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@freddo
cheers guys - feling the love.
TTH = trying too hard
It is SRAM (love it or hate it, the calipers feel lovely) and semi-vertical but very short dropout action. But I'm running magic gear (50x19) with a half link shadow chain which *should *work. And anyway, I kinda bought the frame whilst I'm saving up for a bob Jackson or something similar. The frame is cinelli, but chromoly, (sticker says produced by mannesmann who I thought were German).
The idea behind no shimano / campag was simply that the last serious bike I built was 1989, a reynolds 753 pug, with dura-ace. looking back, buying a full groupset (albeit, a piece at a time) took some of the fun out of piecing something creative together. Plus I have always fucking loved the miche supertype seatpost.
BDW, I think I have to earn my spokecards, no?
Anyway, here's the full bike as it is at the moment...