Springtime makeover for my commuter.

[Aperitif]

Springtime makeover for my commuter.
Before.

Bargain price wheels (well they were last September - only just got around to fitting them!)
New Schwalbe Marathon+ tyres, Koolstop dual compound pads, BBB Campagnolo compatible cassette, KMC 9 chain.

Rode it for a few days and developed a terminally ill bottom bracket, so that has now been replaced with a Centaur 115mm
and, for good measure, another (chain rotation is my excuse...) KMC - but gold - to match the wheels. (How sad is that?)

Lastly, I bought some 'glow in the dark' Cinelli bar tape, last August, for the winter. Finally got around to wrapping it just as the clocks changed!
Oh - and a cheapo crank arm as I broke the other Racing T one...swapped the old black Mirage chainset...

 

[ianrauk]

that chain is far too hairy...

 

[Joe24]

Is that a triple i see


It looks nice though, i like the gold wheels

 

[fossyant]

Very bling..

 

[Aperitif]

Is that a triple i see


It looks nice though, i like the gold wheels

It is Joe - never knowingly used (in this country) either! Can't be bothered to start mucking about changing everything

Ian - you're right and I was hoping Fossy would pick up on that...

 

[Joe24]

It is Joe - never knowingly used (in this country) either! Can't be bothered to start mucking about changing everything

Ian - you're right and I was hoping Fossy would pick up on that...

Ooooooh we all beleive you

 

[Aperitif]

Ooooooh we all beleive you

Oh ok then...I only use it when I'm racing kids on their 'fixies' - evens things out a bit.

 

[Joe24]

Oh ok then...I only use it when I'm racing kids on their 'fixies' - evens things out a bit.

Do you mean, you only use your big ring, when your racing kids on there fixeds and when you take a picture of the bike?

 

[Aperitif]

Yes.No.Maybe.
You love my bike

 

[rich p]

Ape, I had you all wrong, have you got a gold necklace and a sovereign ring?

 

[Joe24]

Hes Mr T in disguise

 

[Aperitif]

Ape, I had you all wrong, have you got a gold necklace and a sovereign ring?

It's ever since I rolled into the Madeira Café in Brighton rich...I'm fine, (debatable), but the bike has gone a bit 'strange' on me...nay Campy.

PS the lamp on the back swings both ways when I take it out...

 

[fossyant]

It is Joe - never knowingly used (in this country) either! Can't be bothered to start mucking about changing everything

Ian - you're right and I was hoping Fossy would pick up on that...

Ah the triple.... I commute on a triple - it's an MTB though.

Nah it was the fluff on the chain that got me...argh !!

BTW that bike is way too blingy/nice for commuting.......

 

[rich p]

It's ever since I rolled into the Madeira Café in Brighton rich...I'm fine, (debatable), but the bike has gone a bit 'strange' on me...nay Campy.

PS the lamp on the back swings both ways when I take it out...

Ah, that's what happens when you drink Camp coffee in Camp KempTown