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Re: Does anyone here customize their bike
Posted: 25 Jun 2023, 4:08pm
by Mick F
Moulton TSR 30.
Changed the saddle.
Changed the CF seat post for alu.
Changed the STIs for DT shifters.
Changed the Tektro brake callipers for Shimano 105.
Changed the handle bars and the stem, and the steerer spacers.
Changed the tyres.
Changed the outer chainwheel 58t for a 61t.
Changed the 10sp cassette from 23-11 to 28-11 and then to 30-12.
Changed the wheels plus fitted a 3sp SA ................ and now is a Moulton TSR 90.
Changed the plastic mudguards for alu.
Changed the front hub for SP dynamo hub.
Re: Does anyone here customize their bike
Posted: 25 Jun 2023, 4:19pm
by al_yrpal
Any stickers Mick?
Sounds a bit like Triggers broom!
Al
Re: Does anyone here customize their bike
Posted: 25 Jun 2023, 4:32pm
by Mick F
Trigger's Broome eh?
Bikes are always like that.
Buy a frame, and fit what you want to it. Change what you want as bits wear out.
Not that the Moulton bits wore out, but they were crap IMHO.
Badly designed bike in the first place but the frame is ok ............. though heavy.
Re: Does anyone here customize their bike
Posted: 25 Jun 2023, 5:51pm
by plancashire
I just realised that my rear carrier was customised by the frame builder to fit the frame. I may be the only person in the world who has a Blackburn SS-1 with the arms bent upwards. He also customised the Sanyo Dynapower to fit a mounting plate on the frame. Those things used to collect crud even faster than sidewall dynamos. Thank goodness for neodymium magnets which made efficient and powerful hub dynamos possible, and blue LEDs which made bright efficient lights possible.
Re: Does anyone here customize their bike
Posted: 25 Jun 2023, 8:59pm
by cycle tramp
mattsccm wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 8:17am
Yet another post that divides us into groups.
I am not complaining actually about this. Humans group. I find it fascinating.
Newest bike in the household is the wifes ebike. That lasted a whole week before I swapped stems, pedals, and added a Brooks. Most definitely the least altered* bike we have.
*Surely a much better word .
Yeah absolutely, I would hate to call what I do 'customisation'. To do so, seems abit insulting to the talents, visions and skills of my teenage heroes, John Reed, Ed Roth, Chris Ireland (Desperate Dan's Customs) and Crazy Odgie (Anthill Customs) all of whom had the skills and intelligence that I could not hope to attain.
Re: Does anyone here customize their bike
Posted: 25 Jun 2023, 9:13pm
by gregoryoftours
Pinhead wrote: ↑24 Jun 2023, 11:00am
Same as for a car
By customizing do you mean from a bike as stock, changing bits to suit your taste appearance wise, or changing bits to suit how you would like it to fit/work/ride, or a mix of the two?
My own answer to that question would probably that I mainly build a bike out of bits that suit the function and riding style that I like. If the parts match/go together well aesthetically then that's a bonus. I hardly have any bikes that are all of mostly original spec, probably the closest is my road bike, and that's still had loads of bits changed!
I'm about to convert an old rigid Marin mountain bike into a general purpose/heavy touring bike, and nothing will survive apart from the frame! I feel a bit bad about it because it's a lovely looking bike as it is, but all of the lovely looking color coordinated bits are coming off!
Re: Does anyone here customize their bike
Posted: 25 Jun 2023, 9:30pm
by cycle tramp
gregoryoftours wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 9:13pm
Pinhead wrote: ↑24 Jun 2023, 11:00am
Same as for a car
By customizing do you mean from a bike as stock, changing bits to suit your taste appearance wise, or changing bits to suit how you would like it to fit/work/ride, or a mix of the two?
My own answer to that question would probably that I mainly build a bike out of bits that suit the function and riding style that I like. If the parts match/go together well aesthetically then that's a bonus. I hardly have any bikes that are all of mostly original spec, probably the closest is my road bike, and that's still had loads of bits changed!
I'm about to convert an old rigid Marin mountain bike into a general purpose/heavy touring bike, and nothing will survive apart from the frame! I feel a bit bad about it because it's a lovely looking bike as it is, but all of the lovely looking color coordinated bits are coming off!
Can we expect before & after photographs?
Re: Does anyone here customize their bike
Posted: 25 Jun 2023, 9:47pm
by gregoryoftours
Here are some befores:
The afters will probably be ages if my past projects are anything to go by. It seems a real shame but all of the purple stuff will go, including the fork and lovely stem.
It will end up something like this:
Re: Does anyone here customize their bike
Posted: 26 Jun 2023, 11:18am
by Pinhead
gregoryoftours wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 9:47pm
Here are some befores: IMG_20230612_112858.jpgIMG_20230612_113027.jpg
The afters will probably be ages if my past projects are anything to go by. It seems a real shame but all of the purple stuff will go, including the fork and lovely stem.
It will end up something like this:DSC01184.JPGDSC00930.JPG
NICE
Re: Does anyone here customize their bike
Posted: 26 Jun 2023, 11:24am
by Pinhead
cycle tramp wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 8:59pm
mattsccm wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 8:17am
Yet another post that divides us into groups.
I am not complaining actually about this. Humans group. I find it fascinating.
Newest bike in the household is the wifes ebike. That lasted a whole week before I swapped stems, pedals, and added a Brooks. Most definitely the least altered* bike we have.
*Surely a much better word .
Yeah absolutely, I would hate to call what I do 'customisation'. To do so, seems abit insulting to the talents, visions and skills of my teenage heroes, John Reed, Ed Roth, Chris Ireland (Desperate Dan's Customs) and Crazy Odgie (Anthill Customs) all of whom had the skills and intelligence that I could not hope to attain.
I see no problem with the question.
I have customized our two bikes
DMR coloured handlebars, stems, + seat posts, horns (air), crud catchers, coloured grips and so on
Re: Does anyone here customize their bike
Posted: 26 Jun 2023, 11:24am
by Pinhead
Re: Does anyone here customize their bike
Posted: 26 Jun 2023, 11:31am
by rareposter
Pinhead wrote: ↑26 Jun 2023, 11:24am
IMG_1503.JPG
Now the forks on BOTH bikes are the wrong way round?!
Re: Does anyone here customize their bike
Posted: 26 Jun 2023, 11:40am
by Jupestar
Yep the disc brakes on those bikes seem to be on the drive side. But handlebars are the correct.
I think the forks are the wrong way around.
Re: Does anyone here customize their bike
Posted: 26 Jun 2023, 6:17pm
by cycle tramp
Pinhead wrote: ↑26 Jun 2023, 11:24am
I have customized our two bikes
I'm guessing names like Indian Larry, Ed Roth, Kenny Howard Von Dutch, mean absolutely nothing to you?
Re: Does anyone here customize their bike
Posted: 26 Jun 2023, 6:27pm
by markjohnobrien
gregoryoftours wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 9:47pm
Here are some befores: IMG_20230612_112858.jpgIMG_20230612_113027.jpg
The afters will probably be ages if my past projects are anything to go by. It seems a real shame but all of the purple stuff will go, including the fork and lovely stem.
It will end up something like this:DSC01184.JPGDSC00930.JPG
That purple one is lovely.