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So I bought this frame of @Hulsroy a few weeks ago, had been umming and ahhing about it for ages though and probably being really annoying. The size was pretty spot on and looked like a good project, if you haven't already seen Hulsroy's build thread, it's pretty interesting.
In short, the frame is a Sancineto which had a cracked headtube, this was removed and replaced by a 1 1/8". The frame probably isn't completely ideal for me in terms of clearances for mudguard and tyres, but definitely appeals to me on the unusual spectrum. I'm going to be building it up as a commuter / road bike, which will be fairly light weight and happy to do the odd 100 km but also comfortable with the daily grind.
This is how the frame looked when I bought it, I couldn't decide whether I liked the powdercoat or not, have to say it kind of grew on me. But in the end gave Cole Coatings a call and got it booked in with him.
In the mean time I found some super cheap Columbus Minimal forks on ebay for £35. The frame is Gara so on the weighty side and the forks that came with it were also pretty beefy, so it seemed like £35 well spent.
Bit the bullet and dropped off the frame and forks to Dan for paint last week. Went for a sparkly black wet paint, which is apparently what the new Range Rovers are painted in #premium.
It felt a little counter intuitive to be doing this just as winter is rolling in, and for a bike which will inevitably take a bit of a beating. But I haven't had a project for quite a while so this massively satisfied that gap :)