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So,
I bought this a while back then got made redundant so it has sat in the lounge staring at me.
I now have a new job and increased funds on the horizon so my thoughts turn back to Dave. Lovely Dave.
I am thinking of building it up as a stealthy road bike, and would get it stripped and sprayed. The paint is a heavy handed blue directly over the previous red (visible at a couple of chip points) and the chrome is in pretty bad nick.
While the idea of the original red is nice I am thinking of going black, with chromed forks and rear triangle.
I have the wheelset on the way, which will be Chris King R45 hubs in pewter laced to DT Swiss R520 rims (28H radial front, 32H 3x rear).
Hoping to match the Chris King pewter hubs, with a CK 1" headset, Cinelli 1A stem. Not really got any preference for the bars.
Then drape the rest of it with an Ultegra 6700 compact groupset.
Thoughts/Opinions/Etc?
I'll be uploading pics as I get on.