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Found this Bridgestone MB-4 frame in a free pile around town. Only had some disc wheels spare so I made a disc tab and brazed it on with some silver. My brazing is a bit out of practice :( Needed more flux and better heat control to wet out better. It gets the job done though. I love building ugly bikes from trash!

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/...psav3cuvsq.jpg

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/...psa7bg3kxu.jpg

Nice. How did you go about aligning the mount and keeping it fixed in place? What gas did you use for your torch?

Mumonkan

08-19-15 04:37 PM

today was my first day running tubeless

today was my first tubeless puncture.

protip: a piece of latex glove band can be used as a tubeless rope patch

i also found this:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...b425a002c6.jpg

hate it.

cali_axela

08-19-15 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Unkle Rico (Post 18089872)

Signed up for a century ride in Mammoth this AM -- Doing it with some old friends, should be awesome! They're a bit faster than I am though but.. oh well!

The Mammoth Gran Fondo? I'm doing that too; I did it last year for the first time and it was great... super intense doing that much elevation at that altitude if you're not used to it.

50voltphantom

08-19-15 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mumonkan (Post 18091026)

i also found this:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...b425a002c6.jpg

hate it.

Awesome sauce.

Leukybear

08-19-15 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Mumonkan (Post 18091026)

i also found this:

[img]cinelli swagg[/img]

hate it.

Noice integralter you have there. Is it 1 1/8ths?

Muffin Man

08-19-15 10:41 PM

Why does that look like an integrated bar/stem combo?

Leukybear

08-19-15 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Muffin Man (Post 18092092)

Why does that look like an integrated bar/stem combo?

Because it is.

http://www.superbbicycle.com/wp-cont...ntegralter.jpg
Obligatory #****superb #****yourbandwidth

LesterOfPuppets

08-19-15 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Leukybear (Post 18092134)

Because it is.

http://www.superbbicycle.com/wp-cont...ntegralter.jpg
Obligatory #****superb #****yourbandwidth

Is that hole a cable stop? Raddest CX bars EVER!

B&W pic has no hole. must be non-CX version

Leukybear

08-19-15 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets (Post 18092143)

Is that hole a cable stop? Raddest CX bars EVER!

B&W pic has no hole. must be non-CX version

Yup, they have internal cable routing.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...s/100_0993.jpg

They're much too deep for CX nevertheless. Compact drops were never heard of in their time.

Alter pinup girls are nice though.

Muffin Man

08-19-15 11:11 PM

Those are ******.

LesterOfPuppets

08-19-15 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leukybear (Post 18092145)

Yup, they have internal cable routing.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...s/100_0993.jpg

They're much too deep for CX nevertheless. Compact drops were never heard of in their time.

You'd have to be running '70 style CX brake levers (non-aero) to use stem cable stop anyways.

hairnet

08-19-15 11:33 PM

Why would you want a bar that you can't adjust for personal preference?

Unkle Rico

08-19-15 11:44 PM

It looks cool, duh

Quote:

Originally Posted by hairnet (Post 18092173)

Why would you want a bar that you can't adjust for personal preference?

Regulatori

08-20-15 01:11 AM

I had the Klein MC2 setup on my old Adroit. It sucked not having adjustments but there was just something so cool about it...maybe part of it is the fact it's something that sits right in front of you on rides so you get to actually admire it.

Kind of like owning a functional but great looking steering wheel in a car (like an old Nardi Classic).

rex615

08-20-15 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Regulatori (Post 18092237)

there was just something so cool about it...maybe part of it is the fact it's something that sits right in front of you on rides so you get to actually admire it.

I find this to be so true on some bikes. It can be a really cool top cap or an unusual front hub. That stem/bar combo would certainly qualify.

Mumonkan

08-20-15 06:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leukybear (Post 18091809)

Noice integralter you have there. Is it 1 1/8ths?

does not haz, does not wants. uggo.

MTLriging

08-20-15 07:40 AM

Today (last night) i finished a new SS soon to be SSCX build with an old but gold steel road frame.
Them integrated routings are nice

TenSpeedV2

08-20-15 08:22 AM