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@BernardRenault
I was looking for a small track frame when @chris_gee suggested this rather beautiful thing. It's Columbus EL and made by Andy Perks, son of the great John Perks. Although not a fixie I felt this was worthy of a restoration as with so much carbon and alloy frames about these days its nice to have something a little old school. I have a 30" inside leg so needed something hobbit sized. It's in very nice condition apart from a nasty bit of paint missing on the non drive side seat stay that will need stabilising some way as its on top of rough chrome and quite flakey.
I had the option of buying a few bits so got the wheels you see (granted not a pair) which consist of a mavic cosmic rear 700c and a Campag shamal 650c front, and a nice old campag chainset, bit ratty but with forged chainrings, I also got a simplex record copy rear mech and a suntour front. Handlebars are some cheap cowhorns but should look good. Chris was kind enough to chuck in some nice blue cork ribbon too...
This is a build on a budget as I'm broke - and my track frame budget was blown out of the water!, without adding gears into the mix but lets see how it progresses. It's a lovely thing with some beautiful fillet brazing. 0.4mm wall thickness at centre of top tube on this tubeset! The camera has bleached the colour slightly.
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