Need to finish late 50s Ephgrave, almost there, need to mount appropriate brake levers, new chain and play with DT shifters - currently sporting Campagnolo levers with Huret/Simplex screw on bolts, due to braze on thread not accepting Italian part. Threads are different pitch? Fitted tubs on the rims, first time ever 🤗, using tape rather than cement, not planning to race it so I think I'll be OK.
Needed a nice stem, so 'borrowed' it from yesterday's purchase (lovely mid 50s Norman Pile mixte), naughty, but will replace with something of the same era when I get around it.
It is almost completely black, including saddle - with shiny silvery bits of course - so was thinking brown bar tape, cotton over something that can save my hands from getting numb, or perhaps Brooks leather one, which will aged nicely I think. Is there such a thing to wrap a cotton tape over something else, would it look and perform badly?
Need to finish late 50s Ephgrave, almost there, need to mount appropriate brake levers, new chain and play with DT shifters - currently sporting Campagnolo levers with Huret/Simplex screw on bolts, due to braze on thread not accepting Italian part. Threads are different pitch? Fitted tubs on the rims, first time ever 🤗, using tape rather than cement, not planning to race it so I think I'll be OK.
Needed a nice stem, so 'borrowed' it from yesterday's purchase (lovely mid 50s Norman Pile mixte), naughty, but will replace with something of the same era when I get around it.
It is almost completely black, including saddle - with shiny silvery bits of course - so was thinking brown bar tape, cotton over something that can save my hands from getting numb, or perhaps Brooks leather one, which will aged nicely I think. Is there such a thing to wrap a cotton tape over something else, would it look and perform badly?
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