And today I did......

[Tazio]

you got a pic of that blue riser bar taz ?


today i've done bugger all and i'm keeping it that way

I think I'm going to keep it Eck, sorry I'd forgotten our discussion.

The ones I was going to swap it for are a bit narrower than I remembered (I'd chopped them) and don't feel as comfy. The blue is pretty light though so I don't think they would go with the rest of your stuff.

 

[big.eck]

nae bother i'll give the flats a go first i think

 

[velomaniac]

Didn't get to ride Emmelle SS at Dunkeld but did today, just as well really, not a great ride. Dont get me wrong, it does what it says on the tin, perfectly rideable off road and on, it just suffers from that early UK mtb disease. The Brits and the Europeans generally didn't seem to get that an mtb was not a beefed up road bike with fat tyres. The angles are too steep, always felt too much weight was on the front end of the bike. Only good old Brit I've ever ridden is the Raleigh White Lightnin', everything else felt like the manufacturer had a mtb described to them but had never actually seen one. I have to admit the best non suspension corrected bikes are American.

So took emmelle to bits and rebuilt Trek 9500 in SS mode, it rides nice.

 

[clockworkgazz]

clockwork velo, if you ever get a chance to ride the gate sized model you will be surprized

 

[velomaniac]

I'm sure your right Gaz but they have a certain cache' that puts them often beyond my price range plus they probably didn't come in 'Gate' size.
Further the worst tankslapper I've ever seen anyone survive on an mtb was Jimi on his Clockwork during MacRetro's first visit to CV, which suggests a twitchy front end :?

 

[big.eck]

you'll just have to save some pennys up velo and find out

 

[kaiser]

Clockwork for me is the long low front and arse in air, not great either IMO.

 

[therealkw15]

Greetings people of earth, once more I am among you. Just caught up with 20 days of MacRetro-ing there.

My cycling mojo has returned now that a lot of negative sh!t has been disposed of, and my thoughts turn to Skye, and, here I go again haven't I said this for couple of years, a LEJoG or JoGLE on The Fast Tourer (to be built up).

Still too cold to go out into the garage and work, which is a shame as I have a lot part-swopping to do. The Kona will shed its thumbies to replace the stiff ones on Tufftrax 1, and the 8 speed XT Rapidfires will go on instead. The Kona will also acquire a hollowtech chainset and BB to replace the SR Suntour one that was on as a stopgap, and yield up a reasonably high spec front susser.

Meanwhile The Fast Tourer needs a bit of rubbing down/Kurust/primer/touch up at the BB shell and on a couple of bits of the seatstays, before a good clean and build up. All the bits in place bar wheels, chain, bar tape, and maybe some gear cables. It'll be a 3x8 Campag set up with the road Maguras to stop it.


fast tourer in component form
by therealkw15, on Flickr

 

[clockworkgazz]

Clockwork for me is the long low front and arse in air, not great either IMO.

not that bad in the larger size Mr K but agree they are not so comfy however the geo is not to dissimilar to the stumpie of the same era, lots of bikes were like that to give it the race feel- not a particular British thing I would say albeit apart from the cleland/overbury not many were going down the sloping top tube route- I would go for a Kona if I were you velo, a high end one is on my list.

 

[clockworkgazz]

.. fitted the cooks and the turbo to the Yo, I just need a period bar with sweep and I'll be done