Oh yeah, thanks to Blakey for the cranks and rear derailleur, justdave for the BB cable guide and el Brado for the brake levers, bar end shifter, down tube cable guide and free wheel.
I need to stop commuting on a track bike and get me one of these.
also, i was saying to Brendan the other day, how i have noticed how many hipsters are riding fully fendered beardo bikes. My guess is that there are a lot of lurkers here, see rides like this and Blakey’s lovely steeds, not realising that all the mods here are n3rds (excluding Brendan who is a jock) and following the trend.
I call it the Blakey factor, and it is consuming inner Melbourne. I can even feel their pity as they see me on my track steed (hipster chariot).
I came home from OS and had two gorgeous Jack Taylor’s chilling in my hallway. My wife loved his tourer and kept saying if he ever sells it, I should buy it.
I have these on two bikes, but get the Specialized one instead, it has a barrel adjuster built in and avoids having to put an inline adjuster in your cable run.
Commuter Cycles in Melb can hook you up. Recessed shouldn’t matter (It’s actually drilled for lights/rack/fenders, not caliper brakes, but that’s me being pedantic), you should be able to replace the bolt / nut in the Spec one, or just drill the rear hole out to 6mm.
TRP also do one: TRP, and it comes in silver, and again you can replace the bolt/recessed nut with a longer bolt and a nyloc nut / washer.
