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			thirdraildesignlab posted a photo:	SOMA Sparrows with elkhide done, untrimmed. The MINI Clubman S in the background is the same color as the bike. These photos document my Carpetbagger project, a fixed-gear build fitted with S&S Couplers to be used as a travel bike. The general details of the build sheet are:1. SOMA Rush frame, 56cm: stripped, coupled, then powdercoated in a color to match my sweet, sweet MINI.2. S&S Couplers: break-away coupler set to allow the bike to be packed in an airline compliant case and avoid bike shipping fees; assembled by Tom at 41303. SOMA Sparrow bars4. Odyssey finger lever5. Shimano medium reach brake with Kool-Stops6. Handmade wheels by 718c.com with Velocity Fusions and All-City hubs in bright polished silver.7. Panaracer Pasela 700x23 tyres8. Elkhide by Velo Orange, hand stitched9. Custom bar end caps made from vintage typewriter keys.10. Velo-Orange Stem and Seatpost11. Brooks Swallow, Honey12. Sugino 75 drivetrain: 72 inchgearLove it. Team Lope Tyre Clubbe

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idtop caps I Minus D Top Caps

You know, for as much ribbing as I get around the office for the marques all over the Look frames, I’m vastly a less is more guy when it comes to labels on my bikes (OK, well, there’s the CInelli)… but I have to say, many top caps are weak, I love them in the general sense that they are interchangeable in most cases, and these DO look cool. Of course, they had me at the red focal point, but still…

http://www.pedalconsumption.com/files/idtop_caps.html

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