Recent content by Flat Lander

Try a Charge Spoon. Good value and surprisingly comfortable... but it does depends on your own arse :lol:

What a beaut. Upside down forks, 46t single dh chainring, absolutely great, but I can't do it justice here on the flat :( . Free bump

No? Well then this kind of semi skilled hand building will clearly apeal to you. I'm in agreement with Roberto on this one. If i caught someone welding at my worksite without proper ppe, as demonstrated at Orange, then they'd be looking for a new job. Dont see what's wrong? Then buy an...

No? Well then this kind of semi skilled hand building will clearly apeal to you. I'm in agreement with Roberto on this one. If i caught someone welding at my worksite without proper ppe, as demonstrated at Orange, then they'd be looking for a new job. Dont see what's wrong? Then buy an...

And to be inclusive for those of us RB'ers outside of blightly. This is as muddy as its gets here in Holland. Me just before the midway mark on the 38km Robbank beach challenge in mid Nov 2011.... and feeling tired

Thanks matey. No it needs regular tlc to keep it shinny, but it is riden regularly and in all weather.... :D And thanks for the compliments. Makes the fun of building even better.

My Medium re-issue is 18.5". Are sure yours isn't a small?

GM, Would be nice to see the sizing info. I've had trouble finding it. Do you a have link?

Thanks for the interest guy's. changes are; wheels QR's cassette chain brakes fork headset spacers cables tyres schrader to presta valve type inner tubes and about 1kg less weight

Indeed, that too :D

Its a USA frame so we should follow GT's guidelines. I've seen much less seat post sticking out of the frames on photos from the states than from europe. This has been a typcal trend for years. For some reason, on this side of the pond, we prefer a smaller frame with more seat tube. My...

Slojo, my pleasure. Thats what we're here for :D Enjoy the build, and place a few photo's as you go. There are a quite a few GT fans on this forum and I'm sure that they'll all follow your build with interest.

No Ti bolts, at least not yet...

Actually the bottom picture is the before image. I've gone more retro with the v brakes. The previous brakes were avid elixir's

Very good guy's. Nearly there :D although I freely admit there are a couple more differences you'd be hard pressed to see. More photos of how it used to look until last week on this link.... See page one for my bike http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... 30#1328730