Mellow Velo

Not much to say about this really. Its a Velo Orange headset from the ever amazing Freshtripe. Purveyors of all things shiny and nice. VO are an American company and seem to do very well on the conversion/touring/vintage market and as soon as I got rid of the XL Fire Eye I knew this would've been the next choice. 

Obviously wanted a Chris King, but never ever had a problem with Headsets both expensive or mid-range, so can't justify the £99 price tag for a name.

Frame now been resprayed. Headset fitting tomorrow. Yay.

From 58 to a 60cm. Experiment time.

I originally ordered a 58cm frame for my LHT based on my experiences with my Surly Steamroller which I did with intentionally long seatpost and smaller frame so I can whip through traffic with higher control. And shake my fist at drivers easier.

Besides, I always like the look of smaller bikes. Big bikes looks so clumsy (like me).

But after looking at the surly lht google group and various flickr groups it seems as though the fit needs to be more precise. Makes sense I suppose, given that I'll be doing heavier mileage on the LHT and the Steamroller is my City Whip and only does about 20 miles a day. But some of the most fun I can have after a dull day at work.

Anyway, the bike frame has arrived now (a pic will come tonight) and so the parts will be ordered one or 2 parts at a time.

As mentioned before I got a Fire Eye Headset in XL and black (it was cheaper). Still wondering about it. Should I have got silver? Should it have been a Chris King ;)

THB