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This was probably my favourite part of the whole build. I liked the idea of the roof structure remaining visible, in a cheapo mock tudor style :-)

I really wanted something a bit more than a regular shed*. However, if the roof beams were to become a "feature". This meant extra planing, sanding & painting of the timber, which took quite a long time.

• Watches grand designs too much!
  
  
  

I'm not very good with angles & measuring. This soon became more of a problem, as due to my building upon the old wall, none of the corners of the shed were at a right angle to each other.

This meant that each & every roof truss was a different size!

^ The trusses were screwed together, then the plates were added for extra security. Everything I build tends to be over-engineered.

^ I still like to sit back & look up at this sometimes.

^ Very tidy. There's definitely two distinct camps where sliders/EBB are concerned. I've not had a problem with either.

I'm quite fond of my mad looking dropouts now, but can appreciate the clean look of an EBB.

Chainstay length, I reckon anywhere between 430mm - 450mm would be ok.

I may go for a custom one day, based on the geo of my ogre. That's got a 72 HA & 73 SA. The chainstays are meant to be 431mm, which is fairly short ( not measured them myself ) Not tried it loaded yet, so that could make a huge difference.

I was going to suggest that sliding dropouts could adjust your wheelbase, but as smallfurry pointed out to me previously, belt drive wont allow that option.

Ha...I don't collect them.

Yeah.. me neither :-s Although I now have spare 26" tyres & ride a 29er :-(

That bike sounds awesome! Very much look forward to seeing it. Did you work out the geometry from scratch, or base it on your current bike?

• If you've detailed all this before, just point me in the right direction.
  

today i hope was the last time I have to cycle with a full tool kit and track pump on my back

Um.. I must have missed the reason for this, but why so well prepared?

Is this you?

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^^ & that just blows my mind!

^^ Someone else that likes to collect tyres :-)

The English sounds interesting. Will it be used for long distance tour divide type events?

I quite like that. Not 100% about the brown hoods, but they're somehow ok with those tyres.

• the cables look like a 5 year old has been let loose with some liquorice.
  

I no longer do the technical mtb'ing that this type of bike was made for ( did I ever? ) & it's totally inappropriate for my local area.

But I still want it :-(

Well trained ;-)

Custom fatbike for the deviants out there.

Yes. :P

Thought so :-(

^^ That''s some wheelbase!

Am I just being snobbish for liking it, then seeing the trek logo & stepping back a bit?

Re: Konas. I reckon only the top Hei Hei Ti is semi porn. The rest are either mid-range or have been butchered of original parts.

Still good post though.

In the cold light of day, I think I must have got carried away while looking at retrobike :-(

A few nice looking colour schemes though.

Teaser for next stage.

Just pile up a bit loads of landfill, throw over some topsoil & plant some trees.

Having done this one way over several days, I can only imagine how mentally hard this is.

http://www.on-one.co.uk/news/teams-and-riders/q/date/2012/09/14/phil-is-doing-the-double

The bricks no longer show on the inside as they're insulated now.

Let me know when you start & I'll give you a list of potential headaches to avoid.

I did worry they might collapse for a while, but they haven't budged.

I would have thought those kind of bars gave you more options for reach? Just looked at the info on the Jones site. I'm sure I've seen some people use 100mm+ stems with similar bars.

Just a case of trying them out I guess. If they don't work, I'll give you £20 for them :-)

Tiger getting some exercise on Vimeo

Very nice indeed. Good choice!

^ Are you a shimano hater?

^ CX 70 approx £120 or CX 50 around £70. Bit fugly, but shimano cranks do tend to work well.

^ You just thought that the bike was somehow lacking in complexity & so decided to add some more ;-)

Man those rims are pricey

:-o Just had a look at the price... eek!

^^^ However, if those are jones ti bars, aren't they uber pricey?

For the mtb crowd.

Flame away :-)