Thanks for the kind words, guys.
Originally Posted by
juvela
more outstanding work!
thanks for sharing these finished projects non-fixie.
i'll wager you wished your train-puller was fitted with a rear mech which could wrap more than 28t so you could have built with lower gears for your recent chiantishire sojourn.
"le mystere d'orange" turned out very fine indeed. luv the colours.
do tricouleur bands indicate a cockerel land heredity?
thanks again for sharing these machines.
Surprisingly, the 36 x 28 worked well for me. I think I'm getting a little better at riding uphill.
The orange bike in the 'after' picture is actually my second try. The first build was 'meh', but the second time around things sort of fell into place, in terms of both look and feel. The previous owner, a well-known local bike aficionado, thought the frame was of either Dutch or Belgian origin.
Originally Posted by
noglider
I like what you've done with the Locomotief, @
non-fixie, and I love that it's dirtier in the after picture than in the before picture.
Taken at the finish in Gaiole last month, after a wet edition of L'Eroica. I built the bike for that event, and most of the parts are older than the frame, as I also wanted it to be an 'homage' to the race-winning Locomotiefs of the fifties and the sixties. Even the position of the brake levers is a nod to Jan Nolten, one of the team's talented riders.
