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Fantastic looking frame, how much does it weigh being titanium?

Re: Re: I have ordered a pair of these brackets as someone was selling these for £1.97 each. At that price even if I don't use them in the conversion I can template them for the required geometry. Delivery is four weeks so I will carry on riding in between. Hoping to do the climb on bikes...

Re: Re: I have noted this and have started putting together a wish list

As a result of this I thought I better double check my adding up. The figure was correct but as stated this doesn't include the two single pivot brake units as I forgot to measure them before fitting them. I have also noticed that I have forgotten to weigh the actual tyres themselves. To be...

Re: Re: Really interesting link. This looks perfect and at the prices on Ebay its worth buying even if I don't end up using it. :D

Hi Guys A quick update on the whole bike project. I had promised to provide a final weight and price for completing this project and this is shown below. The only two parts I forgot to weigh before fitting were the two brake assembles but everything else is included in the below. I would be...

I think that while I am still building up confidence on the bike I will look at designing a disc brake conversion as this will generate the most brake advantage for the effort and design time involved. As I would rather not repaint the bike so soon after completing it I plan to look making the...

Hi Guys I could do with some advice... I am finding the brakes on the bike fine but I have looked at the dual pivot design and can see some advantages, especially around the self centring as mine always seem to end up rubbing the one side of the wheel. I can adjust it and it is fine but goes...

At present I have decided to leave the bike completely plain and just let the paint job do the work. I like the clean look of the bike and think that graphics might ruin it. Also what I put on the bike in the way of graphics?

Re: Re: I nearly brought one of those thinking it would be an interesting modern twist on the Brooks theme. However anyone in the store at the time told me not to do it as they don't flex in the same way as the leather and upkeep would be a lot harder. In the end I decided to play safe with...

Re: Re: I have been having a think as to what the next project should be and if truth be told I really don't know. The brakes seem to perform really well and a few friends have tried the bike now and they have all been impressed with it which is great. I am however thinking of two ideas for...

Re: Re: Thank you for that, thats really useful to know. I went for a ride yesterday in the forest of dean with Phil who I work with and in the end we covered 9.8 miles. I was really pleased to achieve this although it did take a couple of hours and my backside was and still is absolutely...

Thank you for this explanation, and I totally get where your coming from. I think the one part of the bike that on reflection I should have looked into more was the stem. I looked online several times during the course of the build while buying parts and I struggled to see a stem suitable...

Hi guys Thanks for the kind messages and I am really pleased with the finished bike. Went for a quick ride around a couple of streets near me and its feels great and I think it seems to brake well. I think that I really need to work on my confidence though but I suppose saddle time sees to...

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Having added the extra two links the derailleur is now moving up onto the 42t no problem at all with the clutch on and the gears are all working as planned. The chain is dropping off the 42t if you back pedal but this is due to the extreme line of the chain from the chain wheel to the 42t...

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An update... Yesterday together with Phil we popped into work as everything closed to complete some final tweaks on the bike and adjust the seat height and everything to suit me. Set up the front and rear brakes, and adjusted the cable line on the rear derailleur in line adjuster. This time...

I then finished installed the Shimano XTR inner cable and the outer housing and connected this to the derailleur. After work I then tried the shifter and the gear selection was working well until it reached about halfway up the cassette and it was starting to just starting to become noticeable...

Next came fitting the derailleur and its initial set up involving setting up both stop / travel limit screws and setting the B screw to roughly the correct position. These three tasks were easily achieved with plenty of tolerance still present for future adjustments if required. Then I...