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@nickyspaghetti
I received my spring project bike today - the kotter I mentioned before.
I was slightly disappointed that the paintwork was damaged in a few places as the guy advertised it as being in good condition but I am planning to powdercoat it so I suppose it doesn't matter.
I found a local powdercoater which offers coating for about 30 pounds. I quite fancy racing green but leaving the forks chrome.
The tubing is columbus aelle, which I think is a lower end tubing, but it is surely an improvement on my current hi-ten bike.
The cranks are Dura ace, which I would liek to keep if possible but I'm not sure what I'm going to do about the chain line. From a quick check it seems that the inside chain ring is about 43mm from centre - is it possible to put the large chainring on the inside or would it be a better idea to put in a shorter BB? It is an italian threaded BB, which is a pain for me as I don't have the tools to deal with it so I will need to visit the lbs to take it apart.