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I know it was pages and pages ago but I just have to give love to this> from AdamM.

Great work mate, looks like a really solid nice bike. Painted mudguards are ace. It just needs a brake (<a taste of your own medicine).

What width mudguards are they? The 40?

Enjoy riding it, and not needing those lovely mudguards much, in Oz.

Thanks Skully. There is a front disc brake fitted, but I've taken the rotor off so it does not get damaged in transit. Solid is a good word for this bike, it's never broken or let me down in anyway and keeps me dry when the roads are wet. :^)

Yes, the 'guards are the 40 version. I've got 50s for my Peregrine and I hear the 60s suit balloon sized tyres!

Steep seat tube makes the top tube length longer, in terms of what is in front of the BB. If the Pista is a 56 and BJ 57 but the Pista has a steeper seat tube then they likely have a very similar BB to head tube length which is why they fit you.

Nice build on the Pista. Just needs a brake. ;^)

I had one for years. Nhatt is correct, they are awesome. The only reason I sold mine is I needed the cash to pay for a Singular Peregrine. I wish I still had my Cross Check now.

Drill out the top of the bolt. Once the bolt head is gone, tap the the bolt down to free the stem. Should be a pretty easy job, I'd have thought?

everythingzen, there's no need to wait for a response from Scott, as this is what he said two weeks ago:

As i said before, i'm no longer taking any new orders until the current list is smaller...as it's hard enough to keep up as it is, especially when people are on your back left, right and centre.

Once i'm ready to take more orders i'll let people know.

I need to get rid of this back pack. It's a couple years old now and I've used it a lot, but it's still in excellent condition and very comfortable on the mountain bike. Doesn't come with a bladder (never did) but works with Camelbak and Source 3 litre bladders.

I'm selling it because while it's not very dirty it is just too difficult to get it clean enough to satisfy Australian customs officials when we move out there in a few weeks time, so yours for a fiver.

I'm not going to post this, it's too big and awkward and I haven't got time. I live in Clapham South, work in Angel so if you want it come and collect it from me. First person with the cash gets it.

Haven't got any pics of it, but it looks like this one:
http://www.trailspace.com/gear/deuter/race-x-air-ii/

But I suspect that price list is no longer current, as a Ninja is now £60 due to increases in material costs. In any case, it's all irrelevant as Scott isn't taking any new orders at the present time. Don't know what the current expected waiting time is, but I'm guessing it's measured in years rather than months or weeks.

you must have been inspired by something great by some kind of super cyclist hero. i'd love to meet him. you're so lucky

;)

You'd like to think so, Tom. But this is something I've been planning for about 8 months... so :^p

I love it. What forks are those?

I'm worrying though that Platini will correct me on proper usage of singular versus plural tenses.

scott free had it right, they are Kona Project 2 700c disc only forks. They look nice, are the right length for a 'cross or road bike, but are stiff as anything and can beat you up on longer rides.

The equivalent discussion over on MTBR in the last few days ended up with most people arguing over what sort of firearm to carry how to carry it! The number of people saying carrying a gun while cycling was not something worth doing were in the minority and largely not American. Go figure.

The first step to effective self defence is learning to be aware of your surroundings, observe what is going on around you, where you are and where you intend to go, and to avoid putting yourself in potentially serious situations to begin with. So many people I see in London with headphones in, reading the paper, whatever, are almost completely ignorant of the world around them and consequently look surprised when the bus nearly runs them down or they suddenly find themselves closer than they might like to be to a group of dodgy looking characters.

Learn to understand your surroundings and move accordingly and you'll probably never need to apply any physical self defence.

By the way this bag really is ridiculously big, it takes my fully loaded pac ultimate inside it, with LOADS of room to spare, could probably fit the same again on top of it with the flap expanded a little bit, awesome and so useful for me to have all this extra space :)

Wow, that is big. Glad I went for an Archie rather than a Theo in the end! Looking forward to the pics...

All I have to offer is how much I heart my LeVeL hub with its three Torx bolts. No matter how long the cog's been on there it can be removed with sweat or swearing.

I R smug barsterd :^)

Yes please. You have PM...

I'm not sure what I like more - your bike or your enthusiasm for the apostrophe.

I do try to be grammatically correct at all times; a beacon in the darkness, if you will.

Thanks sweens.

I am slightly gutted that I didn't get my set of 'guards for my other bike powder coated to match that frame, but they are chrome and the bike has (almost) all silver parts so it doesn't look too bad. Besides, the 'guards will live on the Steamroller but the 'guards for the Peregrine are only for occasional use, so I expect they will get a little battered anyway taking them on and off.

