54cm Langdale TT bike 653 parts bin

Hi all,

well, this is my Langdale 1989 653 54cm build.

I bought the frame knowing little about it, other than it was 653 with extremely tight clearances, I bought it for the grand price of a whole 100 pennies.

As soon as I got it home, I just had to whack some parts on it just to see what it would look like! I liked what I saw, but not this setup..

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd267/JamesLangtonPhotography/E6D492AD-3EDA-49CA-A76D-16F86FB00A76-1280-000001D513D3C60C.jpg

I then searched around my workshop for parts to build this bike up with..

I did start to build it up with NOS super record parts, but I got half way through it and came to the decision I didn't want to run that set-up over the winter, it would be a treat for the summer, here's a teaser..

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd267/JamesLangtonPhotography/BE711CCA-1105-45AE-B297-75CB14C8FC91-1280-000001D5E0C26454.jpg

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd267/JamesLangtonPhotography/13763F34-F270-4375-BD22-0EA557927E76-1280-000001D6EB29CD78.jpg

Looked so sick with a HED disc..

I then decided to go for Shimano tri-colour 600 groupset (with the odd campy bit) for the winter:

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd267/JamesLangtonPhotography/119CB682-83CA-4996-BEB5-822BC4D4AD5C-1280-000001D6CF6F146D.jpg

and here she is now:

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd267/JamesLangtonPhotography/00E09FE5-2436-48D6-B104-48B5569900BE-1280-000001D69623C028.jpg

Like I say, this is a parts bin build, but I've fallen in love with this bike so much. Plan for around march time is to completely strip the bike, sand it and re-paint it as original, due to this does have quite a few chips on the pain and rub marks.

Future plans (march):

.put my ZIPP 440 on the front
.Fizik bar-tape
.super-record groupset
.carbon seatpost
.campag delta's

Let me know what you think!

James

Rear brake

Rear brake

meh

meh
lol

Rear brake

it's a time trial bike
why u need to stop ?

You had a disc and a set of zipps in your parts bin?

Haven't you?

You had a disc and a set of zipps in your parts bin?

When I say parts bin, I mean just a collection of parts..

Pistoffski alias?

I'm jealous that you manage to find a bike like that for a quid. I mean, ONE POUND!! Where do people find these bargains?!??

I think it looks good now. Needs a second brake though. ;-)

Does this bike qualify for the HHSB thread?

I'm jealous that you manage to find a bike like that for a quid. I mean, ONE POUND!! Where do people find these bargains?!??

I think it looks good now. Needs a second brake though. ;-)

Does this bike qualify for the Anti thread?

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Does this bike qualify for the HHSB thread?

Hold fire until I put my ZIPP 3000 on it..