LooOOOook 464 Dreadnought Tank

I've had this for over 3 years, but in that time it has only been to Calshot once, Palmer Park two or three times and round a couple of 10 mile TT courses with a front brake hanging off the fork, so its currency might seem a bit dubious. However, with the Prigledrome opening next year, the time has come to clean the gathered dust off it and start putting in some laps.

Here we see it as first built:

(OSCC)

The Ellipses were lovely but are long gone, sold to make room for something built onto the 24h One-One/Novatecs which have lain unlaced for 18 months now. Arrived in the post this morning are Halo Calibre (aka Kinlin XR380) rims, which will do for most purposes, and maintain the Dreadnought Tank theme, although a guide to why the Ellipses are so tough is that even with large flanges, 4 more spokes per wheel and an extra 8mm of rim depth, the wheels should actually be lighter than before. If it turns out that tubs are mandatory at the Pringle, I'll knock up some Kinlin TB25 to Novatec for indoors. Even with sprints and tubs, this thing will still be heavier than my road bike.

Other problems to be solved:

1. They might insist, in the face of all appeals to trigonometry, on 165mm cranks, and the current UltraTorque Pista set up is 170mm
   
2. The chainline on the Novatecs is ~42mm, but the chainline at the front is ~46mm to match Ellipses and Fixxers.