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@Jonny69 on GT Edge Aero in Staines East Side...
Good to meet you mate and that bike is rad

loving this thread.
Here's one of my wankerbieks

Extra wankerpoints for drumbrkz and horn/garmin combo on the motocross bars

Forks look quite track-like so my first thought is that they're converted track bikes.
But bosses for shifters/bottles/cables make that less likely...
as @midlife said, rear facing dropouts were a thing on 80's TT bikes with super tight clearances but these don't look like retro-TT exotica - on balance I'd want to be convinced that they're not meticulously converted track bikes.

Agreed - track drop and mutant combo is superb
Fork graphics a little jarring but everything else is spot-on

Me too,
Judging by the little teaser pic it’s looking splendid

Judging by the jo Burt-ism I’m guessing it’s a Zinn

Can I have the Nina Simone pls.
will PM

That was a pretty legendary frame. The iron horse branded version was the one on which Dave Cullinan did a big jump between 2 cable cars and won a worlds in the early 90s (1992 mayhap)

Nice one, thanks

Back to the task in hand (i.e. selling a wheel) - I've just knocked a tenner off the price so it's £40 posted to your door (or someone else's door if you prefer)....

(I've sold mine too - now with @HalfAnOnionBhaji )

yep, Columbus Cromor - I've heard the standard 4130 is a bit porky (fine for a hardcore hardtail but a bit excessive for a roadbike)
The other option is Reynolds 520 (same price as the columbus and probably a similar weight but I prefer cromor)

Slightly limited in colour schemes so it's back to traffic grey

Quick update on this. I've decided to go with Marino and finalised the design.
ETA will be end of August as he's pretty busy

I didn't either when I got it - It looked so much like a 90's Kona the first thing I did was put 26" wheels on it but they didn't align with the chainstay dimples and were too narrow for the original fork... I think it was @young_gun who put me onto it being FGFS as he has the same frame.

Previous tracklocross guise

It’s a fgfs frame, I think it’s a subrosa or something like that. Steep headtube, epic bb height, 57cm tt and clearance for 42mm at the back. When I converted it to ss from fixed I fitted an old kaffenback fork.

here it is in situ running a 42mm tyre

Rear wheel from my SS gravel bike.
The Shimano Coaster hub - new when I built the bike so it's had a few hundred miles of off-road action.
The rim is a 700c 36H Ambrosio Balance (80's/90's 22mm V-rim in a blue anodised finish
(https://www.sdeals.com/index.php/es/component/hikashop/product/3147-ambrosio-balance-rim) also in pretty tidy condition, see detail photo
Comes with 18T Shimano sprocket and original shimano track nuts.
120mm OLN
Shipping will be via Hermes to any UK address

Remarkable.
The way the page is set-up it's like a cross between crowd funding and proper business investment, like the worst of both worlds.....
If it were "slip us $1k and you get a party bag with massive jockey wheels & a bottle of lube and perhaps one day you'll get dibs on a pointless biek" that would be one thing, but it's more like "we pocket your cash in return for a share of our probably non-existant business depending on how many future funding rounds we dilute your stake by"

A bit of a long shot but I'm looking for a toolmaker to take on a machine-shop (Milling, turning, drilling etc.) on a full-time basis.
It's a going concern, mostly manual tools, with plenty of work up for grabs (general engineering stuff for machine building in Aluminium, stainless, Delrin etc)
If you or anyone you know is skilled in the arts and with an entrepreneurial streak, the workshop is out west (Sunbury on Thames)- PM me for more details.

Love it

Generic Far East Alu from the early 00’s is my guess. Similar frames were badged up as ambrosio e.g. https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/253303/

Fir net 97

Yes, I quite like the blueness that comes through on this - more interesting than the Traffic grey but without losing the utilitarian feel

(RAL7043 Traffic Grey B)