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No progress on the track bikes but I’ve made some adjustments to my gravel bike, mainly new bars and saddle, but also adjusting the saddle position and height. Sometimes I felt a tad too stretched out on the hoods but it feels much better now that the reach is slightly less and the hoods are better positioned.

Went for a ride in Aberfoyle aka Gravelfoyle aka Dog Shit Land to check out the relatively new waymarked routes. The routes were great, getting dog shit on my Sidi’s not so much. Apparently you don’t need to clean up after your pooch if you’re in the woods.

Not sure if that delivery note you’re using to catch the mess in any way relates to you, but if it does it has personal information on it you may not want to post on a public forum.

Thanks all for the detailed answers. Perhaps we’ll take a bivvy and a sleeping bag between us. I consider myself very lucky as I can fall asleep literally anywhere.

Price drop.

Ah, that’s good! I was a little bit worried as I only have a 400 calendar event from last year to use.

May as well ask while I’m here: what kit does everyone carry? More specifically sleeping stuff. Will I get by with a bivvy and a sleeping bag? I normally ride fairly minimally and chance it, but I think my girlfriend would like some sort of comfort.

Looking at peoples bikes and how many bags they’ve got strapped to them it seems people take everything from almost nothing to fucking everything.

I think since the numbers have gone up a fair bit it’s all standard gravel now.

I remember a pretty steep singletrack climb one year, and a river crossing the year before that.

I know absolutely nothing about working with carbon or what access to material, tooling etc you have, but this seems like a hell of a lot of work to attach some clip on aero bars?

More pics of that LEVEL, pls.

Awaiting the obligatory ‘Who makes that frame?’ comment.

Unfortunately I’ve dumped all of my adult responsibilities as well as a whole heap of Greggs and beer in those legs, so I’m not sure a big pink frame would fit.

Sadly I will need to sell the Hansom frame and fork as I now technically have nine bikes in my small flat and my partner’s patience for bike projects probably has a limit.

The plan is to shift the compatible components from the Hansom over to the Seta. This will include the Sugino 75 drivetrain and Dura-Ace wheel set. I’d like to keep the rest of the components silver and of Japanese origin so I’ll be looking at a Nitto cockpit.

Old Terry will be getting Campagnolo and Cinelli, most of which I already have.

Old Terry popped up on eBay a while ago. I wasn’t looking for a track frame as I already have my Hansom, but it was for sale in Edinburgh so I couldn’t resist.

@Cupcakes thinks it has the vibes of an 80’s/90’s caravan which I can get behind with the blue fades and awful font. On paper it’s a pretty basic frame; unicrown fork, Dedacciai Zero Tre tubing etc. but there’s something about it I like (maybe it has something to do with the fact that it says Terry Dolan twelve times on the frame).

So now I have two track frames to build and two firsts for me; riding a carbon frame (the Seta), and using Campagnolo components (Old Terry).

‘Why a Seta?’ I hear you ask. Well, now Old Terry gets to hang with Young Terry.

Road bikes are fun and everything but nothing compares to the excitement of building up a track bike (for me at least), so I’ll start with the frivolities and what arrived in the post this morning.

After years of keeping an eye out for one, I finally have my grubby paws on a Seta in size 58.

Tofu the cat approves.

@Lksz @kjlem I totally forgot about this thread.

But now seems like a good time to revive it as I have quite a few projects going on; a new road bike and two new frivolous fixed gear bikes.

Price drop.

Maybe I’m talking nonsense actually. I just presumed but I may well be wrong.

I’m pretty sure those are the numbers after the ones reserved for the French are deducted.

long__legs would also have been an appropriate username.

Have PM’d you.

Thanks all for the kind words, it is indeed a very nice bike.

Details.

Geo.

I’ve got a new road bike on the way so sadly my Shand Stooshie is up for sale.

I had this built by Shand when they still offered build options such as custom geometry, internal routing, choice of dropouts, etc.

Geometry is as follows but please see geo sheet for exact measurements:

Seat tube CTT 610
Top tube CTC 608
Stack 649
Reach 390

I’m 188cm tall and the saddle height in the photos is approx 840 for reference.

The frame is a blend of Columbus tubing and the fork is a full carbon TRP. List of components as follows:

Chris King headset
Chris King press fit BB
Thomson seaport clamp
Shimano Dura-Ace R9000 groupset
175 cranks
50\34 chainrings
11-32 Ultegra cassette
Ultegra chain
(The levers/calipers are non-series but Ultegra level. This is what Shimano offered at the time, there were no Dura-Ace Di2 hydraulic shifters/calipers made for R9000.)
Chris King hubs/DT Swiss RR521 DB rims
Continental 4 Season 32mm tyres
Enve finishing kit; 44cm bars, 110 stem, 27.2 seatpost
Enve computer mount
Portland Design Works mudguards
Fizik saddle and bartape

Extras:
Look Keo classic pedals
Brand new Look cleats
Straight Cut custom framebag
Di2 Charger
Alternative Enve seat post clamp hardware to fit carbon railed saddles
Brand new replacement Dura-Ace jockey wheels
Brand new replacement Shimano brake pads for front and rear

Bottle cages NOT included

For total transparency, I had this advertised locally and on Instagram for £2,500. I would still like the same for it, but I will include postage from Edinburgh and cover PayPal fees.

Price: £2,400 including UK shipping and I’ll cover PayPal fees.

Haha, just clicked that the MASH you’re talking about is the same mash I’m talking about.

Rep.