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  • So here's my final shopping list folks. Shall obviously see what the big man recommends himself. Sizing on Tuesday morning so hopefully shall get to posting a few goodies later on that day :)
    Thanks again for all help and suggestions! T

    CHAS ROBERTS TRACK FRAME
    TYPE
    Track/maybe slightly road geometry

    PURPOSE
    Daily commuting (fixed or SS)
    Fixed riding for weekends
    Occasional track day visit

    MAIN FEATURES
    100mm/120mm spacing
    Fillet brazed
    Track dropouts: stainless steel
    Drilled for brakes (front and rear)
    Internal or external routing (any problems w internal eg rust)
    Bottle bosses on downtube
    Higher BB (28/29cm) and (if possible) toe clearance
    External headset
    Responsive, sharp handling
    Stability on descents

    TUBING ETC
    Shall leave to Mr Roberts for best advice (want light but long lasting/hardwearing..)
    Fillet brazed
    1 1/8” headtube for better stem availability and potential fork interchangeability (? or stay with 1” for classic look...)
    Max clearances 25c tyres
    Track dropouts
    Probably 27.2 seatpost

    FORKS
    1 1/8” steerer
    Max 25c clearance
    ?straight or curved
    Drilled for brake
    Crown: to suit overall build; CR panto'd
    Track rake

    SEATSTAYS
    Fastbacks
    Binder built into seatstays as below:

    REAR BRIDGE
    Drilled
    Lugless/fillet brazed
    Maybe without the pronounced middle block?

    REAR BRAKE CABLE ROUTING
    If external then this style:
    Cable stop (cable inner between the two) This position (about 7.5 o'clock)

    If internal:
    This style Front and back positions

    BOTTOM BRACKET
    Higher for better ground clearance/cornering
    'ROBERTS' panto'd (matt black coloured)
    English thread

    COLOUR SCHEME
    Gloss pearl pink/matt black
    All writing and logos black

    Matt black:
    Rear triangle (up to the wheel rim edge)
    Forks
    BB lettering
    CR headbadge: raised metal one
    (if internal routing then the entrance/exit cable guides), BB lettering

    Gloss pearl pink:
    The remainder

    ADDITIONAL INFO/EXTRAS
    Shall run Mack rear hubs and Sugino 75 cranks..
    Also will like to have CK black Sotto Voce headset and Phil Wood Ti bottom bracket

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