AdamR28 Posted January 31, 2022 Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 And faster than expected, nice Forgot I hadn't posted my latest creation in here... Now with different tyres and a more "winter in the North of England usable" setup from the original build... It bloody flies too - latest ride this weekend was a smidge over 50 miles, at 9.5mph average, with 6700ft of climbing, even in the winter slop. Mad. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31511_1442861986 Posted February 2, 2022 Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 Thats sick! uff, those ewings Whats the tubing on this build? reynolds 753? and columbus Zona mix? Is that top tube ovalized 25x38? After riding it, what would you have done diferently? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted February 2, 2022 Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 Looks super clean Adam, really like it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 Thanks dudes! The tubing is 631 head tube, 853 top (20x30mm flat, 0.8-0.5-0.8, flattened from a round 25.4mm tube), down (DZB, 38mm, 0.8-0.5-0.8-1.1) and seat tubes, with Columbus stays and Columbus 44mm head tube used as a BB shell. What would I have done differently.... hmm. That's a really good question! I know it is easy to say 'nothing', but with this being the 3rd iteration of a similar type of frame / bike, and the other two having had niggles I seem to have ironed out with this one, I am struggling to think of something I would change. Perhaps I would add some head tube gussets for long-term peace of mind. Frame weight with paint (which only weighed 26g!) was 1.983kg. Bike in 'full winter mode' is a hair under 10kg. Just over 8.5kg with the rigid forks and mudguards removed. Full info here for anyone interetsed: https://www.mtbr.com/threads/diy-steel-29er-singlespeed-frame-build-arse-29er.1196810/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31511_1442861986 Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 Beautiful build. well done! Just checked out the bike forum thread. Really cool to see all process. Its always so nice to see people building bike in their own way. I've also dug into broadies videos! They're really good. Specially the alignment series. such simple way to do and to get measurement that make sense in the real world. . Are you planing on building more and getting some tooling like a jig and so on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31511_1442861986 Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 Inspired by AdamR28s post I also would like to share one of my recent builds. Its a called Vetra Chimera and its gravel bike with a classic silloutte, upright position and wide tire clearance, got some vintage parts on it. Its a bike made for long hours on the saddle and to take lots of weight around. Its a custom frame made with fillet brazed columbus tubing, custom stem and custom graphics. It took me around a month to make it, do the decals, mask and paint it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 That is beautiful work! You must be doing this commercially...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 Haven't been able to get out much this winter. -10c is about as cold as I'm willing to go for safety reasons, it's been way colder than that most mornings, -30c being the coldest this winter season, it's been a rough one. When it does warm up it's usually snowing making it almost impossible to ride even with 4" tires. But this was one of the rare days where it warmed up and wasn't snowing too hard. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31511_1442861986 Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 8:44 AM, AdamR28 said: That is beautiful work! You must be doing this commercially...? Thank you! Yes, it started as non commercial, just for pleasure but its getting up to speed this last year. Done a couple more models if you want to check vetrabikes. Still in the early stages but it has been a hell lot of fun. Also got this little guy done a while back has a tryout. Kinda of a 00's trials geo with a steep HTa. Not so keen on the steep HTa so I might just slacken from 73.5 to 71 next months. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJEHB Posted February 25, 2022 Report Share Posted February 25, 2022 New bike day! Picked up this beautiful Pace. Really nice spec. Short travel 29er is the perfect set up for my neck of the woods. Can’t wait for some laps. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) On 2/25/2022 at 3:56 PM, DJEHB said: New bike day! Picked up this beautiful Pace. Really nice spec. Short travel 29er is the perfect set up for my neck of the woods. Can’t wait for some laps. Best tuck the derailleur cable in boy, you'll catch that on a trip wire. Edited March 1, 2022 by Ross McArthur 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Super nice, I didn't realise Pace were still going 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 This happened 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 (edited) What is going on here? Heres me sending you photos of my whoopsie bike and you keep that large nugget a secret Edit: how the hell is that going on the MX5 Edited March 2, 2022 by Davetrials 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 I have many nuggets on the go You seemed so stoked with your bike build (and rightly so) I didn't feel it was my place to turn the conversation around onto something of mine. This won't be experiencing the MX5, no way it's going inside and my bike rack won't fit it. I'm selling the MX5 to get a van anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 Nice Ali, I remember when OnOne released them and thinking they're a mega deal for the mullah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 4 hours ago, Ali C said: This happened That looks a lot better than any fatbike should / has ever done before. Good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 Will it tap though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 I plan on finding out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marg26 Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 Hope you're doing a vid on it :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted March 5, 2022 Report Share Posted March 5, 2022 Fatbikes are amazing. They're kind of bad at everything but they're just so goofy and fun, I had to steal the derailleur off my hardtail to fix my fatbike. Turns out the derailleur I got with my fatbike was defective. So I was without a trail bike all last year, ended up putting a dropper no the fatbike and rode the trails on that. Had a great time! Obviously tire pressure is everything. I've ridden my fatbike at 4psi on groomed snow covered trails and at 30psi for gravel trails. The hardest thing to get used to is how they autosteer when you get going fast. Best thing about them is how amazing they are whenever you need grip, whether that's going up wet rocks on a techy trail, going through mud, even sand. And for someone like he who's never been able to afford a full suspension bike, the volume of the tires are great for absorbing the small stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 After picking up a 'proper' gravel frameset, my Inbred frame was spare again so I chucked some parts at it. Bars are off a motocross bike I had and they have a decent amount of backsweep, inboard bar ends feel like riding in the hoods on my road/gravel bikes and the 650b wheels feel pretty good in a 26" frame. The carbon Toseek forks are like wet spaghetti, super comfy but I'm a bit worried they are just going to snap so I'll probably ditch them in favour of my kinesis aluminium fork. I took it out for a gentle spin with my father inlaw and it feels really good, I'm looking forward to taking it out on some of the local trails and seeing how it performs then, it feels like a big bmx and very playful 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maintenance Justice Posted March 13, 2022 Report Share Posted March 13, 2022 @CurtisRider those handlebars are brilliant, slight whiff of repack about them with the super wide swept back profile. Proper cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted March 13, 2022 Report Share Posted March 13, 2022 5 hours ago, Maintenance Justice said: @CurtisRider those handlebars are brilliant, slight whiff of repack about them with the super wide swept back profile. Proper cool! I was really chuffed that I had remembered that I had them, they are only about £15-20 on ebay new anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJEHB Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 1:58 PM, Ross McArthur said: Best tuck the derailleur cable in boy, you'll catch that on a trip wire. Fixed it 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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