Hi guys,
As promised, some pics of my new frame. This is the third one,
replacement for number 2, which broke at the seat-tube/bottom bracke
join.
I did this one with Henry James lugs throughout, and Columbus Zon
tubing. It's a fairly standard fast touring bike, with 73 degree sea
tube angle, and 72.5 degree head tube angle (suits 43-45mm rake forks)
It's 55cm square.
I have some stainless HJ lugs which I've been polishing, but rathe
than use them, I just used ordinary steel ones, and concentrate
instead on getting good filler flow in the joins (through attention t
join preparation and careful heat control while brazing).
I'm fairly happy with it, and confident that this one will last. Now
just have to decide what colour(s) to paint it...
[image
http://www.littlefishbicycles.com/audax_ii_pics/bottom_bracket.jpg]
The bottom bracket. A nice, uninterrupted line of silver goes al
around the lug edges. No bubbles, good penetration.
[image: http://www.littlefishbicycles.com/audax_ii_pics/dropouts.jpg]
I put the braze-ons for the rack on the dropouts this time, instead o
on the bottom of the seat stays. That moves the rack down a little an
back as well, and looks more "normal". I'm using a Tubus stainles
rack, which is really pretty.
[image: http://www.littlefishbicycles.com/audax_ii_pics/front_end.jpg
The head lugs and downtube shifter bosses. I like downtube shifters.
[image: http://www.littlefishbicycles.com/audax_ii_pics/seat_lug.jpg]
I'm pretty proud of my seat lug. The stays join to the seat tub
rather than the lug, with a micro-fillet, done in 56% silver. No pum
mounting pads this time, as my pump rattled when mounted by the ends
so I'll do it differently this time.
[image
http://www.littlefishbicycles.com/audax_ii_pics/seat_stays.jpg]
The upper attachments for the rack, moved up about 30mm from last time
so that they clear the brake properly.
[image: http://www.littlefishbicycles.com/audax_ii_pics/seat_tube.jpg
Token stainless content - the front derailleur tab, in polishe
stainless.
I'll take more photos once it's painted and assembled.
Cheers,
Suz
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suzyj
That's so beautiful i could cry!
You must be getting faster now. Is this your 3rd frame?
Hang on 55cm??? Have you got my postal address?
hang on, I'll grab my coat. Im comin up...
PS love those diamond-bottle-bosses...
F"all-wet-now"Dutc
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flyingdutch
flyingdutch Wrote:
>
> F"all-wet-now"Dutch
Kitten killer! :
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cfsmtb
Thats's most pretty. Any chance of a pic or two of the whole thing rather
than just selected details? I don't know why, but I find unpainted frames
really esthetically pleasing...all form follows function rather than
deriving from nice paint or bolted on hardware. Plus the fact that a full
profile shot lets you take in the frame geometry and suchlike.
cfsmtb <cfsmtb.1pxgpe@no-spam> wrote:
>
> flyingdutch Wrote:
>>
>> F"all-wet-now"Dutch
>
>
> Kitten killer! :D
We modified that for annoying people in our office..
http://dt.c47.org/the_kittens2.jpg
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.dt
1996 Diamond Back 'Expert Tg' Roadie (7spd DT shifters, favourite bike!)
2004 Trek 2300 Roadie (9spd Ultegra)
2003 DiamondBack 'Criterium' Roadie (8spd Sora, rain bike)
Resound wrote:
> Any chance of a pic or two of the whole thing rather than just
> selected details?
Here's a terrible (blurry) pic of it before I added the FD boss an
rack braze-ons:
[image: http://www.littlefishbicycles.com/audax_ii_pics/overall.jpg]
> I don't know why, but I find unpainted frames
> really esthetically pleasing...all form follows function
> rather than deriving from nice paint or bolted on hardware.
> Plus the fact that a full profile shot lets you take in the frame
> geometry and suchlike.
