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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 ;-)
Lolo
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.