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Claud Butler once built a gold plated track bike. Not only the frame, but the barrels on the Airlite hubs, the Chater Lea chainset, pedals and the metal parts of the Brooks saddle - all GOLD. He advertised that it had been built for the son of an oil shiek, and then had the bike photographed with a Pakistani kid who lived in the neighbourhood dressed up for the part . It's a true story, and the bike is now owned by a guy called Bob Ross, who bought it when it was advertised in Sporting Cyclist. Nobody else believed the story, so he got the whole bike for £150 in about 1990.