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OK, the family are off to Bluewater shopping, so I might get a bit more done on this build today.
Naturally, the tyres had to be Gumwalls. Found some Veloflex Masters from Ribble. Fitted them to the wheels last night:
Remember that I got the Hubs from E-bay France? Well that meant I was going to need a French-Threaded block. Now I know that my granddad didn't jump into Arnhem in 1944 so I could ponce around London riding French gears, but any port in a storm and all that.
Step forward please, the venerable Hilary Stone who, for 30-odd quid sent me this box:
And inside the box, in all of its Golden NOS loveliness was this:
A liberal application of purple grease later, and it was screwed in place:
Then what else is there to do, but to bring wheels and frame together?
To be honest, I am not loving the Excellence decals on the Ambrosio rims - they're just a bit too shout-y, a bit too boy-racer. Much as I despise the de-stickering movement, I think these are going to have to go. Does anyone have a fool-proof method for doing this?
I'm off for a cup of tea, and then it's bars and stem time.