concern is being able to get the damn thing off with my emaciated frame.

As it stands m,

It’s a good thing I bought the crank puller eh?

Guess it is what it is

At least there is an alright garden to stare at till Wednesday??? Thursday???

Is it the bb18 I need for middle burns lockring?

Betd can get me a ring for Wednesday

Who’s the dumbest fuck imaginable?

Had these cranks in a box for months now, never realised, absolutely no chance of getting a chainring for it, let alone a tool to get the spider off

Looks like no riding this week, I’m going to bed

this won't be getting finished today, just cut open the packet for the fancy looking shift cable from VO, to find it's pre cut lengths

utter nodder cable

just put one legnth in there!!!!

honestly!!!!!!!!!

i have next dayed some shimano cable in black after briefly considering using some brake outer i have spare in luminous green

i'm shame really, would have been fun to ride this evening? , had a good run because i thought it would be the bb which fucked me, or the crank

no, it's my dedication to the aesthetic that has

secures my thoughts on Velo orange tho, all the looks, none of the function when you get behind the surface, that's what you get for buying american designed and not Japanese

smdh

After litterally months fixing and sorting various mini vs with assorted short pull road hoods and long pull mtb levers, failing and making do, eventually buying USA made poser brakes and “makin do”

Setting up some long pull levers and long pull brakes on wide ass rims was a ducking joy omd

You just set and forget, it works

Imagine that, something just working!!!

Annoyances so far

Lost my spanner for my bb, found a better one

Need a different bolt for my rack, so no bags for now

Paul sticker is slightly off center

Now have to do the cabling which I hate

I prefer a more para social relatable image, to share the struggles and triumphs, creating personal emotional investment to boost a long tail of revisits as opposed to release day hype

Vertical models are dead, we must seek lateral, socially just models of product release

Little afternoon tea break before the hard bits

looks good

get some stickers and and something dangling from your saddle, maybe a cnc seatpost, trendy gravel basher

climbing the walls tbqh

I know this won't change till Monday at the soonest, but i'll be damned if i don't check it hourly

v well executed, agreed

now i know how 50 year old men feel when they see a a pristine gary fisher built with a Clydesdale and mismatch atlus/ deore from the early 2000's

respect for making it your own

Think this 6284 person got lost on their way to the hambini forum, swift mute

that oatmeal colour tape is hot imo,

good teaser shots, looks ace! v excited to see it done!

almost a decade old now, a formative piece of the 2010's aesthetic

http://khole.net/issues/youth-mode/

finally read that khole article?