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@scorch
guys i will allow myself in on this conversation as i'm from exactly where these bikes use to be made. and i need to make one thing clear in the first place - IT'S NOT FROM RUSSIA, IT'S FROM UKRAINE, which is quite a different country
actually when these were produced it was all the same country - USSR
down to standards issue - fork threading is 26mm and not current 25.4mm step (or whatever you call it) - so fork/headset is not interchangeable with current 1" standard. so either keep both original headset and fork (preferrably :)) or just change both.
as for the rest - BB threading could've been either English or Italian in some (rare) cases, seat posts of basic models (such as shown Record) - 25mm, more advanced ones - abovementioned Spets Zakaz SE's - 26.2. the most current ones (early to mid 90-ties) - would have "normal" 27.2 mm seatposts
decent track frames. special order ones were produced from columbus tubes
i am a lucky owner of some - not so well stored - but still very cool special edition frame (fork not original due to drillings) from somewhere 60ies i believe... nice chrome underneath worn off paint...
http://www.smotri.te.ua/images/2009-12/items.1260225318.b.jpg
the record frame in the first post should be somewhere from 80ies i believe...
anyway feel free to ask questions on these :) or in case anyone wants to buy a piece of classic USSR machinery - PM...
PS FFS please change "russian" in the thread name to "Ukrainian"
PPS greetings RookieXL you're obviously here too. blya che ty ix ne ispravil chto XB3 eto Ukraina a ne Rossiya?? :)