Big Swinnerton track

Can't you get a BB with a longer spindle and keep those cranks?

I love it when questions can be answered pictorially!

Omanoms are on evil bay
Meanwhile I have bought some campag pistas using overdraft! Natwest are great guys.

They may not be as stiff but man they will look great.

What era Campag?

I would've thought omniums would sell in a flash here if you want to avaoid t'bay, always in demand...

Can't make money on them that way though

Get money, ride fixies.

Yeah basically it had to be eBay because I needed to make enough to cover the campag ones I bought :/

I'm a terrible person sometimes

Also

The headbadge I have is this
http://www.swinnertoncycles.co.uk/components-c169/frames-c223/spares-c227/swinnerton-cycles-renovation-trasnfer-headtube-only-p28447

It says varnish fix, and from reading around this requires painting gold size on it, leaving it for a bit to go tacky then using a damp sponge to remove the backing paper.

Anyone have experience of doing this?

Just bought some Keo Carbons used from BLB....£7

Probably nicked

certainly nicked

ftfy

Brick Lane Bikes the shop?!

was not aware they did that kind of thing. I just assumed they'd not realised what they were worth due to em being all scuffed n shit

people who've had their wheels nicked have found them for sale in BLB the very next day.

and 00's of other stories......

Shan't be frequenting them again then- they're usually really rude anyway

outrageously complicated decal fitted (slightly off centre) using Gold Size and a great deal of patience!

And finished....

Now to paint the lug windows....

I'm sorry, but are you sure it's straight on?

Nah it's slightly off but varnish-fix decals are a one time deal- so it's close enough!/ will have to do

ah nevermind, didn't read good enough. I do like the new headbadge :) Matches the paint haha.

Cheers buddy, I'm doing the pantographing on the lugs as we speak.....wish me luck :s

Did you plann on matching the paint and check the badge colours first, hence the different coloured headtube, or was it just a happy coincidence?

Its looking very nice already though, looking forward to see how the full build turns out.

I was a bit stuck when choosing colours so I looked at the headbadge for inspiration- plus I think gold suits a 70s frame.

This is as far as I've done panto-wise -

Thinking of doing the side cut outs (blank in the picture) in the same red as the head badge?

Hopefully it will be matchy in a classy way as opposed to a 'fixie-style' colour abomination.

I wouldn't do them red, but black.

Black

#rasist

Yeah I am torn, just thought it might tie the headbadge in more and avoid there being too much black what with the head tube...#firstworldproblems