Yellow Pennine Frame

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Pennine frame (purchased May '13 from Skinny Erics Cycle Works and Ball Bearing Emporium of Hackney Wick), £160

56 x 55 cm ST / TT
Reynolds 531 Tubes / Forks / Stays
English BB
1" threaded headset
27.2 mm seat tube
120 mm rear spacing (adjusted?)
(hand re-painted with smooth braced crowns)

additionally purchased from the Cycle Works (including labour for the build) for £350,
headset, bottom bracket, crank bolts, drive-chain, rear-sprocket
brake levers and front/rear callipers (Shimano 600)
tyres (Continental Gatorskin) and inner tubes
3T 27.2mm seat-post,
cables (black), bar-tape

purchased elsewhere,
wheel-set, Campagnolo Omega Strada Harbox, £75 (FlashGordon)
chainset, Campagnolo Athena 53/42T 170mm Crankset, £50 (TheorySwine via jimjamosullivan)

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handlebars and stem, Cinelli 63 40 handlebar with XE black 90 mm stem, £65 (50+15p&p)
pedals, Time Atac Alium SPD, £50, Fitzrovia Bikes (to go with Vittoria 1976 Eroica Leather SPD Shoes)

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initial build

a single-speed with Shimano 600 brakes, and a Turbo saddle (June ’13),

total build cost £750

389 miles as a single-speed

including the Dunwich Dyanmo,

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subsequently,

switched Turbo saddle for a used Brooks B15 Swallow, £60 (lasmo999)

purchased Shimano Dura Ace 5-speed group-set (brake levers, front/rear callipers, crankset, chainring, gear levers, headset; but without a matching seat-post), £350

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geared conversion

completed (Sep'14), courtesy of Skinny Erics,

labour to assemble and set-up, £100

additional parts, £48
new headset (Shimano)
new bottom bracket (to match the Shimano crankset)
new drive-chain, and rear cassette (5-speed)

spare parts/components, sold / passed-on,
Shimano 600 brake levers and front/rear callipers -> @FrancisEagle £35
Shimano Dura Ace headset (as it doesn't fit the frame) -> Blue Steel (~£20)
Campagnolo Athena 170mm crankset, 42/53T chainset -> Blue Steel (£50)
to be sold / passed-on,
Turbo saddle (black)

total build cost: £750 (single-speed) + £498 (geared-conversion) + £60 (saddle) - £105 (components sold / passed-on) = £1,203

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after 2,034 logged miles with a (used) Brooks B15 Swallow, the saddle rails snapped just after a steep South Downs hill climb on The Shark audax route, Apr '17

+£75 new Brooks B17 saddle (Evans Cycles)

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Eroica-look, June '17

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quetions

? frame date - 1970s ref.

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future possibility

? black toe straps for the Miche pedals (for the Eroica-look!)
? build onto the Dura Ace hubs a matching wheel-set for about £150 (rims £60, spokes £35, labour £55)
? Brooks black bar tape
? Gumwall tyres - perhaps - Continetial Classic tyres?!

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ref. crankset, chainrings in good condition, spider and arms just need a polish

oh - thank you - will update the opening post..

looks really nice how-rad. You sure have spent a lot of doe ray me though!

yeh (!), feel better about the dough/bicycle ratio for this one though,

especially in comparison to the near-ish £1k spent on a single-speed build - which is a touch on the heavy side.. possibly from the rims, need to investigate (!!)

first New Year Resolution: commit no cash-money to bicycle builds (!!)

(but it does beat paying off debt though! - bicycles being more of use than £2k less of owings!)

Absolute ridiculous spending, my 853 track frame, woundup tracks, Phil hubs, Sugino 75s etc came in cheaper than your singlespeed.

^this

"then subsequently, for £498 (including labour for the conversion),
Shimano Dura Ace group-set (brake levers, front/rear callipers, crankset, chainring, gear levers, headset, rims, all for £350)
new headset (Shimano)
new bottom bracket (to match the Shimano crankset)
new drive-chain, and rear cassette"

Skinny Eric must have a Fat wallet if this is anything to go by..

http://x.co/5VygH

:-)

impressive find for £450!, muchos vfm!!

Classic Penine Steel Framed Racing Bike
An early 1980's handmade steel framed British racing bike in absolutely beautiful condition. This bike is a "Scelta Dei Champions" manufactured in Bradford by Whitaker and Mappleback Ltd.
The frame and forks are Reynolds 531 steel tubing, adonised in red and gold with the right chain and stay fork in chromed steel. You can see the beautiful lug work. The frame is in super condition overall especially as it is over 30 years old. Down tube is 56cm from the middle of the bottom bracket to the top tube and top tube is 54cm.
Running gear is classic camagnolo of the year; a 53/42 chainset, 12 speed with genuine Campag cassette that runs 13,14,15,16,17 18 ventoux. Changer and shifters are all Campagnolo as is the head set and bottom bracket. Brake levers are campag with absolutely beautiful " Dia Compe Aero Gran Compe" calipers.
Upgraded Campag hubs with new Mavic rims. Handlebars are period classic Ambrosio " Campione Del Mondo" all u minion held is place with a really nice black cinelli quill stem. Saddle in a honey leather Brookes B17 with matching black handle bar tape.
A TRULY STUNNING CLASSIC ROAD BIKE WITH COMPONENTS THAT HAVE BEEN TO GET HER FOR MORE THAN 30 YEA THAT CAN BE USED AND APPRECIATED FOR WHAT IT IS.

looks like it might have been (much) less expensive to have bought ready-built (!), but perhaps a little less fun than commissioning a build from parts..

Skinny Eric must have a Fat wallet if this is anything to go by..

sure its been put to good use, :-)