Hey Mr. Hampco, nice bike. How big o tires can you cram in there? Very elegant understated paint. Chapeau to you on that one.
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Hey Mr. Hampco, nice bike. How big o tires can you cram in there? Very elegant understated paint. Chapeau to you on that one.
28mm of hot... riding, I guess, is the max on these Enve forks.
Some recent fun-ness:
http://hampsten.blogspot.com/2021/06...dy-part-1.html
Oh, this is cool. A bicycle when bicycles were bicycles. Have fun sourcing, building and riding.
Serial = approx. Q3 1989.
Looks like Avia cycling shoes?? I don't remember those.
I do recall that donning a pair of Oakleys would cause one's jersey to unzip on its own.
It's been a while, no? I've been busy, skirt in chain, etc. but time to post some pretty pictures. First up in my new rig, Il Barone, and it feels like the best thing ever and I'll have photos on the website soon.
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Built by Max:
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That Ol' French Magic - bikes we've done that were inspired by or blatant ripoffs of earlier French bikes:
https://hampsten.blogspot.com/2021/09/les-francais.html
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Whisky’s current road disk fork, what they call the No. 9 Rd fork, offers massive tire clearance in a road fork. They advertise that the max tire clearance is 32mm. That’s crazy wide for a road length fork (fork length = 367mm)! I’m not sure, but with a 650b tire in there, certainly you could go even wider. Who knows? Maybe 650b x 42mm? It does have a not-so common 1 1/4” tapered steerer though.
https://whiskyparts.co/forks/no.9-rd...ru-axle-fork#/
Some other fork data:
1.25" tapered steerers are pretty common on gravel forks - see Enve, Columbus, etc.
Enve Road Disc fork (1.25" steerer) will take a 32mm tire easily
Ditto Falz V2 rim brake fork
And I have a new frame coming - if my painter will ever finish it - that uses a Ritchey Road Disc fork, takes a 32mm tire, AND has a straight 1.125" steerer. Pictures soon, will let y'all know how well it works and rides, etc. The chain stays I'm using these days allow for a 32mm tire easily without any futzing, so that's nice.
More hotness:
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Oversize pulleys, white bar tape ... you're on all of the cutting edges!
New font on the downtube Mr. Hampco?
I'm a little embarrassed to say that i stumbled upon the lower case in our Hampsten font recently. I probably knew it was there, then forgot, but once I saw I figured it would look great on the new frame. Paul Barnes, our designer, tweaked the ascenders and descender to be more tube-friendly and it shows. Thanks, Paul!
So cool. You really get these neutral-not neutral paint colors. Subtle specialness.
https://www.velocipedesalon.com/foru...s-img_2143-jpg
Steve, you've nailed it again with a bike that instantly looks classic. Is it just my eyes or is this bike slack in the HT and ST?
And now for something a little different:
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This was a fun build - "fun" meaning, in this case, that we are NEVER doing one like this again. I'm just too old for the complicated stuff and my interest in puzzles is flagging. But pal Kevin sure loves his new bike and that's gotta be worth something, right?
Some highlights:
Welded frame for Paul Racer M brakes - when Paul says they'll work with a 32mm tire and a fender, believe him.
Front SON hub dynamo, routed internally through the fork, splitting at the crown. One lead goes to the front light, the other to the tail light via the BB shell.
Somehow (magic, maybe?) there's a USP charging port at the top of the stem for one's iPhone, electric toothbrush, microwave, etc.
This was our first flat-crown straight-blade fork - the Rando crown, we're calling it - and it was a roaring success.
Campy bar cons actually... work.
Frame welded by Erik Rolf at Alliance; all brazing - including fork - by Martin Tweedy; Kevin did the design and much of the wiring; paint by Adam at Now You're Finished; assembly by Kenny at Slug City Cycles; Steve did fenders, hair-pulling, and name-calling. Wheels by Corey Thomson.
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Some musings here: https://hampsten.blogspot.com/2021/10/relentlessly.html
I think we may have enough of these out there to equip a small pro team:
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I also loved old Cinelli bars at the time, but Nitto bars are great.
Steve,
RE: Kevin's bike up there. That "flat-crown straight-blade fork - the Rando crown, we're calling it," is that for 1" steerer tubes, or could it work with 1-1/8" steerers? Just wondering how it might pair up with my ti SB as a second fork.
Speaking of:
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Nice! Strada Bianca? I'm guessing mine will look a lot like this (steel fork, etc.), except the color, of course.
Ok, after this I swear I'm done getting new bikes: Steve's Strada Bianca, 35mm tires, Stiletto fork:
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Chunky where the rubber meets the road. Svelte everywhere else. That one looks fun as hell.
Awesome.