Vitus Track Pursuit Build

Coming along nicely, the tires should look great on it.
I've managed to find a stash of these in a LBS several weeks ago, NOS and 571-23, great timing on my part..:) I can hook you up if the 20 is too skinny.
Teaser please?

I like the way you build boy. So much passion! That crankset is joy to the eyes. Keep it coming.

How is the crankset with the phil BB, dose it fit well?

Looks so clean!

How is the crankset with the phil BB, dose it fit well?

Plum straight thanks man. Massive Relief

New project completed this weekend - Saddle.

Still not sure what I'm going to run on it in the end but had a good deal on a battered Laser saddle so figured I'd try out re-covering that. Went better than expected (second time round, having ignored my own rule to measure twice, cut once…)

Saddle leather was a convenient leftover of the handlebar covers…

And (finally) the first build! Complete with maiden voyage over the weekend (...and some poorly timed hail storms)

The massive toe overlap is going to take some getting used to…luckily, it was most fun belting along in a straight line anyway!

Looks great! And rep for nicely wrapped saddle!

But dat overlap!

OH yeah boy!! it's here. Lovely as anticipated. You love that leather stitched bar wrap:).

Maybe Black double straps?

how much of a pain was it to recover that laser? i have one id like to do.

Wow, that looks great and fast.

^^I agree regarding black straps.

This is great! So happy you didn't fit the Brooks!

how much of a pain was it to recover that laser? i have one id like to do.

Not too bad depending on how patient you are... Once you've plied the original cover off you have a nice template to work from (but cut an inch or so bigger anyway). Then there's a perfect gap between the hard plastic base and the foam backing on the saddle which you have to gently pry apart to push the leather down into. I used a tyre lever to do this (metal one) and that worked quite well. First time I was a bit ham-fisted though and snarled the leather a lot so it started to tear...

The nose is a bit tricky as the rails are in the way of the area you really want to push the leather into...on the brightside, everything is quite tight once you do so I haven't actually glued anything yet and it's staying taught

+1 on the black straps! (especially because the white ones have a buckle rather than a roller thing so I'm struggling to really clamp my foot in)

unfortunately I haven't found any decent quality ones at a decent price yet...

Not too bad depending on how patient you are... Once you've plied the original cover off you have a nice template to work from (but cut an inch or so bigger anyway). Then there's a perfect gap between the hard plastic base and the foam backing on the saddle which you have to gently pry apart to push the leather down into. I used a tyre lever to do this (metal one) and that worked quite well. First time I was a bit ham-fisted though and snarled the leather a lot so it started to tear...

The nose is a bit tricky as the rails are in the way of the area you really want to push the leather into...on the brightside, everything is quite tight once you do so I haven't actually glued anything yet and it's staying taught

there is a nice leather shop near me that sells scrap sections extreamly cheap i may have to give this a try.

where's that...? I'm always having to eBay it and the quality is hit and miss

a small leather shop in Graz Österreich

Ah...eBay it remains...

+1 on the black straps! (especially because the white ones have a buckle rather than a roller thing so I'm struggling to really clamp my foot in)

unfortunately I haven't found any decent quality ones at a decent price yet...

These are pretty darn good for price and value :

http://www.kinokocycles.com/leather-double-toe-straps.html

or with the smooth leather you got going:

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/mks-fit-alpha-sprits-double-toe-straps-prod23671/

where's that...? I'm always having to eBay it and the quality is hit and miss

I've done up my 2 concor's recently.

Go down to Bricklane and on Bethnal green road, The leather shops there have offcuts for free or couple of quid depending on size , or if you'd like I still got some left over "suede leather" that would be enough for 2 saddles, that i don't need. All yours if you want.

Some tinkering and updates: I didn't get on with the Concor shape so am trying something racier. And the cages were an absolute death trap so I've rustled up some straps instead which give my feet some wiggle room when weaving through traffic.

Would like some narrower L.A.84 bars but other than that, happy days

Looks great, but please could you put the other saddle and cages on then take a nice photo?

Thanks TM. I could sell you the straps and saddle and then you can take photos of them on whatever you want ;)

Took this to Herne Hill on Saturday...would have been great fun. If they'd allowed it on! Gripes were with the handlebars (can change) and then eventually the geometry (lovely tall stem upgrade perhaps?!)

Anyone else riding pursuit frames on track these days? That was 80% of the purpose for this build so it was a bit of a disappointing morning...

I wasn't allowed to ride my pursuit (frame 24" front tho) at my local velo. Was told all bikes must meet UCI standards to be on this track.