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@Skant
This has definitely progress from a purchase into a project so thought I'd start a thread.
I wanted to build up cheapish bike for crit races. The criteria was stiff, reasonably light and preferably aluminium. I saved up some money working over summer but missed out on the 2014 sales and none of the 2015 offerings really fitted the bill (mostly due to budget constraints). So, I started looking for second-hand options, this popped up on eBay, poorly listed and I ended up getting it for a bargain. Leaving me with a good bit of change to spend on upgrades, rollers, quick wheels, tyres etc
Wish I'd taken a photo set upon first getting it to properly document its transformation but this screen shot will have to do:
Here it is as I first got it.
I had to make plenty of changes to stretch it out to fit me and set it up as per my preferences: