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So the latest incarnation of LES, was this:
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/5462/o5s4.jpg
Picture was taken at the HHSB ride last summer.
I recently came accros a nice track wheelset. I decided to fix LES. But I will keep the geared wheelset as well and all the gear bits, it's actually quite quick to do the conversion.
I rode it like this to work today, and despite the nonsense gearing (52X16) it was quite nice. Don't shout at me about the braking surface: the previous owner had converted the track hubs to road, and used brakes with them, a sacrilege but what is done is done. I got the wheelset for very cheap, but I had to spend nearly 60 quid to get campag specific stuff! (campag lockring - I did not want the Miche kinda compatible version - campag rear track axle and campag track nuts) I haven't converted back the front wheel to track, if I ever use it on the track, hex nuts will do (alternatively if someone has an old broken front campag hub with useable axles and nuts, we could do buisness).
26 spokes, laced to campagnolo omega rims. I love these wheels!
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3156/vnwa.jpg
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7586/hyvm.jpg
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/6876/zwgt.jpg