I quite like them unpainted, too. Alas, before long though, they g
all rusty and yucky :(
One of these days I'll get my paws on a stainless tubeset.
Cheers,
PS: For Ed the wanker's benefit, my frame is proud to be gay
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suzyj
"suzyj" <suzyj.1pxine@no-spam> wrote in message
news:suzyj.1pxine@no-spam
>
> Resound wrote:
>
>> Any chance of a pic or two of the whole thing rather than just
>> selected details?
>
> Here's a terrible (blurry) pic of it before I added the FD boss and
> rack braze-ons:
>
> [image: http://www.littlefishbicycles.com/audax_ii_pics/overall.jpg]
>
>> I don't know why, but I find unpainted frames
>> really esthetically pleasing...all form follows function
>> rather than deriving from nice paint or bolted on hardware.
>> Plus the fact that a full profile shot lets you take in the frame
>> geometry and suchlike.
>
> I quite like them unpainted, too. Alas, before long though, they go
> all rusty and yucky :(
>
> One of these days I'll get my paws on a stainless tubeset.
>
> Cheers,
>
> PS: For Ed the wanker's benefit, my frame is proud to be gay.
>
>
> --
> suzyj
>
You could always just hit it with clearcoat. That way you could keep it in
all its steely glory without risking the rusty spectre of oxidisation.
suzyj Wrote:
> Hi guys
>
> As promised, some pics of my new frame. This is the third one,
> replacement for number 2, which broke at the seat-tube/bottom bracke
> join
>
> [reluctant snip
>
> I'll take more photos once it's painted and assembled
>
> Cheers
>
> Suzy
WOW! That is just gorgeous..
ali, almost speechles
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alison_b
"suzyj" <suzyj.1pxine@no-spam> wrote in message
news:suzyj.1pxine@no-spam
[...]
> PS: For Ed the wanker's benefit, my frame is proud to be gay.
Masturbation is a mortal sin and you will go to Hell for it. But why is
Susan masturbating. Women do not have orgasms anyway unless they are taking
a drug like cocaine. I urge you to think on our Blessed Virgin Mary, who
should be your example. Why not emulate Her instead of the Whore of Babylon?
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
suzyj wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> As promised, some pics of my new frame. This is the third one, a
> replacement for number 2, which broke at the seat-tube/bottom bracket
> join.
>
> I did this one with Henry James lugs throughout, and Columbus Zona
> tubing. It's a fairly standard fast touring bike, with 73 degree seat
> tube angle, and 72.5 degree head tube angle (suits 43-45mm rake forks).
> It's 55cm square.
>
> I have some stainless HJ lugs which I've been polishing, but rather
> than use them, I just used ordinary steel ones, and concentrated
> instead on getting good filler flow in the joins (through attention to
> join preparation and careful heat control while brazing).
>
> I'm fairly happy with it, and confident that this one will last. Now I
> just have to decide what colour(s) to paint it...
>
> [image:
> http://www.littlefishbicycles.com/audax_ii_pics/bottom_bracket.jpg]
>
> The bottom bracket. A nice, uninterrupted line of silver goes all
> around the lug edges. No bubbles, good penetration.
>
> [image: http://www.littlefishbicycles.com/audax_ii_pics/dropouts.jpg]
>
> I put the braze-ons for the rack on the dropouts this time, instead of
> on the bottom of the seat stays. That moves the rack down a little and
> back as well, and looks more "normal". I'm using a Tubus stainless
> rack, which is really pretty.
>
> [image: http://www.littlefishbicycles.com/audax_ii_pics/front_end.jpg]
>
>
> The head lugs and downtube shifter bosses. I like downtube shifters.
>
> [image: http://www.littlefishbicycles.com/audax_ii_pics/seat_lug.jpg]
>
> I'm pretty proud of my seat lug. The stays join to the seat tube
> rather than the lug, with a micro-fillet, done in 56% silver. No pump
> mounting pads this time, as my pump rattled when mounted by the ends,
> so I'll do it differently this time.
