Geoffrey Butler Track Circa 1970's one year to build

Been building this for about a year now. Having bought this as a frame I tried to give a modern take on what it once was.

I managed to speak to the second owner of the frame. It was bought by him second hand from a bike shop in Reading circa 1980. Raced by him on the Reading velodrome from 1980 until 1990. The paint has been confirmed as original.

Having found some images of how the bike was back then I've tried to keep the parts as close as possible to those that were on it originally. Some are modern versions of the originals. Part of me wanted to keep it off the road. But I also wanted to ride it all the time so here we are:

Frame:
Geoffrey Butler circa 1970’s 56cm
Reynolds 531
Campag Dropouts

Forks:
Geoffrey Butler
Campag Sport Headset

Crankset/BB:
Campag Record Pista 165mm 49T
Campag Record Pista BB Silver British
Izumi 1/8 Standard Track Chain
EAI Steel Cog 19T
Dura Ace lockring

Pedals:
Campag Pista pedals circa 1960’s
Christophe toe-clips circa 1960’s
Christophe 4x black leather straps

Brake:
Campag Super Record Skeleton Caliper
Zipp Tangente Cork Carbon Pads
Paul Cross lever
Campag Stainless Steel cable casing

Stem/bars:
CInelli track stem (my favourite part)… don’t know much about it? anyone know? Age?
Nitto B201aa Riser Bar (trimmed)
Zefal cloth bar tape

Saddle/post:
San Marco Concor Supercorsa (once was) Suede
Campag C Record Aero Post
Campag post bolt (original)

Wheelset
Goldtec Pro Raw F&R hub
H Plus Son Formation Face 42mm rear rim
Chinese Carbon Rim 3K matt finish 38mm front rim
DT Swiss spokes
Velox cloth rim tape
Continental 700x23c Grand Prix 3000 NOS front
Continental 700x25c Grand Prix Classic rear
Continental Supersonic tubes

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bin the crank, try transforming an early on to one ring?
But as commented the stem is v.nice........
Old Campag Strada 3 arm crank I picked up for £25, got polished £12
(Sold ebay £220)

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^ Chain's on backwards. That aside, that's not a track crank so would not be suitable for this build.

I understand the stem to be a Cinelli #2 - they were common from about 1950-1960... period correct would be an early version of a 2a alloy stem.
I think that older Pista cranks (period correct versions) would suit the frame better, but I understand the desire to go for the more modern variant.
Lovely build!

+>>>>>> Didn't you have a bike like this?

Fucks sake, stupid bloody name, some one get TS to answer me!

This is a nice build. I picked up what I think is a GB frame from the same era on the forum but it has been resprayed unfortunately. Was your front fork drilled because I have an identical looking crown on mine and it isn't. Might restore mine or just sell it

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