lowlancer Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Bought a 10 speed Morrison back in November 2011. The intention was to clean it up and hoon it as it was, which is what I did for awhile. However, the derailleur and other ancillaries were fucked/old/awful, the rear wheel had a sweet bend in it and it was generally lame, so I ended up banishing it to the garden shed for a year or so. I moved to Wellington to study some fucking more in 2012, and it soon became apparent that a bike was required post haste, as the city, where I studied and where I lived were close to one another, and it is a sweet place to burn around on a bike. I finished my year at uni (dominated, naturally), and moved back to Cambridge for the summer and began the build. First, the only remaining image I have of it as it was. This was the day I got back to Cambridge, start of November. Stripped it to bits, and got the frame coated in a nice brown/copper fleck jobbie. It's actually a colour that was popular in the 1980s for aluminium windows. Thought that might be a nice reference to its history. Cleaned and painted some stz Got some Araya 700c rims off the tard, with single speed hub and a couple sprockets attached. Put it together slowly - note Fisher and Paykel everything. Such a brand slut omg. Basically finished it today. Wanna get some grips for cold Wellington mornings and a new saddle for my ass to experience. SWEET LEGNUM BOE Probably not to everyone's taste. Not a big fan of over complicated styling. Less is More. Hate those race curved bars every cunt rolls. Seem impractical. Have the luck of a fuckwit and the head to body weight ratio of a coward so will keep it single speed for now. Don't wanna die. Gonna look at a new crank/chainring eventually too, maybe a nicer headset. Whatever, it rolls, does the job. Rolling about a 2.7 ratio which seems okay. Costs were Bike - $50 Coating frame - $80 Various parts including wheels/tyres = $200+ Total = $too fucking much. Fuck. LOL! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTERUS Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I like it, see you at nats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I'm enjoying this, less is most definitely more. Lowlancer finishes a project. High five! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Looks like some semi rake on the frame - I like that look. Are the forks mildly bent from some sweet nose dive jump or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unhuman Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Lose the rear brake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rot808 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Nice build young Eliot, nice and tidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Looks like some semi rake on the frame - I like that look. Are the forks mildly bent from some sweet nose dive jump or something? Negative on the bending, that I can tell at least. Rides true. Def not losing rear brake, be pretty stupid/foolhardy to only use one brake on Wellington hills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Looking good! Things to do now: Change to fixed, lose rear brake, angle seat properly so its level/doesnt poke you in the bum-bum, ditch inner chainring, chop bars narrow/shoulder width to squeeze through sweet gaps in traffic, get some clips & straps on the pedals, matchy-matchy handlebar grips. Don't worry about changing headset its pretty much the least important bearing on the bike (in terms of quality needed). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock-Lee Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Hah I used to work with an actual cycle courier from Vancouver. He used to laugh at chopped down bars to squeeze through traffic, they are for looks and nothing more. Admit it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Hey Mr Lee, question for ya. Rear wheel has thread on sprockets, is the older freewheel style I guess? Where does one get these from? Wanna chuck a higher toothed set on as I'm limited to 15t and using the smaller chainring (40t) at the mo, which looks shit and isn't that good a ratio for hills for my virgin legs anyway. Other issue is the actual chain "line", from chain ring back to the wheel sprocket. It's the opposite direction to what spacers will fix so I'm unsure how to remedy this. the whole wheel needs to shift "away" from the chain ring so the chain is straight. This is more thinking out loud, I'm sure I can fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock-Lee Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Bike shop will have screw on freewheels. They be cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Well I took it to bike shop. They were like WTF is this? Is a stepped thread, apparently it's some Japanese thing? He got out a cog and it was a way smaller diameter. Might take it somewhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock-Lee Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Haha guts bro. Giz diameters and i will have a search at work next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 GUTS BO I'd say they're being lazy tbh. Don't worry man, I'm not that fussed about it right now - would need to get another chain if I switched chain rings and at this stage I just wanna ride it a bit. Cheers though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Sweet bike cunt less is more for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Annnnnnnd it's broken. Went to take rear cog off to change spacer arrangement. Snapped teeth off it. And it's still on there. LOL Fuuuu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Snapped teeth wtf? Photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Got the cunt off. Basically, don't have chain whip so did the old wrap the chain around and bung it in vice jam. POS chain fucking snapped a link and with it a tooth off the cog it was wrapped around. Cue swearing. And hammer vs cog to get it off which was epic/rangi/I was wild. Best/worst part is that I can't fix the spacing issue the way I was hoping so it was for nothing. And the thread on the hub seems to be way different to anything else I can find - a lot bigger, like 1.67"? Which means a replacement cog may be a dick to locate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Oh yeah Broccoli - chopped bars haha yeah I agree but there is a point where it goes from functional to fashionable! 660mm unchopped risers feel wide in city streets. Conversely though, a hand width either side of the stem is pretty ridiculous. Somewhere around drop bar width (400-450mm) is mean. Also now its broken you can make it fixed you giant wet potato sack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Pretty sure you would have to be suicidal to commute in Wellington rushhour with a fixxy. Especially as it's just a fag balls trend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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