Edscoble, they are Berthoud: http://www.gillesberthoud.fr/anglais/index1.php

I'm slightly annoyed because I had wanted the extra long mudguards (rear is the same, but the front projects another 4 or 5 inches forwards) so that it projected in front of the mini front rack which is still to be fitted. Unfortunately, they didn't have them in stock so I've had to go with the 'normal' length ones, which are the same length as SKS but not quite what I wanted.

The Berthoud ones are pretty inexpensive so you don't feel bad about powder coating them. I couldn't do this to a Honjo...

Oh, and you realise just how comparatively easy it is to set up SKS guards with that extra stay! These are proving a lot more work (doesn't help that the rear guard touches the seat tube).

I must have fixed 20+ punctures in the 7 years I've been cycle commuting in London. 2 of them were mine. So many people have said "I have a pump and patch kit at home and I forgot it today" or "I have a pump at home but I never carry one with me". Bloody nodders.

The only saving grace was that a couple of the patch repairs were for very attractive ladies in lycra. :^)

That's why I don't understand why so many people who are not messengers feel the need for a proper messenger bag, just to chuck in their iPhone and a spare tyre. A simple rucksack would do a better job.

I can't disagree with you more. Rucksacks don't work on a bike for anything other than a bladder and a spare tube, as I use on my MTB. And even then I'm not that happy with them.

I've tried all sorts of bags for commuting with: small messenger bags, large messenger bags, panniers, rucksacks, you name it. I hated the way panniers affected the handling of the bike. I hated the way my helmet hits the top of a rucksack when the rucksack is worn properly. After a couple of years of pissing about with other types of bags I went back to using a messenger bag and realised that for hauling a reasonable quantity of stuff on a bike day in day out (yes, even for commuting) there is nothing out there that does the job better or more comfortably. Or that's my experience anyway.

I am now going to invest some serious money in a bag from Scott because I've tried most everything else and I know exactly what I want in a bag, and Scott makes it. I'm not denying Scott's bags are pricey, although for the quality I think they are actually underpriced, but this is a bag I fully expect to still be using (and able to use) day in, day out, in 10 years time. That makes it a great value investment, to my mind. Buy cheap, buy twice, etc.

My preference is always to swap out the tube on the road/trail, then patch at home with cement and a 'proper' patch. But I use Park patches pretty regularly as a convenient out and about patch.

I agree with hippy, I don't regard Park patches as a permanent fix because, IME, they haven't been.

Oh, and by choice I'd never use any instant patch other than Park. The rest have all been rubbish IME.

How can you take my words seriously anyway, if they're writted after a half page of comments where other guys call each other cunts? :-)

This argument has a small amount of merit... :^)

I do think that your original comments were rather aggressive and possibly a little offensive. Had you included much of your follow up posts much of this ridiculous discussion would have been avoided. Your preference for leather straps, metal buckles etc is a valid reason for not liking the appearance of messenger bags, but you didn't say that up front.

An alternative view would be that if you don't like messenger style bags in the first place, don't pay any attention to a thread that is entirely about messenger bags!

Thanks all.

such a world apart from most of the builds I've seen

LOL, yes, I thought it might be on this forum! ;)

The only part I'm not certain about is the bars, but I've not had a chance to ride it since it's been rebuilt. I have a regular set of drop bars that came off it ready to go back on if I don't like the moustache bars, hence the too long brake cable - it's exactly right for the drops. The drop bars are oversize so match up with the powder coated stem that matches the frame, as well. Either way, the bar tape will be pink.

dayno, the inlaws live in the Hunter Valley, so that's where we'll be initially. I'm hoping to find work in Sydney, so then will be based somewhere on the Central Coast, splitting the distance from Sydney and the Hunter as we have a newborn and want grandparents relatively near by.

I guess this counts as a project... it's certainly a work in progress. I've had mudguard mounts and a pump peg added to my Steamroller, powder coat at Armourtex including colour matched mudguards and a stem (oversize bars only). It's not finished as I've run out of time before it has to be boxed up for shipping to Australia, but I'm pretty happy with how it's turned out so far:

Any interest in selling the Tamron 70-300mm zoom lens separately? PM me if so with a preferred price.

I love the limited edition embossed Brooks saddles, but really don't get on with the shape of the Swift. :^(

If you've got clearance under the fork crown and seat stay bridge for full length mudguards then sorting the mounts is the easy part - Pclips are your friend as Ed posted above. Race Blades are a very poor second.

Actually, Crud have recently released their Roadrace mudguards, which are designed for tight clearance race frames and are far superior to Race Blades,primarily because they provide much better coverage. Available here: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=42448