My first muslauf project: Part 1

In july, after quite a lot of researching and thinking, I finally decided to convert my Rog maraton to fixed gear along with complete rebuild/repaint/refresh.

I disassembled the bicycle and started stripping the paint with lavacol.

Few days later all paint was stripped.

At this point I was very tempted only clear coat it, to capture this beautiful natural metal finish with brazed joints.

I cut and smoothed unnecessary mounts for mudguards, kickstand,...

Then I primed the frame and forks and sent them to the paint shop.

DIY Muslauf

Finally done. Thanks to Tilen's and Fortunajda's advice and contancts. And to Google of course, for finding www.sjscycles.co.uk.

Pics:

And prices:

old Rog Amater: 30 € http://www.bolha.com
sanding: 20 € http://www.peskanje-gm.si/
powder coating: 15 € http://www.belros.si/index.php
handlebars tabe: 12 € http://www.veb-company.com
seat post: 9 € Rog™
pedals: 22 € http://www.sjscycles.co.uk
rear hub (system EX) and Miche T14 1/8" hog with lockring: 44 € http://www.sjscycles.co.uk
shipping: 15 €
tyres: 30€ http://www.mimovrste.com
chain: 12€ http://www.veb-company.com
rear wheel + spokes + assembly: 55€ TREK VIKTOR MARKET, KOLESAR VIKTOR, Rožna dolina, cesta II 36, 1000 Ljubljana

SUM: 265€

Comments:

Front hog with 52 teeth and rear with 14 makes a lot of speed, but it makes it harder to stop... i have to figure out what exactly will i need for better control and more breaking power.

I hope you like it.

Takhion Replica is ready!

Photo by: John Amunét - I never stopped looking

See complete project release topic HERE, also few other pics in my site.

Somec Pista

Got new bike on road. It used to be 58cm Somec Pista. Frame was slightly crashed when I got it, and I made quite some work to shrink it on size 53cm. I just got it "ready" for Bicycle Film Festival in Tallinn.

More photos of Somec HERE

Old-school electronics bike bell

I found some old electronics in my garage and made a new ‘’noise machine’’…

DIY material: bell (broken alarm clock); ‘’jack’’, ‘’činč’’, PVC wire, hook’n’loop tape, washers…

Put everything together and you’ve made yourself an electronic bell…enjoy riding on empty streets while grooving!…

Muspaper

My first Muslauf post - a paper model of my first muslauf bike...
Photos of ''the real thing in action'' coming soon...(more for now on garage art)

Aero

Aero is ready now.

Find HIRES photo from HERE

More of it in Finnish Forum

Faster-than-light

Luggin'

Dvajset tolarjev

2011 = 24" front wheel

Rossin is almost ready

...just few small things are missing anymore.

New chainring for Rossin

I ordered two 50t rings with 144pcd from CNC-shop. It was too difficult for me to do CNC-plan

of spider hole so I machined that with hand tools. That was quite some work, I will not make

that

another tomorrow ;)

Jopo Rata (track) is ready!

More photos

Rossin is stickered!

So it means that frame is finally ready!

More photos in my SITE

Jopo update 2

Its on wheels!

Jopo update 1

9 hours hard work today and frame is finally ready!

More here.

Pripyat fixed

Today in Helsinki there were organized 'Wool Ride' for fixies.

Yesterday I realized that I dont have anymore any bike to drive in snow.
I needed to get fat tires on something... No luck, no bike didnt accept bigger
tyres. What to do? A new bike? What, in 6hours (clock was 18.00). From
my backyard, under snow I found pile of super rotten frames from 30-40's.
They all were so rotten that pieces fell off! Pripyats frame is made out of 3 different
frames, fork is from Victoria which I believe is from WW2 era. For wheels I used
"motomag" and "fourspoke" with tires I found from my backyard too. Front tire is
groovy green GoodYear made in Indonesia from year X. Pripyat was ready for
test drive at 23.30, after 40meter test run I went to sleep. Today it worked fine
all 10kilometer Ride! Fun! :)





































More Pics

Rossin Ghibli Custom Pursuit

Some months ago I got proken Rossin Ghibli frame from a friend.























Now I started to work with it.. It became Pursuit Track frame with 650c Bianchi forks.





























































Today I got my rear rim together, it still need some finnishing. Its homage to legandary Motomag rim brand:









































See more pics HERE