And today I did......

[RobMac]

Anthony is your man as to the why's and wherefors of sizing- nice score anyway.

Yeah I met the man last night so to speak

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[mikee]

thats nice rob

built for october ?

 

[RobMac]

No I dont think so, its gonna be my daily ride.

I think its gonna be a Zaskar for October

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[Rumble]

Last week I took delivery of a NOS Muddy Fox Challenger (in a fetching purple) to build up into a commuter bike for around town and a bit of road training on.

Today I took delivery of a Mongoose IBOC Comp frame and fork from ebay (won for a whopping £2.0 to build up into a commuter bike for around town and a bit of road training on.

To satisfy my token rule that each bike has to be slightly different I'm thinking about putting the 700c wheels from my road bike (which I'm about to upgrade) on one of them.

Does anyone know if there's anything I can use to convert the canti studs to run 700c wheels? If not one of them may become fixed or a full-time turbo trainer bike. Thinking about it - will I have problems with the dropout widths as well?

 

[Mr Panda]

Last week I took delivery of a NOS Muddy Fox Challenger (in a fetching purple) to build up into a commuter bike for around town and a bit of road training on.

Today I took delivery of a Mongoose IBOC Comp frame and fork from ebay (won for a whopping £2.0 to build up into a commuter bike for around town and a bit of road training on.

To satisfy my token rule that each bike has to be slightly different I'm thinking about putting the 700c wheels from my road bike (which I'm about to upgrade) on one of them.

Does anyone know if there's anything I can use to convert the canti studs to run 700c wheels? If not one of them may become fixed or a full-time turbo trainer bike. Thinking about it - will I have problems with the dropout widths as well?

On a road frame you can use a drop bolt to alter the position of caliper so it fits 700C wheels instead of 27" jobs. Not aware of anything which suits your requirement - unless you can get different brake arms with slightly varied arm lengths :?

Unless you get the studs removed and repositioned but that's rather drastic :twisted:

 

[velomaniac]

Rumble, you need 2 of these That'll sort your 700c canti mount issue.

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-Mavic-Mavic-Caliper-Adjusters--Each-12065.htm

Today I received my on one frame less than 24 hours after ordering it :shock:

Looks good and weighs less than expected, its a rather nice metallic brown.

 

[The Ken]

they're pricey for what they are, could you not make them? pit of plate steel and 2 canti mounts.

 

[zigzag]

Today I received my on one frame less than 24 hours after ordering it :shock:

Looks good and weighs less than expected, its a rather nice metallic brown.

Metallic broon! It's a bike, not an Austin Allegro

Still want a shot though, get the parts transferred over from the iDrivel quick smart!

 

[velomaniac]

Righto ZZ, by the way I like Austin Alegro's especially the Vanden Plas model :roll:

 

[kaiser]

Good stuff Velo, looking forward to seeing what you make of it No fancy testing it on Saturday?