Sideways Cycles

Just finished this 1×10 Salsa Vaya build with a mix of Campag Veloce, Shimano hubs, White Industries cranks etc. A comfortable cruiser was the brief – I think it’s worked out nicely.

Singular Sam just popped in with a prototype Osprey – the new road bike. Looks lovely and in standard form should be £530ish for frame and 1″ fork (ahead or threaded). The superb looking special edition with chrome dropouts and stays is an extra few quid, but well worth it judging by the looks of this…

Dropout detail…

Headbadge!

Ron from IF is due this morning with a Rapha signature bike. He’s on a flying visit before the Paris-Roubaix, pop in and say hi if you’re nearby this morning.

Nice man brings me a Tranny to put together, looks good to me!

Phil Wood SS hubs in red, on 819’s running Schwalbe tubeless.

Coming soon.

It can be done. Take your Internal headset bike and make sure it has a 44mm I.D…

Then get a 44mm headset whcih takes 1.5″ steerers, there’s a few available, but Nukeproof is easy to get. You need to reduce the throat length of the headset to suit the inset depth on your frame though, as no one in the entire universe has a reaming tool to fit these frames!

Bosh it all together and voila – fat forks in a skinny bike. Easy!

Here’s a Swift I just put together with 8spd Alfine. Sweet!

Someone saw my Ripper and decided he wanted one of his very own – here it is!

Finally finished building the looptail – it’s awesome!