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got the pinarello back from the builder!
i bought the frame thinking it was 1'1/8" but the seller was confused and it was a 1inch head tube, for track only with no matching fork. dent in the toptube and in need of respray. i run 3 speed fixed on my everyday road bike so this frame was going to be modded anyway - lets go whole hog!
new 44ID headtube kindly machined by field cycles in sheffield
internal brake and gear cable routing
brake bridge added into the rear
cable stop on LH seat stay for fixed hub
tidy up of crude dropouts
spray of carbon fork
new paint job - i described as 'dark titanium grey' but it came out a pearly ti which was a surprise but entirely my fault for not being more specific!. graphics will follow next week in a milky white semi transparent and i've ordered a cobalt 11 seatpost to match the bike up
in the time it's taken to do all the work i've misplaced the sturmey indicator chain and the seatpost binder but that's no biggy - hopefully ride it next weekend
pinarello track custom by monomaniac(tom), on Flickr
pinarello track custom looking good so far by monomaniac(tom), on Flickr
pinarello track custom - filed dropouts by monomaniac(tom), on Flickr
pinarello track custom internal routing and stop for sturmey archer s3x by monomaniac(tom), on Flickr