Stephs' bike - update

still well pleased with how this bike came out
with aforementioned saddle
the shimano deer-head derailleur set
later known as deore
the sugino 5-pin, tiny bcd crankset from my viscount
the white 35mm tyres and hammered mudguard
not to mention the suntour ratcheting thumb-shifters
and custom artisanal leather mudflap

it's just a shockingly stylish build

100 points to your house if you can correctly identify the car in the shot above

Dubbin fetish

almost as much as I love leather saddles

I love Joseph Lyddy's Dubbin

it took this gorgeous Lamplugh spring leather saddle from this

to this 

in a matter of minutes

the top pic is how she arrived

about 10min after the second pic was taken

she looked like the first pic again

probably used about 10 separate applications before she kept

the lustre you see above.

a hairdryer on low is excellent for melting the Dubbin into the leather

Saddle from my favourite French charity

for my niece's beautiful Shogun commuter

(must take some up to date pics)

At the jeweller's

I call him that because he's not really a frame-builder

yet

and he's not just a mechanic

he makes stuff to fix or enhance bikes 

and has the tolerances of a jeweller or horologist

+/- 0.01mm is his definition of

close enough for rock and roll

he's also got a bit of a tool fetish

which I can totally understand

there's nothing better

than having the right tool for the job.

Parts organisation on a grand scale

mrs feelofsteel 

was impressed with my storage solutions 

and labelling.

been doing so much searching on eBay in French

that the words were starting to get into my head.

was also interesting to see the stuff that I accumulate most of

definitely drivetrain stuff 

Composants de Transmission

but also surprisingly brake stuff too 

Etriers et Leviers de Freins

and pedals.

Accumulation of pedals

or pedales, if vous préférez