• ... @absurdbird and yeah the Phil hubs are on the heavy side 😂 They look like bacon slicers though so worth the extra ounces.

  • They are very like them.

    That bike is a great modern interpretation.
    Nitto post?
    I had my ‘54 Fleur De Lys Gillott built up with Superbe pro track gear and a dura ace stem in the early noughties.

    It was great.
    Until I crashed it.
    😖😔

  • Thank you. Yep Nitto post, stem and bars. I spent a lot of time oggling stuff on https://www.tracksupermarket.com/ and when I got this frame it seemed too good an opportunity to miss. The bars are the closest bend I could get to the Reynolds "TT Special" bend - I've got one to go on another build in progress.

    Bit of an odd one picking parts for a 90s repro - using period parts seemed wrong and using 90s parts just because it was a 90s bike also seemed off.
    I suspect you've seen the modern Alex Singer bikes? Real knee rubbers. http://www.cycles-alex-singer.fr/catalogue.html I wanted to do something like that but for a British fixed gear.

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