MacRetro chat and rides thread

[dyna-ti]

Are you chaps still going round the Pollok estate circuit ?.
Though i might join you one eve . ankle still fubar and likely to be permanent, but a little gentle exercise shouldn't cause it too much strain.

 

[kaiser]

Wednesday nighters are postponed just now Andy but reckon they'll start again soon enough!

 

[mikee]

i'll have a rummage and see what i can cobble together
starting afresh ,prolly a dale frame too

you want to sketch out some loose rules for this ,nothing too stringent tho

 

[kaiser]

you want to sketch out some loose rules for this ,nothing too stringent tho

TK? Agree it should just be for fun, it'd be hard to quantify value versus weight.

I think everything I've bought was under a tenner or from the parts bin.

 

[mikee]

dunkeld weeine rules
1 sq taper b/b only
2 at least 1 part must be "tuned"
3 weight without pedals?
4 only new stuff to be cables/chain and maybee tyres

or maybee no rules other than a spirit of the event thing

got man flu but going out to the shed ,for i am inspired

 

[clockworkgazz]

you do have a very well stocked parts bin kaiser

play it fast and loose and majority vote at end would be fair, wish I had my old dale for this :?

someone got some scales?

 

[kaiser]

I'd include pedals and maybe 90% retro, retro spirited.

 

[mikee]

you do have a very well stocked parts bin kaiser

play it fast and loose and majority vote at end would be fair, wish I had my old dale for this :?

someone got some scales?

well you got 2 months to get it sorted gazz

 

[kaiser]

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... cannondale

this was as far as I got last time. I now have a USE post and shim.

 

[velomaniac]

I need to get this straight in my head.

You guys are suggesting for Dunkeld we build a bike from our parts bin.

Does this mean our parts bin as of a set time point such as today or does the parts bin continue until a cut off of 29th January.

As all our bikes are built of parts anyway are we talking used, NOS, a max purchase price etc. Are the bikes from a similar time point, technology level etc.

Basically I feel if we dont set firm rules on this then its not really a competition. Kaiser or Mikee would probably win as they have the most stock of high end goodies.

The build off in the summer makes more sense as its a race to build a bike from the ground up in a set time. All our bikes in essence are 'parts bin specials' unless some ground rules are established.