IronHead Project

It’s hard finding the right project, not that it’s hard to find something cool to restore and do up but it’s hard finding the right piece in the right condition and at the right price! right? I had been searching for an IronHead for about a year but finally got a text from Sid one day about a guy he knew that had one, the story was it’s a 73, kick start only, and a basket case! after selling off some other toys and with cash in hand we were off to pick it up.

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Summer?!

We finally got some good weather over here so I have blown the dust off the track bike

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NOS 3ttt ergo bars from fitzrovia cycles and some pin head nuts on the front for single dlock locking up.

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Now stash the KEY somewhere so you dont leave it at home. Rubber band under the seat for now. bearings in all the allen bolts.

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For sale: Liam O’Brien frame

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So I’m jumping on this stuff for sale bandwagon with my O’Brien track frame. This is an old pic, but it’s still in amazing nick (will chuck a fresh one up this weekend).
This frame’s a one-off by frame builder Liam O’Brien. It’s made out of Reynolds 753, it’s got super tight clearances and a sloping top tube. The seat tube and top tube are 56cm.
It comes with a Phil Wood bottom bracket and Dura Ace headset.
NZ$600
I’d really like to sell it to John O’Brien, but he didn’t leave his contact details with his comment on the bike check. So, if you’re out there, get in touch.

HANSOM BIKE CHECK

This is Alex’s South African made Hansom.

Alex is a mechanic at my favourite shop in London Fitzrovia Bicycles.

This is his beater of course.

Stripped Hansom frame

Mega filed fork to fit 28c (used to just fit 23c)

zenith stem and genetic seatpost

blue concor and odi grips

sick smoked white bars off old 90′s carrera

H+son to halo wheels with everyones favourite panaracer pasala tyres

Miche cranks with SR chainring (gotta get one)

DMR V8 pedals an Ynot straps?

YBN hollowlink chain.

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Filed fork crown

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Drillium chainring

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smoked bars

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Locked down saddle

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More Hansom bike checks to come….

Selling some shit

Hey there all the loyal readers of SkullBikeClub. It’s time to sell up my Vintage Oakley collection. I wanted to offer these up to my friends first and am happy to get them handed of to a new home within the club. Message me direct if your interested in any at toowhitesoldschoolbmx@gmail.com

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NERD my ride

Bike too cool?

Nothing says 90′s nerd like barends on your commuter. Climb like John Tomac or get aero in your skinsuit.

So after a quick nerdabouthenet I found these bad boys on ebay with bonus integrated tool kit nerdpoints.

pa16-1Stashmodathon! I thought.
Having already modded my keys and tools into one I wondered what else I could fit in there.
Take that shit apart.
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The built in tyre levers are quite good so I got rid of everything else and found some useful stuff to cram in there like glue and patch’s and quick-links and how about a tire boot? Sure why not.

While your at it you might as well grind down your security skewer keys to fit in there too.

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Lets hope no thieving bastards are reading this!

 

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Job done! now where’s my helmet mirror?

But wait ! I still have the problem of no spare tube…. and no oversized seattube/steerer/stem to stash it in on this old steel frame.

So this calls for some old school ghetto style stashing.

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In the baggy it goes

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This ones called the mule.

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2013-04-12 19.41.16But in the end I went for the classic up ya bum.

Stratons Raleigh Royal

Heres Straton aka Plagways everyday comuter townie and now tourer he’s been slowly dialling in with some sick bits.

Set up now for his epic ride through Morroco over the atlas mountains and into the sahara desert for a world music festival.

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Parts rundown

Renyolds 531 Raleigh Royal

shimano hubs 105? laced to open pros

Panaracer Pasala tyres (mudgaurds are off for morroco and bigger tyres on)

shimano triple and 9 speed MTB 11-32 cassette

dura-ace bar end shifters

time atac pedals

Nitto albatross bar

TF imports stem

Paul cantilever brakes with kool stop salmon pads

VO grande crue seatpost with Brooks B17 saddle

Brooks bar tape with jelly tape underneath

Topeak XL bottle cage

Soma front porteur rack

Nitto rear saddle bag support

Carradice camper? saddlebag

Prologic carp fishing bag front

 

The Hell of the North IV – NJC!

This weekend i found myself in the unprecedented situation of being in London on a weekend and having a new road bike… what else is a boy to do but go ride bikes in the sun. So on sunday morning Andy from TFG and myself met on the lofty heights (well for london anyway) of Highgate to crash the Rapha Hell of the North. This is the fourth year the event has been run but the first time i have taken part in this not so gruelling 100km…ish ride out of london and into the surrounding countryside. As the ride is a homage to the slightly more taxing Paris-Roubaix pro race the boys at Rapha had mapped out a course taking in 22 gravé sections mixed in with some gentle rolling country lanes. To add to the good vibes the sun provided the feed station at roughly half way had the little Rapha coffee cart dispensing the black gold and delicious snacks, for free, and concluded the ride with more freebies in the form of fries and a bottle of Leffe! So with slightly heavy legs we reclined in the chair deficient pub to watch Fabian Cancellara kill it on the cobbles and take the victory on the banking of the Roubaix velodrome.      NJC

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