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Thanks dude, also need a 26.0,

GLWS

Hard to find unfortunately, i've been searching for a similar length for a couple of years now but they only seem to come up in 130mm+. Same for Tioga T-bone road stem, have you looked at/considered sim works hungry? Not seen one in the flesh but they don't look too disimilar

Any Fratello owners tried a 650b conversion?

Cheers, now with tasty matt black Kinlin/DCR's and some Salsa cowbells

Any suggestions for a good place to watch the final on Sunday? Any forum locals heading out sydenham/forest hill/cp way to watch it?

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Hey, potential dibs on neoclassic bars pending width?

Just followed a cop car doing about 30 in a 20 continually weaving over the speed bumps along with the van in front. I see this shit everyday and my road is a fucking nightmare because of the way people aim there cars over or through the gaps. Turning into my dad moment i pulled up along side him at the end of the road where everyone ends up having to wait and asked "are you supposed to do that?". "Do what" he asked. "Are you suppose to weave over the speed bumps so you don't have to cut your speed?". His response - "but there's bumps in the road?". He then said "i don't understand?" to which all i could say was "clearly".

Drive at 20 in a 20 and there's no impact on pollution due to heavy breaking and accelerating, your car won't explode when it goes over the bumps (mine hasn't), you'll have less time to wait at the end of the road/junction and you won't look like such a stupid inconsiderate cunt.

Looks great, do you not use your rear brake?!

I like the sound of this (minus blue tyres). Very much wanting a canti CX project, voodoo looks like a good starting point.

Nichola Roberts has a studio in Shoreditch, i visited her recently after digging up this thread. I can't say enough good things about her, she was excellent.

Nice project, great starting point. I've built a few bikes for my partner who's a short arse with t-rex arms. Couple things to consider, relatively low stack height of trad steel frames, as ugly as they are i'd suggest an adjustable stem so she can find a comfortable position before settling on something permanent. Toe overlap can be a problem on small frames but being geared less so than fixed. 23c tyres? Why not the fattest you can get on there (GF currently loving her 28c Gravelkings)?

Did you decide on colour yet?

If you do think about pebble grey (my preference) i'd really recommend white graphics. I had my girlfriends Fratello painted in a light grey and i wanted black graphics to match the components. Luckily i was talked into white and it looks so much better then black would of, really brings the paint to life. Anywho, just my opinion, rad projects as always.

Think i asked you about your Salsa stem sometime ago on the overground? Bike is lovely.

@HousecatHST , very nice, what size is this please?

Thanks, looks like Sigma stock them

Someone on a large blue C-track calling for a DAS as we headed down Southwark Bridge Rd - Your bike is beautiful, my skid was not.

Very nice. I know nothing about CX tyres but would like to fit some to my G/F's touring bike for more off road stuff, what size/model WTB's are they and do you rate them? Cheers!

Very nice, Resto-mod is still the nicest style, hope you can keep the steels with the CSP discs. The bikepacking mob should hit up some early VW RAL charts for inspiration, panama biege with deep red Brooks FTW!

Looks cool, pics of old VW please.

Thanks, looking for possible donor options to switch frames and keep most my components but i suspect buying a complete disc bike would be the better option.

Back and feels like I never went away! Swinley sounds ace but I'm weekend's only ATM, Saturday's or Sunday's work for you?

@BernardRenault thanks dude, it's gonna get a full strip rebuild now as it took some abuse overseas, i have a few bits that'll hopefully improve it further.

@Gaston it's a Centaur post i believe but the etched logo has all but worn off so i can't be sure. It's a lovely ti grey colour with a polished clamp section, very understated but much nicer than fully polished IMO.

We averaged roughly 60 miles a day and i'd approx i was carrying 10 kilos of stuff. The bike was great, very thankful i was able to get 28's on (running at 60psi no problems even with gear), a 12-32 might of been nice someday's but gearing was never an issue. Wonderboom speaker was a good bit of kit for tiring/boring sections!

Great project, i'm loving the functional and aesthetic development. As someone looking for a more versatile road bike i'm interested to know if you've chucked on some road tyres and done many road miles on it? Looks like it would be equally capable on or off road. Also do you feel the Avid's are a step down in performance in comparison to discs?