Current Projects chat and miscellany

I've been looking to replace my purple 1950's frame for a while now, mainly due to the super relaxed seat tube which started to cause me issues with my knees in recent months.

I always fancied a lo-pro and this popped up in classifieds (thanks to Sam Doman!). Now i'm expecting getting flamed here but i literally threw this together last night by stripping my purple bike down and re-building the lo-pro. Nothing matches, it needs bullhorns and a bit of fettling etc but I rode it into work this morning and it is an absolute blast to ride!

The frameset deserves a lot more, so plans for the next month or so are;

• new wheels (had the hubs and spokes sitting in the cupboard for a while now, just need to get round to buying the rims)
  
• Bullhorns/TT levers
  
• Possible powdercoat. I say possible as the paint is fairly tatty and could do with it but it's quite nice to not have to be precious about it getting scratched so may well leave it for a while.
  
  

Here she is;