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@cino
Found some useful bits in the wife distressing , bike bone yard , in my back garden.
Firstly an old Brooks B15 saddle , leather had dried out , but responded well to some dubbing , that I had to hand . The saddle had started to sag badly , turning the nose bolt didn't help much , so I used the old trick of drilling holes along the side of the saddle and then lacing the sides together , the result is a much firmer saddle you sit on rather than in . Saddle is attached to a gallows seat post , essential with such a slack seat angle .
Found these rather nice elegant , fluted cranks , they look very simpler to 1930t's Chater-Lea cranks , so suit the chainring very well . The original bottom bracket was completely fooked , but luckily I had
some very good cups and a NOS axle knocking around , these bikes have an unusual 76mm B/Bkt shell , so finding a replacements could have been tricky.
Next up , wheel building.