gairym wrote:Yeah, nice looking machine!

I've a pair of those bars but never found an occasion to fit/use 'em???

Am just at Lyon airport awaiting the arrival of my Mother-in-law (and my new Planet X 'Sl Pro Carbon' frame!!!).

So that's kind of like the postman arriving - no?

Also means I may be the first bloke in history to be eagerly awaiting the arrival of his mother-in-law :)

What bits you putting on your road frame?
I've got a Planet X nanolight with SRAM Red and Fulcrum wheels. It rides so nicely. Here's a pic (before I put the wheels on):


Nanolight by DKNWHY, on Flickr

restlessnative wrote:Cheers. I found the bars good so far though it's only had 1 outing at the weekend. 42:20t freewheel and 18t fixed when I pluck up the courage

That should be a blast fixed or freewheel. :D

Dan_K wrote:What bits you putting on your road frame?

nothing special - i've got a 105 groupset and some semi-reasonable Shimano wheels (a Merlin sale bargain) which are going on there along with some other little bits and pieces i've got laying around.

although.....now that i've got a frame that doesn't weigh a ton i'm starting to look around for some lighter components next time i upgrade anything (e.g. i just bought a pro-light carbon seatpost with 'cosmetic damage' from CRC with 70% off :D ) and so, in time, i'm hoping that it might develop into a light-ish and lovely thing.

It's going to because busy three days or so for the post man, here's today's offering:

The now legendary karrimor down jacket. It comes with a stuff sack but utility squashes into its own pocket readily enough.

http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff3 ... 214010.jpg

Large works out at 22" pit to pit. As it happens my uniqlo Gilet I'd a medium and it fits underneath easily.

In case anyone is interested in the weight & packsize.....

Here it is packed into it's pocket, plenty of scope to compress further:

http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff3 ... 214931.jpg

And for comparison the uniqlo gilet:

http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff3 ... 214946.jpg
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gairym wrote:I've a pair of those bars but never found an occasion to fit/use 'em???

I've not got on with normal drops before due to an old neck injury so I thought I'd give the midge a go as a very short reach and drop option....plus I think they look cool

gairym wrote:Also means I may be the first bloke in history to be eagerly awaiting the arrival of his mother-in-law :)

A rather light package containing a PHD Ultra vest ... bought S/H (although it looks like new) for the sum of £50 :D

Singlespeed CX just took another step towards completion:


Paul makes some jolly nice hubs by ianbarrington, on Flickr

Alpkit frame bag. Think my measurements were a bit off at the front as it's a bit bunched but at least it fits! Really like it but not allowed to use it until after Xmas as it's a present....


IMAG0416 by DKNWHY, on Flickr


IMAG0418 by DKNWHY, on Flickr

Some Carbon Assenbly paste (how much!?!?!?... Not cheap )
Also a storage container to fit in the other bottle holder I'm not using much

6 x SRAM PC971 chains from On One; knocking them out at £9.99 each. Should keep me going for the next couple of years.

Montane Prism jacket - hoping it's cold for El'n Back so I can sleep in it!

Roval skewers (2nd hand) for my spare race wheels, and spare rotors to get another set of wheels set up as a spare set.

Soon to be getting some winter boots - looking forward to that!

The post man came with some bits yesterday ... I added them to some other bits, which resulted in this.

nice.

there's something really satisfying about throwing together a load of old bits that are laying around doing nothing and ending up with a genuinely nice (and dirt cheap) bike.

i've got an Inbred frame laying around that needs a sniff of welding and then it'll end up looking very similar to the above.

but.....surely that seat height isn't set-up for you - either that or On-one have started doing 10" frames

but.....surely that seat height isn't set-up for you - either that or On-one have started doing 10" frames

I'm cursed/blessed with long legs and short body = small frame and long seatpost

looks nice, why the change from the orange one though? or do you now have 2 almost the same?

The kind postie dropped off a Thermarest XTherm & Haven 20 Bag, both in large. Hope it fits in my TN Argon tent. :?

My Pogies from Hotpog arrived today. They look pretty basic but ok for £20. Shame it's not looking cold enough to use them on the overnighter this weekend.

I had to Google Pogies. I know them as "muffs" but i guess Pogies sounds classier!

I like the idea of the map holder version. :D

ooh that does look handy!

Just got 3 of them SRAM chains Dyffers referred to up earlier. I only ride half as much as him!

New rear wheel arrived today. My first "proper" singlespeed wheel. Paul WORD hub, White Industries freewheel, Arch ex 29er rim, DT comps, built by JRA (always an excellent build).

pedalhead wrote:Paul WORD hub, White Industries freewheel, Arch ex 29er rim, DT comps

Lovely!

What does it weigh Mark, excl. freewheel?