Current Projects chat and miscellany

Cinelli looks brill - can't believe you were considering powder coat!

[nitpick]maybe shorten the brake cable outer though?[/nitpick]

Will do, thought it better to be a bit long than cut it too short, measure twice cut once ;)

Who cares. That looks like a great bike (when the brake lever is angled correctly).

My conversion makes a better road going fixed bike than any of the track frames I've owned. Chain adjusters, chain hanger, forward facing dropouts for when you want to run 'guards.

I sound like 'scoble.

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I just put it where it felt comfy, would you bring it up horzontal?

History of the frame.
I was given it by my brother-in-law 15 yrs ago when I sarted to get into racing. He was a semi-pro road racer so he got it cheap. I rode it for a couple of years until I bought a new bike to race on. Then the Cinelli got relegated to a training bike. When I gave up racing, too much like hard work, it got dumped at the back of the shed, where it has been for the last 10 years.
So when I was thinking of getting powered coated I didn't really know that I had somthing a bit special. Whatever you may think about converting classic frames at least now it has a new lease of life.
I may sell it this time next year, as I'm planning to do the Raid Pyerneen, and will use then funds to finance a new road bike built for climbing.