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I have made some more progress. Bought two matching Diamond brand skip tooth chains so I can make up one really long one... and a 9 tooth skip tooth rear sprocket that are on there way from the USA. Plus my front brake lever arrived from the UK in record virus time of only 9 days! Almost...

Well good news! After many eBay messages, direct emails, Facebook messages and finally filing an eBay complaint I heard back from the seller of the Adler chain wheel. He sent a short message with no explanation or "sorry" and he is going to post it Monday to a fellow bicycle friend in the...

They are cool and if it was earlier in the project I would get one but I have my rim (40 Spoke), hub and spokes already sorted, so it would cost to much to change all the bits to match the hub.

Quite pissed off tonight. I can't get hold of the guy in Germany I bought the Adler chain wheel off.... I have been trying for some time, I think he might have taken my money and run. Not so worried about the money, but I wanted the damn part!!! ARRRRRRRRRG! I think I will have to look...

Made some progress with the trims for the wooden triangle pedals also... made the end trims and corner trims, but yet to make the two trims that will go on each face or drill the holes for the wooden slot screws to go in.

"New" forks arrive and I think they look great... but they need extending as they are from a 26 inch wheeled bike... So I have made an aluminium template and I will grind out a couple of pieces tomorrow from 5mm steel plate and extend the round bracing over the join to make it strong. I have...

Oh it will NEVER end...... had a mate looking at the bike last night in person and he asked "so,.... are you going to make a cool Art Deco style rear luggage rack?"......... bloody hell.... I was NOT going to make one.... but the more I think about it, a Gentleman's Roadster should have...

Spoon brake! Yes they are cool looking, and would have been an option of I didn't already have the front fender in place. I have some cheap Chinese brake pads I am picking up tomorrow.... BUT I also have a nicer set on the way from France...

Looks like I am going to make my own front rod brake "stirrup" to suit the bike as I have not seen any that I like. I will buy some new brake shoes and built it up from there. I also have another set of forks coming this week to try and see if they will work.... funky Humber forks! Spend...

I am after two matching skiptooth chains so I can make up one with a length of at least 62 inches. Any brand is fine as long as they match! Thanks Gavin [email protected]

Oh that's easy.... to much time on my hands, a vivid imagination and precious little touch with reality.

I think somewhere in the transition from Path Racer to Art Deco Roadster the missed the need for a Gentleman's roadster to have a front brake.... so I thought about it today and I have decided to buy/make a rod operated pull up brake on the front wheel only. Rear has coaster brake... so to that...

Wanted a set of Kelly bars for restoration. I can rebuild anything. I am looking for something of a project at the cheaper end of the Kelly bar price scale. Looks like I am after an even smaller needle in a larger haystack in that I want Kelly No.5 bars... thanks Gavin [email protected]

That's funny, I had suggested "powerful magnets" as a joke to my girlfriend earlier today along with using dried and stretched monkey upper intestine, cushion of air and finely sanded crystal rods,... as it happens it turns out I am all out of quality monkey parts at the moment so that idea was...

A few of us talked about mounts for the pump a while back... I have decided after taping it to the frame in place, that I like to open air at each end so I now need help with ideas for a cool central mount... I was thinking of building something on the frame AND something matching on the body...

Was looking at the two reflectors I have and I think I like the long one best....

Spent most of the day tired and nodding off in my chair in the workshop whilst thinking about fender mounts.... I came up with the layout of four rods in the first pic. Second picture is the front wheel with the same three rods on the lower front fender and two supporting the upper fender. And...

Not weighted them but I am surprised how light they feel, more so as I cut out the clearance for the tyres.

The Art Deco bike is coming up in the world, literally.... popped it up on a table with a brace to hold it vertical today so I can design and fit the details like fender mounts and side stand etc etc without having to grovel on the floor! I have an further mock up! Fenders mostly sitting in...

My highest end bike is ALSO my oldest AND roughest by a long way.... 1902 Pierce chainless with full suspension, full rust and full of potential!