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So, I had this frame kicking about, I was originally going to sell it, never got round to doing so, then discovered that I had grown taller and so it now fits me. I also had a rather nice Shimano Golden Arrow crankset that I'd bought, that was far too nice to butcher and fit to my fixed. Conclusion- clearly, I need to build yet another bike.
The plan is to build it up with a (nearly) complete GA group, and use it as my winter/spare road bike. Admittedly, this is probably far too good a specification for a fairly boring frame, but still.
Current status of the project is that I now have Golden Arrow dérailleurs, shifters, levers to match the crankset (courtesy of eBay), a selection of saddles that aren't currently doing much, and a set of 27" wheels- Mavic rims on Dura-Ace hubs (courtesy of EPR of this forum). I also have everything else I need to build it up (mostly a mishmash of spare bits) with the exception of the stem, bars and brakes. I'm planning on buying bars/stem of a similar vintage, or something fairly timeless like the Cinelli Giro d'Italia bars. As for the brakes, I'm unsure of whether to fit centre-pulls or not, as the frame has the fittings for them, but I'd quite like quick-release brakes.
The frame looked like this until a few days ago:
Following much paint stripping with pathetic new nitromors and lots of sandpaper, followed by much spraying, it now looks like this:
Not a particularly fantastic picture, but it's now gold with block lettering (very 70s!). It's also not faded and covered in corrosion. The picture doesn't do it justice at all.
The next tasks will be to re-fit the headset and to re-tap the bottom bracket thread as it is covered in around 35 years of muck and corrosion. More to follow soon, I hope.