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Originally Posted by merziac
(Post 21511367)
Circling back for a bump on this, been commuting on this quite a bit so probably at least 500 mi. so far, 3 tilt adjustments and no clamp slippage nonsense whatsoever. ;)
Cool bike. :) |
Originally Posted by gomango
(Post 21511728)
Sounds like a success story to me.
Cool bike. :) This is one of those little pita things that seems to take on a life of its own, should be simple till its not, couple of poor outcomes and its declared a pos when all that really needs to happen is a redoubling of effort and thought to solve the problem that with proper diligence may never have presented itself. Simple or otherwise, I love a good challenge. ;) |
Beautiful bike, top to bottom !
No stone was left unturned, every detail seems to be carefully worked out. |
Originally Posted by Paul J
(Post 21384597)
I like everything but the seat post. Appreciate the desire for chrome but I wonder if you could get an aluminum post highly polished? Is the stem the VO Grand Cru?
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Originally Posted by branko_76
(Post 21604538)
Beautiful bike, top to bottom !
No stone was left unturned, every detail seems to be carefully worked out. Yep, obsessed over every single piece that went on this. ;) |
Originally Posted by Charles Wahl
(Post 21604593)
You can chrome plate a lot of materials, including aluminum. I'm thinking my favorite seatpost type (two-bolt, either Campagnolo, Suntour) fully chromed.
Any recommendation for who does good chrome on these for less than an arm and a leg? Do they do the cradles too? PS, have made several adjustments to the one on there, no slipping at all so far. ;) |
Originally Posted by merziac
(Post 21605007)
Any recommendation for who does good chrome on these for less than an arm and a leg?
Do they do the cradles too? |
Originally Posted by Charles Wahl
(Post 21605016)
My first impulse would be to go where the "bikers" go to get their hogs pimped. They'd need to be informed that this is a combination aluminum/steel affair -- I'm not sure that the process is any different (copper-nickel-chrome), but dwell time and electropotentials might be different for different substrates. I'm no electroplating expert, by any means.
I drag race motorcycles so am pretty familiar with them. We have one local place that gets very mixed reviews, I may see what they say. |
That gal is truly cool. I love the framery quirks.
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Originally Posted by merziac
(Post 21384094)
ADDENDUM
So it may be time for pitchforks and such. Andy did not build this but it was done with his help, input, guidance, special parts, sauce and his full blessing. Dave Levy of TiCycles built it after Andy changed his mind and bowed out, he originally agreed after Dave helped me convince him. And I'm certain at this point that Dave put up with far more of my nonsense than Andy ever would have, might very well have been why he bailed. Anyway, sorry for the slight of hand but there is nothing unStrawberry about this other than the plumber who put the pipes together and the two of them are very good friends so I'm good with that. 2020 Strawberry https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...3384531c86.jpg May not be your cup of tea but I put a lot of time, thought, work and of course $$$$$ into this and am very happy with how it turned out. My crappy pics, not so much. https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...21fae8ca33.jpg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...2aa393299e.jpg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...2485f674d7.jpg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...fdc2da29f7.jpg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...54d66f6a6d.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...28b055cbc1.jpg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...033a4fec10.jpg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...9876f84714.jpg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...ed877e72d0.jpg Lots more to come. Ben |
Originally Posted by jdawginsc
(Post 21627473)
That gal is truly cool. I love the framery quirks.
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