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@veloham Any updates please
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@SideshowBob oof it’s a slow burn :). The colour turned out fantastically, and the work Argos have done. Many other aggravations but I’m getting through them. I’ll try and post some teaser shots this week ...
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@SideshowBob those greens really caught my eye too, the candy apple does it for me. I'm going with the tobacco though, nice link to the frame's past and a colour I would never have considered. I will just need to take it out in the sunshine.
I've flipped on the braze-ons, going to take off the lamp boss and pump pegs and put them in a bag with the gear braze-ons. I like clean lines and don't need the extra expense of trying to get a period pump to fit that I don't want or need! Learn from @clubman 's mistake and not regret the extra grams :D
I've been thinking about components now I know the frame can be brought back to life and I think it's going to be an alloy build, I've got some Stronglight 49 cranks, TA track adaptor and ring, Lyotard 45ter pedals, Strata seatpost, Strata stem and Reynolds bars, Lytaloy headset and hopefully enough bad sets to make a good set of Lytaloy brakes, the Blumfield rear hub and some Fiamme sprints. Just need a seatpost collar and that elusive front hub. I guess I'm veering away from a typical period build, but plan to ride it and am excited to put that lot together. I can always put on a cottered chainset at a later date :)