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Here it is as I'm riding it currently (It's been a while because I wanted to take a photo of it in a new location but kept forgetting).
Swapped the saddle out because it was just too hard for my poor buns, for one that's a simlar shape but more padded.
The clamp on brake IS a faff to take off and put back on every time I go to the track but less fiddly than I thought. It still takes over 10 minutes though. And, even though there's fabric tape where the clamps sit, every time I have to twist them on and off I'm scared of scratching the paint.
I've got used to riding almost brakeless except for the odd moment where I'm going down a hill or a ped suddenly walks over a zebra crossing. But even when I go whole journeys without using it I'm still glad to have it because it means I can peg along long straight bits at a faster speed that I can comfortably stop quickly at, knowing that if some idiot did pull out of a side-street without looking I'd be able to use the brake.
Sooooo I am going to drill the forks. Andrew at lmnh says it's got enough meat in the crown, and he has access to a pillar drill, so possibly this weekend it will happen and at the same time I can finally get the headset changed to the Dura Ace one.
And I wrapped my first set of bars and I'm quite pleased with the result!