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frame: 56 x 56 cm with modern-spacing (130mm rear axle), English-threaded Cinelli bottom-bracket shell, Columbus steel forks, priced at £400, paid £200 + part-exchange, Skinny Erics Cycle Works
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single-speed / fixed,
(Summer '14: Skinny Erics)
saddle: brown Brooks B17, £32 (¬)
seat-post: 27.2mm Shimano 600, ~£35 (^)
headset: Dura Ace, ~£20 (')
stem: Cinelli, ~£35 (^)
handlebars: silver 3T drops, ~£20 (¬)
bar-tape: coloured-matched to the saddle, Brooks , £45
brakset,
brake levers: Dura Ace, with covers, £30 (^)
brake calipers: Dura Ace 7400 (via jimjamosullivan), £35
tyres: green-shouldered Vittoria Open Pave CG III (250g), £78 (¬)
wheel-set: chrome, with industrial-sealed bearings and flip-flop rear-hub, £85 (^)
bottom-bracket: Campag-compatible (^)
chainset: Campagnolo Athena 170mm crankset for a 53/19 combo, £50 (')
pedals: Time Atac, ~£45
chain-drive, cables, rear-sprocket ~£30 (^)
^ sourced from the Cycle Works, assembly, £60
' sourced from the conversion of the Yellow Pennine to geared from single-speed
¬ sourced from the disassembly of the Green Santini (pictured here)
total build cost: £1000 (components £540, frame £400, assembly £60)
approx. weight: 10.5kg
51 miles with 53 x 19 : 73.8 gear inches (25mm tyres, 700c wheels) in an attempt to be close to the 'golden ratio', 47 x 17 : 73.0 .. but discovered (Sep'14) that 53x19 is too many gear inches for me to climb steep hills, hence switched ratios - via Fitzy Cycles,
220 miles with 53 x 20 : 70.1 (which is close to the Plug classic combo, 42 x 16 : 69.6, but still too tough up hills, so switched again!)
147 miles 42 x 17 single-speed
912 miles 42 x 17 fixed-gear (mostly mid-week rides, and also a long slow DD there-and-back!)
total logged miles: 1,330
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geared,
(Summer '17: Skinny Erics)
39/53 * 12-25 (10-speed)
Campagnolo Veloce Silver 10 Speed Double Groupset, £373
(Bottom Bracket, Brake Set, Cassette, Chain, Chainset, Front & Rear Derailleur, Gear Shifters)
Mavic Wheelset on Campagnolo hubs, £100
part-exchanged for replaced components (Campagnolo Athena Chainset with compatible Bottom Bracket, Dura Ace Brake Set), -£70
total re-build cost: £503 (new components £473, assembly £100, less part-exchanged components -£70)
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new tyres to replace Open Paves after (only) approx. 1371 miles, VEE Apache, £80 + replacement inner tubes £11 = £91 (Spokeworx, Ipswich; during homeward journey from the Dunwich Dynamo XXV after suffering two punctures from a hole in the rear Open Pave!)
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future possibility,
matching blue plastic bottle cage
new square handlebars that better suit the modern gear-levers
different saddle and bar-tape (perhaps more modern!?)