GOODBYE SLASH REPAIRS HELLO PONY BIKES

Slash repairs is now defunct. After some consideration I decided that Pony Bikes has a much catchier ring, is more stealth like and more relevant to what I'm trying to achieve. So from this point on, I will no longer be publishing on this blog. I have moved the entire content to Ponybikes.blogspot.com if you cant be bothered click here Double oh is doing all my artwork and I can hardly wait! So tell all your friends and I look forward to seeing you at Pony Bikes!

SLASH REPAIRS AND SKYE'S CARBON FIBRE MASSACRE

This is Skye's carbon fibre Giant.
I always thought that carbon fibre was for wankers.
Skye's not a wanker.The thing I love the most is most people with Carbon fibre show it off.
Skye took a spray can to the sucker!
Matt Black all the way.

Cinelli Bars and Stem

FSA Vero crankset
(Check the bling of the chainring bolts)

An unorthodox use of a MTB chain tensioner.
(works fine)
(you have to run a chain tensioner of some sort with road bikes that you want to turn into a singlespeed that don't have horizontal dropouts)

Wheels Manufacturing singlespeed spacer kit for cassette hubs

Finish it off with DMR V8 pedals, Velocity Wheelset, Vittoria Rubino tyres
And you got this...

(Kashimax replica saddle for photo shoot only)

I like it... I like it alot

SLASH REPAIRS AND MARC'S FIXIE... WHEN ART AND BIKES COLLIDE

This is Marc's fixie.

This is what I build in 45 degree heat.
Marc is a graphic artist and painstakingly hand painted this frame.
Check out his other work here

I think they're slugs... nothing sluggish about this bike though!

The chainring was raw metal and looked ugly, so I polished it.
Novatec hubs on Alex rims.. a cheaper version of velocity.
Oddysey pitbull brake lever, cheap cheng shin calliper cause it needed a long drop, vittoria rubino tyres, oury grips, bbb seatpost, generic riser handlebars and stem. The diamond back bmx saddle was just for the photo shoot.

Nice tight ride this one... my size too.

I hope Marc likes it cause your seeing it before he does.
(P.S. it just started to rain,
that should cool things down a bit,
it's getting mighty hot around here)

SLASH REPAIRS AND TIFFS BIANCHI

This is Tiffs Bianchi
After much deliberation it finally got built.White powder coated bars from Dan at Shifter Bikes

It's a sticker not a badge, but it's still sexy

The girl's picked up this saddle on their road trip, apparently this guy on the central coast of NSW has heaps of new old stock of rad 80's BMX bits (Check out my shop photos for the kashimax saddles)

Do I really need to tell you how beautiful this is?Yep... I like this one... Damn I wish I weren't so tall!

SLASH REPAIRS AND CAMPAGNOLO PISTA HUBS

Told you about these hubs a few posts back,
picked them up for a ridiculously cheap price at the Brunswick Velodrome Swap Meet.

Have spent the last few days polishing.
At first I was using 800 and 1200 wet and dry sandpaper and Autosol.
Then I switched to a dental lathe and a jewellers polishing compound.
This is what they look like now.

Can't wait to build them,
and have also decided I can't sell them.
Going to put them into my Olmo.

The next job is restoring an old steel framed Peugeot roadie that has seen far better days.

It's alright darling, I'll look after you.

Stay tuned for the results.

SLASH REPAIRS AND SYDNEY AND SLASH REPAIRS

I went back to my hometown of Sydney on the weekend to see Grace Jones. She was amazing!

Alot of people asked what my shop was like.

This is it

And this
(they're also wheels, check Cat's yellow tuffs! Tres old skool)

This is also my shop
(in black and white)

This is my shop wall with the hole in it
(adds character!)
(the frames are some goodies from double oh two except for the olmo, thats mine)

This is like letting a kid loose in a candy store
(it's also my shop)

This is double oh's conti
(in my shop)
(and that's my pony, I always wanted a pony)

This is how you know you've found the placeLots of exciting things coming up including building the Conti and I'm still having fun polishing them hubs. See you soon

SLASH REPAIRS AND CAMPAGNOLO PISTA HUBS

Picked up a pair of these at Brunswick Velodrome Swap Meet. At the moment am developing a relationship with 800 and 1200 wet and dry sandpaper and Autosol. Gonna build em into Velocity Deep V's. 32 holes. Start your bidding, or I may just keep them for myself. The front's been done and looks DOPE! Show you when they're done

SLASH REPAIRS AND SHELBY'S TRI BIKE

This is Shelby's Triathalon Bike.

Apparently she used to do them...

Not any more.

We were going to turn it into a single speed...

Then I found out about Regina Extra
(and the fact that she lives in Geelong and it's hilly)

It's a cluster


For those of you that don't know cluster's are a series of cogs that run on a pawl mechanism that screws on to your hub and are made rather cheaply. This is where Regina did things a little differently. They were around in road racing way back and the whole cluster can be personally tailored to your needs (strength). After doing a little research I found out that the company was Italian and merged with Atom later on and was slowly fazed out. There is a mob in England who still service these clusters and have a ton of cogs that you can buy. You can buy new old stock on ebay and the dopest thing I found out is that originals were (and are) sold in tin's that have brushes built into it to clean between races.

I can just imagine them now,

Salvatore talking to his mechanic:

"Luigi, I find the 18 tooth and 17 great for climbing, but then I want to jump to a 16 cause I'm feeling fine then bang into 13 and 12 and the race is mine"

I couldn't kill this thing, I just hope it survives the hills of Geelong for a bit before I have to think about servicing it!

Check out Shelby's ride now

ITM Bar's

DMR V8 Pedals
Vittoria Rubino Tyre's (had to run a 20 up front cause it's tight)
Colnago bar plugs (it's the fine details my friend)
I had to pull apart the shifters and reverse them to make them work.
Not entirley sure but I question whomever built this bike because it wasn't done right.
Bit of a bitzer like my dog, but the end product is fine.
Nice ride (too small for me at a 53cm) but smooth and responsive. No branding, engraving or marking's on the frame at all. Itallian bottom bracket campag headset.

I hope Shelby's happy, cause your seeing it before she does!