Recent content by Botty Kayer

Hawkeyes indeed :) I had a go using phone AI to get rid of some rubbish graff on the left that distracted from the main image. The main image is of course not AI generated but soon it will be hard to tell the difference.

Slight positional tweak and gave it a pic with some all black tyres and the pink lettering Shamals that probably suit the bike a bit better.... ...which also gave me a chance to try those other Shamals with my chrome-rich Bottecchia, for some more summer dazzle...

Nice, they look perfect with that frame..

Thanks, yes they are in great condition and i got a good deal on them, quite rare to come by such a nice pair in clincher form these days. I've always had a love for those wheels, as you know as ive and bought some from you before :)

Nice Team Panasonic. To give you a taster of this frame with white saddle/tape combo here's my one. I may be biased but I vote for the white saddle/tape combo, but that pic also shows a drawback of white tape.... trying to keep them looking white, bah my grubby paws!

Bike is great but I'm a Columbus Max fork fanboy and had a spare one that i thought would marginally improve front end stiffness and handling and greatly improve the looks over the original imo. Problem was steerer was too long and when cut the thread was too short. This pic shows what needed...

If this cracking weather keeps up I'm wondering if its possible to convert my shiny Shamal collection into some kind of solar array.

Unfortunately I got no reply from Martelly, so as yet no one wants to claim they made this beautiful frame I still think Martelly/Martens are the most likely makers. I'm sure the reason it has no tubing decal is because the frame is a mix of tubing. I measured the diameter of the main frame...

Modern aero bikes may be marginally quicker but thats way down the list of priorities for most. More importantly they all look like they fell out of the ugly tree smashing their face on every branch on the way down, and I'm not spending my hard earned money and time building up a dogs dinner...

Yes it's a 58cm which is at the smaller end of bikes I can ride comfortably. Love is blind and lower back issues are further down the road :) Also means the traditional stumpy Campag alu aero post won't be long enough so I'll have to use one of the longer posts from my other bikes. The alu...

...but to make up for that new addition I have added another Belgian frame to the project list. I'm about to go away for a few weeks but this lovely 90s Diamant is going to be built up with shiny silver Campag when I return. I love rowdily painted 90s frames like my Somec, so when I saw this...

I had to change the thread title as an American has entered the fleet. Just finished making it my own, it's a Serotta Colorado 3. Guess from early 2000's. Extended headtube, sloping down tube, has Serotta concept tubing which seems a mix and rides great, and to my.surprise it fits 28c tyres so...

A couple by Connor Harrington, this is called 'the duel of Bristol' and is unsurprisingly in Bristol... And this is called 'fight club' and is in Dulwich, London.

A few from Bristol this afternoon...