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Lemag

kayaksurfbum wrote: »

Bare carbon. Microshift sti's and derailers.

How do you find them? Fancy a spare pair ?

kayaksurfbum

They are great. cant fault them.

Hermy

Lumen wrote: »

I know, I know! Remote seatpost dropper. It's a downhill bike, right?

I thought it was for a rear brake light.
How wrong I was!:pac:

gman2k

kayaksurfbum wrote: »

Bare carbon. Microshift sti's and derailers.

It needs some decals, maybe flames, and bullet holes!

TheBlaaMan

Some beautiful bikes over on Andy Hampstens website http://www.hampsten.com/bikes

How about a hand-built steel/alu bike from the '88 Giro winner for about $3000...?


though maybe not this carbon one http://www.hampsten.com/bikes/gran-paradiso

kumate_champ07

twinsen

^^^^ This is beautiful

pob1

Here are my kids , the van nicholas just came today.
Alas with the new addition the other 2 have to go for "Adoption"

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kumate_champ07

Ive two of those cranksets, both handpolished by me. the other one has a 53T and 42T Sugino mMighty Comp chainring, which are also hand polished!

I'm waiting to complete a custom groupset, so far a mixture of Shimano Arabesque, Campag Record, Sugino Mighty, Shimano 600, anything that is pretty with nice detailing, drillium etc
Ive still a problem with downtube shifters so might do some custom engraving on modern shifters and a Shimano 600 rear mech to match them in, and also have indexed shifting

gman2k

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

Ive two of those cranksets, both handpolished by me.....

Would you mind giving a bit of info on the work involved in the polishing?

kumate_champ07

gman2k wrote: »

Would you mind giving a bit of info on the work involved in the polishing?

you need a lot of time and elbow grease!
It depends on the anodizing, I usually start off with p240 or p400 wet&dry abrasive paper, I do it over a sink with soapy water. then p600 after anodizing is nearly gone, then anything finer if I can get it, 3m p1000 is great but a bit of brasso is just as good. I finish off with the brasso and kitchen paper a couple of times till all the fine scratches are gone.

you really gotta have a lot of free time to do it. forearms can hurt as you get used to it. I prefer side to side rather than circular motions, the quicker you move the paper up and down the better the results will be. soapy water helps unclog the paper. I just tear the paper to whatever size suits the job, the crank spider is the toughest part to polish

TheLaughingDog

Some of the prettier stuff in my collection:

kumate_champ07

the easiest way to remove anodizing is with a chemical bath= sodium hydroxide solution(casutic soda and water)
I dont use it for cranks anymore because it removes all of the surface, including the tapers. If you leave it in for too long you could mess things up.

best to do it outside as the fumes are lethal! I use this method for brake calipers, stems and hubs(loose bearing hubs, not cartridge kind), sometimes seatposts

Tackleberry

jefferson73

NOS 1998 DURA ACE 25th anniversary group Shimano 9speed
Ebay

petethedrummer

This guy judges readers' bikes. There are some nice looking submissions.

http://brainfartsofabiketart.com/category/bike-tart-bike-crit-ique/

Ricky91t

A dog started chasing me while I was up in Garryduff this morning.



Shame he couldn't keep up :pac:

Icyseanfitz

rabid dogs are a good way to wake the legs up alright

TheLaughingDog

jefferson73 wrote: »

NOS 1998 DURA ACE 25th anniversary group Shimano 9speed
Ebay

That's just pure filth. MMmmmmm. Filth.

Hermy

That's not a rabid dog - he just wants to say hello.:)

Daniel S

Ricky91t wrote: »

A dog started chasing me while I was up in Garryduff this morning.



Shame he couldn't keep up :pac:

She's (from the shape of her head) a Golden Retriever and looks amazingly similar to my one

Icyseanfitz

Hermy wrote: »

That's not a rabid dog - he just wants to say hello.:)

rabid dog is more exciting though
and yeah thats a retriever i have one myself (had two), lovely dogs, wouldnt hurt a fly

coolbeans

Love this bike. I am a big fan of simpler more traditional looking frames over the rather bloated and mushy looking offerings that carbon fibre vendors tend to push. Maybe it's just me

Hail 2 Da Thief

Yours for a mere €12,500

Dubba

meh, doesn't do it for me.

spyderski

It's fugly. And if it is €12,500 its extremely bad value. A similar specced canyon is around €7.5k. Would you pay €5k extra for a Cippolini frame?

TheLaughingDog

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

Yours for a mere €12,500

Did the Palligap fella pay you a visit?

corkchef

see next

corkchef

what, no pedals?

AstraMonti

If I am not mistaken i think it's appropriate to post a really dirty... mountain bike isn't it?