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Opinions welcome.
I have a British 60's frame with Nervex lugs, and an Italian-made one from the 90's (with straight fork blades), so I get the inspiration. It's not an obvious pairing (same goes for the disc brakes with 1" steerer) but if you don't go too cray-cray it could work.
Don't go for chromed-only forks, they were introduced as a cost-saving measure (it reduces inventory) and once you know that it just looks cheap. If you paint the fork crown and the top of the blades then it's all good ;-) -
Interesting sounding project but quite a lot going on at the same time IMO.
Re. discs from the little i know that could be a lot of stopping power for a 1" steerer and internal routing may be an issue on skinny tubes. I'm sure someone else can give give you better advice on this though.
Out of interest what would you change about the Roberts frame? Have you considered selling the track to by the road finishing kit to see how it builds up with a new groupset? Not trying to be negative but I guess I always prefer to see old frames being used (especially on neo retro builds) and it seems like a lot of peoples "dream bikes" get sold quite quickly after completion!
If you made it yourself however...
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This idea has been gnawing at my imagination for ages and I think it's finally time to get it done. Atm I have three bikes: matching Roberts road and track, and a Galaxy tourer / commuter. I don't ride track any more and there are one or two things about my road bike that I'd like to change. So the plan is to sell both Roberts bikes to help fund The Dream Bike.
The frame will probably be made by Varonha Frameworks. I live round the corner from them and there is a good chance Winston built both the Roberts frames I'm replacing, so that seems to make sense. Having said that, I am also toying with the idea of doing a framebuilding course and making it myself. Obviously this would be more fun, and I'd get the opportunity to design my own decals : )
This is where I'm at so far with the frame:
Opinions welcome.
Build-wise, I'll be investing in a brand new groupset and wheels. All the finishing kit will be modern, light but durable, and stealthy black. I'm not a massive fan of either the current Campag or Shimano cranksets so I'm still dithering about that.
To ensure it all works together, I won't order the frame until everything else has been decided upon and delivered, so this might be a slow thread until then.