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Well.... Obviously I am itching to get this thing out there and to rag it around in the manner in which it was intended, but at the same time some of the components I've ended up with are just in too good a nick (and too goddamn expensive, frankly!) to risk getting all trashed up in a silly accident, etc.
When the summer arrives, I imagine I shall be taking a slightly modified version of this bike to the track: The saddle and pedal set-up will almost certainly never see more than the politest poserish action, and will get replaced by an old Rolls (a personal favourite of my ass), and some modern clipless pedals (the same ones as whatever I get for the road bike), for when I'm just excercising... the handle bar and stem will probably be replaced by an A1 / Criterium version, partly due to the cost of the pista parts, but also because I think the seat-to-bar drop will be too steep for me anyway. (Hopefully still with white Benotto, though!)
Not sure about the cranks... They are totally spotless as well. bla bla.
I'm actually still considering getting Roberts to re-do the paint so it's totally pristine, and just keeping it as a collectors item / wall-hanger... Or even selling the frame and saving the hyperthetical respray money (and then some) to get something ludicrous:
or a laser.
(yeah, like fuck)