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@zootsuit
A few deliveries today means I can finally start building !
new bearings for the headset, thought the old ones looked ok till I saw these
Turbo Saddle - its a reissue but the leather 1980 version . Bought the pleather white version from Wiggle a few months back then noticed these leather ones on their website- they did a straight swap so got it for less than 20 ! never had a vintage one but this looks well made .
Bar tape , this will be the last thing to go on!
on to the build:
New bearings in headset, Bars and stem on
Tried this Miche post from the parts bin with it but have decided it doesnt really suit the bike, going with the Campag post instead
Great to see it start coming together - still trying to decide whether to use the Athena cranks or The Sugino Mighty. I guess the Sugino is more period correct but the Athena suits the other components better. Both have roughly the same chain line so that's not an issue. thoughts anyone? I think I prefer the Sugino, plus the Athena is quite badly scratched
Last issue to resolve - the fork is drilled for recessed brakes, the frame is nutted. I would drill out the brake bridge but the existing hole is slightly off centre so i'm worried drilling will ruin/weaken the bridge. I'm taking it to Argos on Saturday so they can have a look.
At the moment I have the Monoplanars on the wrong way round, but Im not that happy with them fixed this way , not sure how secure the rear brake is on the fork due to the short mounting bolt. The other option is to run some nutted period correct Single pivots or nutted tektro dual pivots ,using one of these on the fork
http://www.lfgss.com/thread88046.html