Vitus 979 Track Lo-Pro

Is that a crack in the headtube or just surface?
This is looking lovely, really hope it works out. The clearance at the front for a 650c is verging on absurd but still pretty cool.

God forbid, It's just a scratch (a rather deep one, for that matter) the fucker at the metal shop put there while removing the top tube stubs. The same shop is now latheing a internal cone for the tube for more than two weeks now, bearing in mind they initially told me it would be done in a day or two I'm growing rather impatient as I hoped to bond the frame this week before leaving town to visit my folks so it'd be fully cured once I'm back.

only thing I'd object to is the Thomson, something period would be nice, otherwise it's excellent

Well, yeah, I'm opting for a campag aero post, but 25.0 ones tend to be quite expensive once they turn up, so for the time being the thomson bought brand new for 8 quid will do. In general, putting together a full period correct group would be great, but won't happen anytime soon

Pleased to hear you haven't given up on this, i'm sure the effort will pay off when you finally get to ride it.

I certainly hope so! Ha, didn't see this coming, did you?
Thanks guys.
Anyway, I picked up some pedals yesterday, Suntour sprint, they add up to the incorectness of the build being japanese and all, but they do look very neat and faintly remind me of c-record track pedals.