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If that's a quill, put a bolt in and give it a few taps with a suitable persuader.
I have this frame, although a different spec / manufacturer. Is the front brake fully internal on that fork? Would you ever look to go fully integrated with the rear as well?
As long as the drivetrain is clean...
Orbit bikes seem to be quite under-rated. A couple of years ago I got a very nice light Orbit bike with perfect Shimano 2x7 speed for £70, that served as commuter for a student friend.
Here's a picture of it inside the car. I got the mounting bracket for the forks from ebay too!
Very nice. The stem looks quite futuristic for 1983. Do you know if it's original?
That does look very nice.
The stem mounted shifters look to be easier to use than downtube.
no it isn't fully integrated.
I brought the framset only and got a local mechanic to swap all the stuff over from my broken bike. He advised against full integration as he says it puts hours of labour onto even simple jobs.
im pretty happy with how it looks anyway - don't want to look to slick as people will expect me to go fast !
Great bike though - best carbon bike Ive owned...by some distance.
...always!
That fork bracket makes a lot of sense.
They work well on the stem and are indexed so not very original. I have two other Carltons both with down tube friction shifters. The Corsa is the easiest to shift accurately though, down tube shifters were always a good reach when you planned a hill badly and needed a lower gear a bit sharpish.
Yeah, I thought the fork bracket was a brilliant idea when I first saw it, because I don't like lying the bike down. Also, Zafira B middle seats are kind of annoying because they don't lay down perfectly flat, so laying it down is a challenge. However they can slide forward, which allow me to mount it upright like in the picture with minimal wrestling to get it in!😂
I tried something similar with some timber and a pair of Delta hitches, with (unlike yourself) limited success, and so for people like myself with minimal (zero) woodworking skills, the Vergo range from Minoura is an off the shelf alternative.
I couldn't get that to work.
You are Dave Brailsford and I claim my £5...is there anything cool in the bike line you haven't got?!
I hope not.
Your setup is a lot tidier than mine, for sure! 😅
The dirt proves its used :)
Mainly what it proves is a foolish aversion to mudguards
No aversion to mudguards here. I stupidly followed the GPS and took a series of very wrong turns. Still it was a grand day out which is what it's all about I suppose.
I won this bike in a raffle from a local beer distributor just over six years ago. It's a branded version for Chicago's Goose Island Brewery, for their 312 Urban Wheat Ale. It may look like aluminium with its oval down tube, but it's a steel frame, seat post, and bar.
It is a flip-flop single speed that I run on the non-fixed side. I geared it down a little so I can climb all the local hills, and added a rear brake, toe clips, and straps. The bottle cage and pump are on a TwoFish Quick Cage Adapter, as this frame has not a single braze-on. It's a lot of fun and I've put just over
10004500 miles on it. It weighs just under 30 lb. Rear bag is a Sackville.The bike is a custom version of this $300-$400 (£225-£300) mail-order bike.
Looks like they've done a lot of other corporate branding, too. Anyone fancy an AUDI? You're automatically exempt from signalling your turns when you ride it, and other cyclists have to move out of your way.
Cannondale 2.8 Crit Frame with 105 Groupset - 11 Speed
Recently overhaul
My Spa Audax 2017 build. Ultegra, home-built wheels, running Gator Skins.
Sorry for the ungainly pose, but it decided to stand up by itself when I was doing a post ride rub down.
my 2014 Genesis Equilibrium commuter. It was originally metallic dark grey with a green and yellow stripe - I had it resprayed by Mercian; decals by Ebay.
2001 Terraliner: main transport & touring.
New winter bike! I bought this Spesh Allez Sprint Comp frame as 'new other' from a chap in St Albans in December 2020, then we locked down and it was months before I could organise to get it... Over the spring I built it up with an old Athena group I had off the commuter I no longer needed since we all started WfH, and some Pacenti rims handbuilt on nice old Campag hubs. Then we were supposed to go back to the office so I bought mudguards as a commuter, and then we didn't go back to the office after all.
Anyway, in December 2021 I signed up for the Festive 500, so I finally put the mudguards on and rode it through mud, fog, rain, fords, bridleways and tracks over the last week to complete the 500. To sum up: this has proved to be a brilliant fun bike, stiff and lively, with plenty of clearance for guards and bigger tyres, and it absolutely flies. Who said winter bikes had to be boring?
My Cannondale Synapse Neo 2 ebike.
Wouldn't be riding without it, that's for sure.
Today was a fatbike sort of day. The front tyre is studded, which makes an enormous difference on ice.
Temperature was -10 °C, and I had bare hands under the pogies.
Ribble Gravel Al, my new commuting bike for when I'm allowed back in the office. Hoping to do some light off-roading too when the weather improves.
Ribble ultra ttr
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