http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Pompino - new build en Fri, 22 May 2026 11:23:11 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5266#post-63530 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:56:15 +0000 ruggtomcat 63530@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>there is something about the arse ona pompino, should be to skinny to be ugly but actually thoes bony bits are fascinating... imho, ahem. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5266#post-63529 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:46:05 +0000 ruggtomcat 63529@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>phwoooor! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5266#post-56360 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:19:36 +0000 kaputnik 56360@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Instography, that bike's a beauty! Clean, simple lines, understated colour scheme. Lovely saddle. I have the same brake levers, agree they're made out of sponge cake, but then they're designed for TT builds where brakes are a bit of an afterthought. I have mounted mine back-to-front on old Raleigh Twenty bars as bar end brakes. Kinda stop you, just have to brake twice as early as I normally would! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5266#post-56359 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:15:21 +0000 Instography 56359@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah, they do end up completely different. And you also learn that you don't have as many useful bits lying around as you thought so your 'cheap' build ends up not quite so cheap. </p> <p>The brake levers are a joke. I don't know what I was thinking when I bought them a couple of years ago to put on a bike that was intended to be mainly used on a turbo trainer. But they were there. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5266#post-56355 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:08:21 +0000 Dave 56355@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Chain tug - it stops the hub sliding further forward in the dropout than you want (controlled by little screws). </p> <p>Nice looking bike! It's funny to see how extremely similar frames can end up built so completely differently (yours and mine).</p> <p>Carbon brake levers..? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5266#post-56352 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:35:43 +0000 Uberuce 56352@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sounds like it'll dance up Arthur's Seat and be an agile device in traffic. What is that clever looking device on the back cog? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5266#post-56350 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:07:53 +0000 LivM 56350@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm very tempted by a Pompetamine Alfine 11 that glows in the dark. I haven't quite justified it to myself yet though. Nice Pompino :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5266#post-56347 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:11:23 +0000 chdot 56347@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Brown is the new black.</p> <p>But there's a future for -</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/6852215329/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7148/6852215329_e6b3ef3b63.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/6852215329/">Whites</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5266#post-56346 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:38:51 +0000 ExcitableBoy 56346@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks very nice to me too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5266#post-56344 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:30:04 +0000 crowriver 56344@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5266#post-56342 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:59:46 +0000 Instography 56342@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I thought some folk might be interested in my new toy that I finished making today, having started in October. A chocolate brown Pompino frame with various bits and bobs attached. Mostly picked up the bits in sales (apart from the saddle - that was Christmas).</p> <p>I had planned to build it with an Alfine geared hub but baulked at the price of the hub and went for single speed, only with a more relaxed ratio of 40:20 than my everyday SS with its 50:16. </p> <p>The wheels make me slightly nervous with their reduced spoke count and radial lacing at the front. I've never quite reconciled myself to the fact that my entire weight is supported by little metal sticks and this isn't helping. </p> <p>Took it for a wee spin today and it seems nice. Odd enforced slowness. Might be worth an Arthur's Seat attempt. </p> <p>Some photos on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/instography/6853017997/in/photostream/lightbox/">Flickr</a> </p>