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petethedrummer

or Kerry King from Slayer

Doc_Savage

Lumen wrote: »

You'd need to be very good to ride it though.

or in a predator suit!

Raam

Identical

Hungrycol

What in tarnation is going on behind the saddle? Bottle cages I understand but what's all that poky outy stuff?

serendip

Hungrycol wrote: »

What in tarnation is going on behind the saddle? Bottle cages I understand but what's all that poky outy stuff?

Tack sprinklers?

niceonetom

Looks like CO2 to me. Not sure hwy they're all pointing all over the shop like that...

Is that a triple? Or just the world's ugliest double?

serendip

Hungrycol wrote: »

What in tarnation is going on behind the saddle? Bottle cages I understand but what's all that poky outy stuff?

Second suggestion.

Looks like the bike has piles!

DirkVoodoo

I saw it advertised somewhere, it holds everything, can't remember what it's called though.

levitronix

That bike aint even UCI legal !

Lumen

levitronix wrote: »

That bike aint even UCI legal !

So what - it's an IM bike, right?

Nietzschean

levitronix wrote: »

That bike aint even UCI legal !

it does look pretty awesome all the same

DirkVoodoo

Finally done! Got the headset bearings from Joe Daly's. Wrapping the bar tape around those campy shifters was one of the most infuriating things I have had to do, but it does look good when you finally wipe away the sweat and tears. Overall I think Shimano was a bit easier to setup, there are a few small errors on this build but nothing that impacts performance.

Camera out of battery so will have to make do with phone photos for now (wishing I had zipped my lip about Che's photo skills).

Caroline_ie

I m not sure there's enough red

Murph100

VERY nice Dirk, well wear, good shots from yer phone too !!

Actually yeah I remember those hoods were a nightmare, dont know how I didn't rip mine, although one of the rubber inserty/pin doodahs went bye bye the second I touched it :rolleyes:

DirkVoodoo

Murph100 wrote: »

VERY nice Dirk, well wear, good shots from yer phone too !!

Actually yeah I remember those hoods were a nightmare, dont know how I didn't rip mine, although one of the rubber inserty/pin doodahs went bye bye the second I touched it :rolleyes:

I ended up cutting sections out of the tape to make a hole for the rubber tabs, it wasn't pretty but it stopped the tape bunching up and also blocking the tabs which made the base of the grips lumpy and uncomfortable.

Ugh, never again! That tape will be there for a long time!

copacetic

Caroline_ie wrote: »

I m not sure there's enough red

agreed, the lack of a red stripe on the cranks and stem lets it down:p

Caroline_ie

copacetic wrote: »

agreed, the lack of a red stripe on the cranks and stem lets it down:p

Lumen

Quick update now I'm almost done with the latest set of upgrades....

Currently at a shade under 6.9kg as pictured, with one cage, computer mount (but no computer), heavy pedals (light ones are damaged) and heavy seatpost (USE one is lost in post). Should be about 6.8kg once that's all sorted. No plans to weight weenie past that point, nice weight considering the deep clinchers.

DirkVoodoo

Looks really good, I like the all black look, it reminds me of the Storck Fascenario which would obviously score mucho points for weight weenyism.

Home:Ballyhoura

Unbelievable Lumen, simply stunning! :eek:

DualFrontDiscs

Looking good (to me).

A big 'Thank you' to Mr. Skeff for his patience.

DFD*

*DamnFineDesign!

Raam

Would ya ever give that kitchen a good tidy?

Lumen

DFD, are you going to get running boards or whatever they're called for the kids to put their feet on?

DualFrontDiscs

Raam wrote: »

Would ya ever give that kitchen a good tidy?

The kitchen is tidy! That's just the contents of the pannier bags

DualFrontDiscs

Lumen wrote: »

DFD, are you going to get running boards or whatever they're called for the kids to put their feet on?

Lumen, I like the idea of the Footsies, but baulk at their price. For the minute, the kids' legs are too short anyway. I might try and get some custom ones made up. I'll probably put some stubby bar ends on as foot rests as an interim measure.

DFD*

*DelayedFootsiesDeployment

DualFrontDiscs

More pics from the project time line here

I've tried to reuse everything from the original bike, or from other bits and bobs I've had hanging around, though it was very tempting to buy some nice shiny new pieces. I do think I'll stump up for a new saddle! Possibly a brown Brooks saddle. Thoughts?

DFD*

*DeltaForceDrive

pajero12

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Finally done! Got the headset bearings from Joe Daly's. Wrapping the bar tape around those campy shifters was one of the most infuriating things I have had to do, but it does look good when you finally wipe away the sweat and tears. Overall I think Shimano was a bit easier to setup, there are a few small errors on this build but nothing that impacts performance.

Camera out of battery so will have to make do with phone photos for now (wishing I had zipped my lip about Che's photo skills).

Absolutely gorgeous..well the wear!

Golfanatic

@dualfrontdiscs

definetley buy a brooks saddle itll work with that perfectly, suits that that bike perfectly and more coftorable

dreadzedan

This looks pretty cool.

dreadzedan

DualFrontDiscs wrote: »

More pics from the project time line here

I've tried to reuse everything from the original bike, or from other bits and bobs I've had hanging around, though it was very tempting to buy some nice shiny new pieces. I do think I'll stump up for a new saddle! Possibly a brown Brooks saddle. Thoughts?

DFD*

*DeltaForceDrive

cool;)