Current Projects chat and miscellany

looking around for references for the motobecane i'm fixing up now I came across this great flickr set with a couple of toei bikes in it. you've probably seen it, though.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40203027@N04/with/4116974574/

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quite chuffed with what I got in the mail from my friend in Japan:

a vintage Toei from 1971, slightly adapted to fit 700c wheels and a wider rear axle, then resprayed

I will be building this up over the winter with nice classic randonneur stuff like fenders, racks, Brooks saddle & bartape etc.

will have to measure my saddle height precisely though, as the rear brake cable goes through the seat tube!