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Also, it seems like the rims don't have a breaking surface (why should they).
Can't quite tell from the photo, but it looks as though the front wheel has seen a brake ?
Judging by the front brake and strap hanging from the saddle (for a spare tub) I'd imagine it's seen a fair bit of road use.Great find anyway, looking forward to seeing it built up
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Yap, I'm pretty sure the front wheel has seen a brake, which would make sense given that the fork is drilled) but I don't think the rim had a breaking surface. So before I give it the rest I'd rather polish it up and use another front wheel for road use. I did some Research and found out that the crank is a very rare TA specialities Track crank from the second generation which fits a square taper bottom bracket. Unfortunately the NDS side got lost somewhen. So I either have to find a NDS arm or mount and adapt the Campy strada cranks. Judging from the TA cranks, I'm now fairly sure it's a 60s bike and not from the 70s. But I guess I have to wait till the package arrives, doing the Research on the basis of the crappy photos that I have so far is a bit of a waste of time.
http://www.pedalpedlar.co.uk/products/ta-specialites-early-60s-pro-5-vis-track-cranks
Sig_Arlecchino
Also, it remains to be seen whether the fork is drilled for a brake. The fact that there's a brake Lever on the handlebar Points in that direction. If that is not the case, I probably have to get a separate drilled fork as I don't want to kill/drill any puppies in their foreheads. Also, it seems like the rims don't have a breaking surface (why should they). So I'll polish these up and probably use an old mavic 700e with a pelissier high flange hub as a front wheel. Only Problem is that the latter is still in the Netherlands at my old place so it might take some time till I get it from there to Germany. In Addition, I think I have an old Luxe Titan steel stem at my old place in the Netherlands. I imagine that it could look really nice on this one, however, I'm not sure if it makes sense to disturb the whole cinelli campagnolo italian match/matchy theme for a French (or Benelux?) stem.