Monthly Archives: November 2010

Yellow bike check

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Hey dudes, been shooting my bikes in the studio this week this is what has replaced the prolite. Steel is real!
57cm Condor off ebay, custom built for a guy with Columbus keiren tubing
my old ridgida d18 wheels with suzue hubs
topline crank? Thanks justin! TA chainring 52 i think
kmc z510HX yellow chain
old stock shimano deore dx mountainbike pedals with exustar double straps, genetic cages and tioga HOT TIPS
campy seatpost new perforated concor saddle
nos cinelli stem and road bars, cinelli cork tape
conti gatorskin ultra on the front and hardshell on the rear
Rides super smooth but cranks are scary flexy so im not running a super hard ratio

super stoked on this bike

its gonna be a keeper …..unless I find a sweet njs…

Winter Bike Check

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This is my all round beater-cargo-cruiser-hungover-old timer-wet weather-cant be fucked-winter bike.
It gets the most use out of all of my bikes especially now the weathers getting worse. I had this same set up on a 58cm Raleigh tourer with canti brakes but it was a bit big and I wanted it to ride more like my last winter bike, so I wrangled this 56cm carlton off a customer who bought a new frame at the shop and managed to jam all the parts on even without eyelets or clearance for the mudgaurds and rack. Check out the bracket for the front rack, its bent under the dropouts to stop it rotating. Here’s the rundown
56cm Carlton made in England, Double butted 531 renyolds
free front wheel
3 beer swap back wheel with 7 speed shimano cassette.
28c Panaracer Pasala tyres, gumwall for retro factor.
Velo Orange wheel eyebrows p-clamped on.
Velo Orange front Porteur rack. (This thing is so good! Stainless steel and so light and strong, Ive doubled my friend on it, filled up the gas bottle, carried 2 dozen tallcans. Its expensive but so worth it.)
175cm Middleburn crank of ebay
DMR chainguide
Gusset pedals and holdfast.
shitty brakes and sweet ass diacompe ss-5 levers cushioned for comfort.
some porteur style bars from bricklane bikes
colombus stem from andy pancake shimmed to fit bars

7 speed shimano barend shifter and free suntour rear mech
controltech seatpost and beatup charge bucket saddle







Woodys Beater Bike Check

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All round good guy and SBC friend Woody sent me this bike check of his Kona. Its nice and mutant check the specs.

kona firemountain 92 (?) with trackends by superted
identity persona forks 1 1/8
shimano LX hollowtec II cranks. 38T stronlight chainring.
primo plastic pedals with wig straps
token ceramic headset
stripped salt bmx stem
marks rusted gusset 2 piecebars
deore LX v brake caliper and deore brake lever
front wheel – rattlecanned velocity aerohead 26inch 32h, laced 3X to gran comp track hub.
rear wheel – stripped velocity aerohead 26inch 32h, twist laced (i bought the wrong sized spokes!) to on one 135mm fixed/ fixed track hub
tyres – schwalbe big apple 26 x 2.0. with built in suspension if you believe the hype!
16T shimano freewheel / 16T generic fixed cog
seatpost generic 26.6 (!), rolls saddle courtest of parts box.

found the frame on ebay and as with all my bikes this was put together at minimal cost, with humble styling to make it not so appealing to londons famous bike theives!
not the fastest bike and solid as a tank, but hella fun to ride. it makes me smile everytime.

thanks mark for the rim, wheel build and bars.
thanks to alby for the forks, headset, cranks and rear hub.

cheers
woody

SBC London HQ

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Its getting cold round these parts but it doesn’t mean you cant have a good time at home.  Here’s some pics from around SBC London HQ.

Good times ahead!

Just Got a Wii. 100 pin bowling rulz.

Watch out for tattoos!

Living The Dream

20″ Mini Fix

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I’m gonna sell this soon so thought Id take some studio shot for prosperity.
The pics didn’t come out too well as I don’t know how to use a camera but they will do.
Here’s the specs
Stock cycroc frame, fork, wheels, headset and seatpost.
Turbo reissue saddle
S&M redneck light stem and fly junior racing bmx bars with ODI longnecks of course.
Unbranded 3 piece cranks off ebay (170mm) profile whippit 49T sprocket
Charge masher halflink chain
Gusset pedals and Holdfasts
13T rear cog and a 10mm Ti peg I cut down up front.





The ChCh MotoKing

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During this years E.D.H jam the rain came in the Friday before the jam, Ben Seek was showing me around town and he lead us out to John’s cycles in Briton. Needless to say the stoked levels maxed out with all his killer motos???? this shit was off the hook, the shit John was doing was next level moto biking! every bike was detailed beyond.

Ted on a Tuesday

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Went to drop something off to ted on my day off today and he showed me the cargo bike hes been working on. A bit of bob jackson here a bit of brian rourke there, a few reynolds chainstays and a healthy amount of plain gauge 4130 make this beast strong enough to carry 3 drunken friends home. I rohloff hub makes it reliable and easy to ride. and hydraulic discs mean youll stop no matter what the load.

So rad!

So RAD!!

rohloff hub

Rohloff!

adjustable dropout and discmount

adjustable dropouts with disc mounts

super wide moto bars

SUPER wide moto bars

wideload coming through

Wide load coming through!

Stoked!

Stoked!

back to work

Back to work.

SkullBikeClub’s Bike’s Second Birthday

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It’s a fucking miracle that we made it to our second birthday, Who would have thought NZ’s radest baddest and most GET’O drinking club with a bike problem could have done it. Big thanks to all the skull bike clubbers, all the booze cruzzers and all  the good times still to come. If your in NZ come along next weekend, beers are on T.White’s Bikes, SkullBikeClub for ever!!!!!

tour of ’94

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this is my Bike CHeck, there are many bike check like this but this bike check is mine.

Ah finally done with the GT pulse.

it looks like conrad’s one but with a different flair to it… i would call it ghetto fabulous

let’s list the parts quickly.

Frame/fork: GT Pulse size 53cm

cranks: sram omnium 172.5mm extra leverage for those uphills

Hubs/rim/spokes/nipples: profile 28holes with ti bolts/H+son SL42 28holes/wheelsmith double butted/porkchops gold

tires: Freedom ‘thickslick’  for that hod rod look

pedals: DMR V12 mag w/ti axles

straps: prototype Hale inc. but has been replaced by some hold fast.

seat/seatpost: charge whatever/thomson whatever 27.2mm borrowed from timothy.

stem: transition 50mm

handlebars: Easton monkeylite DH cut down to 680mm

more ti bolts to come

Berlin review

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SWEET!

I Loved Berlin, I’m definitely going back in summery time.

The roads are wide and no one cares if you ride on the footpath.

You can get 7c back for your empty bottles as they have a great recycling policy.  11 bottles = 1 beer and you can trade em at any corner shop.

Sweet record stores.

Good op shops and markets.

So many beers!

Good vibes all round.

10 out of 10 Berlin!

From The CGK

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The CGK sent me a care package.. thanks fulla’s! The pineapple lumps where amazing.  I will make sure the ‘Hi Kenny’ goes to a good home somewhere, someplace. Duncan also sent me my / his / mine / our  Real Purple (fuck grape shit) Nitto Jag stem to match my new bars and post (not pictured ).

Lost Photos

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Finally.. I found one of my memory cards from my Canon G7 point’n'shoot I used in Vietnam. Sorry dudes no biking photos, thought I would share them anyway. Enjoy! And if you get a chance, Visit Vietnam, its paradise!