Take one lug set

Definitely fork crown mounted canti hanger , much less chance of brake judder :)

I have as place at L'eroica Montalcino at the end of the month, so thought it might be nice to build this up accordingly and take it out with me.

Given work / life / parental responsibilities I don't have a great deal of spare time at the moment, so may well fail, but thought I'd give it a go.

The incredibly expensive rubber tape from 3M arrived:

Which I used to fashion a seatstay protector:

During the coronation, I popped out to Temple Cycles on Brick Lane and picked up a pair of fetching bidons:

There has been a bit of 'overspray' in couple of areas. I couldn't get a bolt through the seat pin lug. In the end, I had to wrap some emery cloth around a chopstick and carefully remain the excess paint. All worked out well in the end:

Had a similar problem with the steerer tube and spent a fair bit of time yesterday carefully sanding the inside of the tube so I could get fit the handlebars.

This morning I started to fit a bottom bracket, but felt I was applying more force than was wise, so have taken the frame to my LBS to have the bottom bracket shell tapped and faced. Hopefully it'll be done soon, and if the rain holds off I may make a bit more progress later today.

So this has now been built up ready to go to L’eroica.

Just been out to the Tuscany of the South East that is Kent to check that everything is working as it should.

I’m currently running 38’s, which make it feel a bit sluggish, but should work well on the Strada Bianchi.

In related news, yesterday the beautiful Mrs Jangle presented me with a limited edition Brooks Swift, so for now bar tape and saddle don’t match, but I can live with that.

Disappointingly, while I was putting the bike in the shed last night I managed to put a scratch in one of the seat stays. Took the shine right off my day.

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That's a lovely bike.
I have never tried a fork with 853 tubing - does it feel much stiffer, is there less of the sometimes-alarming front/back vibrating you can get on old 531 forks?

Can't really comment on the handling of the frame at the moment, as I'm running 38's, so it handles like a boat.

On the way back from Kent on the weekend I got a puncture. The very first ride on those Gravel Kings, not 100% they're going to do me any favours in Italy.

where exactly is this lovely gate?

Luxted Road, on the way into Downe.

ah by Farage house! nice.

Here’s a picture of the scratch.

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Here’s my solution:

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Nice. I'd probably have gone with nail polish.

Quick update on this.

Back in May I took it to Montalcino for the L’eroica ride.

First day had a very nice ride from Montalcino to Montepulciano and back. The following day I woke up with a virus and spent the rest of the week in bed, hence missing the event.

Last week I was back out in Tuscany for L’eroica proper. Weather was great, possibly a little too hot, and L’eroica as always was much fun.

Spent a couple of hours cleaning the dust off the frame today, and it is resplendent in the afternoon sun.

Plan now is to fit racks and mudguards, and probably flat bars, and make this more suited to mussing about in London.

Iteration two may take a while, as I am currently committed to funding ongoing project through sales.

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You managed to fit a headset hanger, nice!

Yes, it's only a little thicker than the keyed washer from the headset, which it has replaced.

Looks way better than the fork mounted hanger.

Just wanted to say that this is excellent!

Hats off.

Lush bike. Love the barber's pole.
On the commuting - would look right at home in Paul Smith's office

Ch-ch-ch-changes:

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Whaaaaaaaaaaaat

Please explain magic!

Outstanding sir. I think it would look brilliant in any iteration. That beautiful barber's pole paint job...

This is brilliant. More pics please!

such a great looking bike.
what's going on with the shifters? are you keeping it down tube?

No, will cable up the levers when I get some time.

Something for the weekend:

Guards, rack, tyres & gear cables.

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So, fitting the Challenge Strada Bianchi tyres was a proper palaver.

It then turned out that with guards, I didn’t have the clearance for 36’s, so I ended up swapping wheels with my Bob Jackson, which does.

Guards were pretty easy, but getting new gear cables into the Veloce levers involved a great deal of faff.

Will do the rack next week - it involves drilling the guards, so needs to be done with care.

Am also waiting for Fresh Tripe to get the Velo Orange front rack I want in stock.

Happy with progress so far:

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