>
> [image:
> http://www.littlefishbicycles.com/audax_ii_pics/seat_stays.jpg]
>
> The upper attachments for the rack, moved up about 30mm from last time,
> so that they clear the brake properly.
>
> [image: http://www.littlefishbicycles.com/audax_ii_pics/seat_tube.jpg]
>
>
> Token stainless content - the front derailleur tab, in polished
> stainless.
>
> I'll take more photos once it's painted and assembled.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Suzy
>
>
Looks really spicko Suzy!
Well done!
Marty
Speaking of bike porn, but a slightly different focus ... I went fro
looking at snaps of Suzy J's work to my LBS and the guys there wer
whipping up a frame made from 853, GT MTB-ish triple triangle ... bu
w/an eccentric bottom bracket and rear spaced for a rohloff
How am I supposed to cope with that
*Pout
til
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till!
till! Wrote:
> Speaking of bike porn, but a slightly different focus ... I went fro
> looking at snaps of Suzy J's work to my LBS and the guys there wer
> whipping up a frame made from 853, GT MTB-ish triple triangle ... bu
> w/an eccentric bottom bracket and rear spaced for a rohloff!
>
> How am I supposed to cope with that?
>
> *Pout*
>
> till
ooooh. custom or one of the american SS'in brands?
(Spot, Salsa etc the lads at Spoken carry quite a bit of this. good fo
a wander/distraction when work is wearin thin...
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flyingdutch
flyingdutch Wrote:
> ooooh. custom or one of the american SS'in brands?
Custom, it was in the same bare state Suzy's is in =
til
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till!
till! Wrote:
> Custom, it was in the same bare state Suzy's is in =
>
> till
Till
you're in my part of the country - which LBS does such terrible things
Steve
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SteveA
SteveA Wrote:
> you're in my part of the country - which LBS does such terrible things?
Same guys who did this;
http://www.aliped.net/gallery/Contarino-Toure
Quantum Bicycle Manufacturers in North Perth. They have built a coupl
of bikes with the rohloffs in em.
til
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till!
suzyj Wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> As promised, some pics of my new frame. This is the third one,
> replacement for number 2, which broke at the seat-tube/bottom bracke
> join.
> one in 56% silver. No pump mounting pads this time, as my pump rattle
> when mounted by the ends, so I'll do it differently this time.
>
>
Awesome little fish this one... I bet you are as proud as, suzyj.....
she is truly a beaut
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warrwych
till! wrote:
> SteveA Wrote:
>
>>you're in my part of the country - which LBS does such terrible things?
>
> Same guys who did this;
>
> http://www.aliped.net/gallery/Contarino-Tourer
>
> Quantum Bicycle Manufacturers in North Perth. They have built a couple
> of bikes with the rohloffs in em.
>
> till
>
>
Wow!
What a cool series of pics. It's fantastic to see a beautiful bike
evolve from a collection of metal tubes.
Marty
Marty Wrote:
> Wow
> What a cool series of pics. It's fantastic to see a beautiful bik
> evolve from a collection of metal tubes.
I sure hope Suzy's shed isnt as messy as that, she may be jealou
about the jig though. who knows =
til
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till!
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 23:30:08 +1000
till! wrote:
> http://www.aliped.net/gallery/Contarino-Tourer
>
> Quantum Bicycle Manufacturers in North Perth. They have built a couple
> of bikes with the rohloffs in em.
Any idea what that large water bottle mount is?
The one in the shop photos that gets swapped out at the end for two
small/standard bottles
Terry Collins Wrote:
> Any idea what that large water bottle mount is
> The one in the shop photos that gets swapped out at the end for tw
> small/standard bottles
I dont know whose it was, but it sucked anyway, and I got my tast
minoura back STAT!
The minoura one with the slide-size and the spring neck-grabber-thing
so rocks
til
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till!
