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Finished the bike, more than we week before the deadline!
Will try to make some pictures today and post them here.
Still waiting for a pair of Challenge Ope Grifo clinchers to finish the clincher wheels. For touring that's much more practital than the tubular wheels that are in the bike now.
It was pretty tricky to drill the hole for the rear brake through the seat post.
I had to drill it because the frame was designed like that (no braze on at the back of the top tube).
First, I had to make the bike ridable, so I could test it and check with the correct shoes if the saddle hight was okay. Then I could mark where I wanted the cable to go through the seat post.
2 mm too low and the cable would touch the derailleur cable / braze on / seat lug.
2 mm too high and it would look terrible with a brake cable running that high.
I also had the intention to drill the handlebar stem for the front brake, but I'm not sure if I will keep this stem and bars on this bike forever.
The reason why I used these parts for this bike is, because they fit so well. But they're a bit too new to be "period correct". Stem and bars are from the 1990s, while the frame and the rest of the parts are from 1980 or so.
So, I'll wait with drilling the stem until I've found the perfect parts.
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