Current Projects chat and miscellany

Yes, it seems to have been built to cover all options. If it were mine, I'd keep the under-bracket brake and leave off the one on the seat stays. The back brake on a TT bike is mostly decorative anyway, so it doesn't really matter if it doesn't work quite as well as the conventional one, and you can make mocking comments to anybody who has laid out £4k on a Shiv, P4 or Speed Concept about their bikes copying features yours had 20 years ago.

Do you know what's under that tape on the wings? It's obviously a bit late in the day to expect to find the original elbow cups, but if there are pairs of tapped holes you should be able to adapt any modern kit, which will probably be more comfortable than the OE pads.

Might be a stupid question - what brake does one use under the bb? It's not an issue at the minute (riding it fixed with an eno), but my Mercian has it's mount down there and I'm pretty sure it won't fit a standard caliper without hitting the cranks.