Current Projects chat and miscellany

Thanks everyone.

^^ is that the one with the 59cm toptube? Remember looking at it. You sure did the frame justice with the lovely build.

Yep that's the one - I saw it and knew it was the one. Quite an unusual frame I think.

^^^ I'm a sucker for red, white and blue (/purple?) bikes but that's bloody lush! I did the same trick with my Novatec hubs and Campag Veloce skewers, which have more of an old-school elegance to them as well.

Thanks, your Ron Cooper was definitely in the inspiration folder. The paint is amazing. The red is really rich and bold, and the blue sort of fades between a dark blue and purple depending on the light.
The skewer thing was annoying - lost a bit of paint from inside the chainstay. I'll look for some nice campag skewers for sure, just using one from the spares box at the moment.

^^^^^ So lovely
Silver Campag Athena?

Yep, athena 11, with a NOS (does that count?) Ultra torque crankset. Will de-logo at some point. I am used to sram, so need to get used to the shifting, but I like it a lot so far.

White tape w black saddle can be OK. ^ proof.

Ha, I spent an unreasonable amount of time deliberating over saddle colour.
The team Motorola mx leaders from the 90's had white tape and black saddles. The look great, but they have a much lighter blue, and more white in the frame so wasn't sure if it would work.
In the end the concor is just what I had, along with a black arione, but I've been finding both of those quite uncomfortable over longer distances recently. The plan was to get a flite and a white regal, and see how I get on with them.
Sort of tempted by one of these too:

That might look cack though eh?