Current Projects chat and miscellany

Wont the white tape, and white tyres get grubby very quick?

yea, the white tyres where really dirty when we got it but they come up really well with soapy water. i like the white and read so i dont mind cleaning it :)

YOURE cleaning it? Whoa, she has you under the thumb :P

she cleaned it today but i'll be the one doing the cleaning in future, so yea ur right.. lol :)

Ah don't worry about keeping it clean, it'll go pale cream eventually.

Yea when the white fades a bit i think it will go with the general look of the bike. Going to keep an eye out for a brooks saddle but there is no rush on that.

Pug Im getting is supposed to be red and white, but I think ill stick with black handlebars tape or handlebars, and wheels etc etc

I want a Campag Pista crank too. Someone please sell me theirs. Thanks :)

And yes, I have seen the one currently for sale @ £250!!

p.s. lovely bike sir

Don't really know anyone on here but this forum has given me so much knowledge/info it only seems fair to show what I'm doing! Thanks to some nice forum members for most of the parts of this build.

Presto '80 531 frameset, C-Record BB/headset
Campag Record Pista chainset
Campag SuperRecord front hub / Mavic CXP33 rim
Rolls Due '98 saddle (kind of a shame the details aren't silver, doesn't look quite right)
Rear wheel I bought on the cheap to replace a stolen one

To come soon: shiny drops, campag seat post, crank dustcaps and (not so soon) a rear wheel with campag hub.

Looks great, i hardly recognised the cranks.. did they polish up ok?

Looks great, i hardly recognised the cranks.. did they polish up ok?

I actually decided not to polish them in the end! Thought they'd stand out too much against the other more dull components. And I wanted to put it all together and ride it asap, I was bikeless for two weeks.

my bike arrives at the parents house in approximately 9hrs....

my bike arrives at the parents house in approximately 9hrs....

wha? i can't keep up...another geekhouse

What chain are you going to use?
I may start with a 3/32" because I have a Super Record ring in 3/32" and both sizes sprockets.
I have a nice Sedis Pro, but unfortunately it's too short.
Would be nice to have an Italian, but it's hard to get a (silver) Regina (1/8" or 3/32") even another Italian.
I'll start with a SRAM PC 870 (890 is too expensive).
What do you think is Italian, age correct and available?

Did you find a silver Regina 1/8?

I bought a "silver" Regina Pista 1/8 from Campy Oldy but it turned up to be silver/black which is a bit disappointing...

/Oscar

Due to unforeseen seatpost problems, this is on hold, but the cranks are on. Just waiting on a silver Izumi 3/32 chain.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m35/blackdice23/crankpol.jpg

Grrrr, I want those cranks! Nice work CG.

you got another build on the go??

Duncan - speak to Meng Yao (yeh731 on here). I think he might have a set...

finished project from 80's road De Rosa

^^ Was the original paintwork in *really *bad nick?

Beaten to it.

pukes on cock

Somehow the combination of snowflaked black spokes and a reflector are funny.

Please don't post a pic of the original machine...

finished project from 80's road De Rosa

Some fookin dodgy welds going on in the middle there . . .