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@Rik_Van_Looy
Re-fitted the bottom bracket at lunchtime today with some loctite 222.
Made a schoolboy error with the cotter pin removal impatiently walloping them out with the back end of an adjustable spanner trashing the threads in the process.... Rescued by the LBS! I bought their last pair of 9mm cotter-pins from the drawer marked "continental parts"
This morning I found a Wolber Pro SP1 and a Vittoria Corsa in the shed, both in better condition than the repaired 290 - looks like I'll be OK for spare tubs.
This evening I hope to finish the shellac tape cover - so far so good, very comfortable and grippy and were it not for all the crap left on the adhesive, quite nice looking too
Gears are working pretty well, not 100% happy with the shoeplates, but the end is certainly in sight...