Monday, July 30, 2007

It finally came! and boy, it is so nice

Badger's Ferrous finally came today...steel frame with an eccentric bottom bracket.

(sorry for the blurred pictures, best viewed in small)






Saturday, July 28, 2007

seriously! how many bar-ends do you need?



There is a guy at work who cycles to work everyday on this monstrosity. He has basically bought every piece of bling kit he could afford and put it ALL onto this Orange P7 frame. (notice the Full XT groupset, Pace forks, Easton bars, Brooks swift saddle, Thomson finishing kit, Candy SL's...the list goes on)

It can be clearly seen that putting as many fancy bits of kit as you can afford onto your bike obviously doesn't mean it's going to be nice to look at, to ride...

Oh yeah, and remember don't bother cutting down the steerer tube- take up that excess space with loads over-priced Hope carbon spacers!!

Thursday, July 26, 2007



now i do like Ramussen but i found this link amusing:
i believe rasmussen

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Riding wit my dad

Superb day had, we rode just over 50miles in and around deepest Ayrshire. We had a few laughs, the weather was great, the cycling was good...what else can you ask for?

sadly, i had to come back to paint the house, but with good memories.


Here's a pic of me sporting my free Gore top and my dad flying the flag for team Banesto...Indurain eat your face off!

Monday, July 9, 2007

Alterations






Still had to sand down the edges at this point

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

new saddle time

The good thing about the Rat getting a bit of an overhaul at the moment, i've decided to get rid of the awful saddle it has been sporting for far too long and i've got a bit of time to think about what i want to replace it with.

This is one of my options:


Cutting (Butchering) the edges off a Brooks B17 to give it that aerodynamic look, also takes a bit of weight off too.


Looking to do something a bit different, needs to be old skool looking to go with my new (old) dura ace cranks.