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hahahaha - won't say. but you guessed it :)

Picked this up today. It's going to be butchered and re welded as a cannondale track replica. £29 well spent.
I honestly can't believe how light it is!
Instead of butchering a nice frame, why not put gears on it?

it only cost him 29 quid

I'm looking forward to delivery of this flying scot clubmans road/ track frame. its going to be my first fixed build in the new year. the seat stays are a bit pitted - my friend Martin had it re-enamelled mid 70s and then never rebuilt it. We reckon lugs are nervex but does anyone know its age or can explain the big pointy fork dropouts! BB is for cottered steel cranks, I wonder if standard Raleigh roadster ones can be used?
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Hi,
I recently bought a '59 wally green frame from hilary and having looked at your pics, I can definitely say that it has the same lugs.
They are identical (apart from the top of the fork stays and the rear dropouts) they have the same scrolling and pointwork, the bottom bracket on mine is stamped ''nervex 59-3064-022-E38'', so presume them to be the same.
Hope that is of assistance.

The frame is sweet and would have had really, really tight clearances with english 27'' wheels (which would be correct) though with a 700 wheel on the front it gives a finger (12-15mm), however with the correct 27'' wheel the clearance is about 3 mm...

which excites me....;D..

which now begs the question, what is the availabilty of nice 27'' rims and tyres?

Colour looks like 1st year Kwantum hallen - Yoko - Decosol team from 1994 1984.
Of course, it could be a respray, but probably not if it was Jan Raas'. It was his 1st year on Colnago.

winter project - colnago mexico pista to fitted with campagnolo pista

anyone know what year this frame/fork might be? i saw one on ebay but it had a newer fork

cheers
peter

Colour looks like 1st year Kwantum hallen - Yoko - Decosol team from 1994.
Of course, it could be a respray, but probably not if it was Jan Raas'. It was his 1st year on Colnago.

mine is not the Raas one, and do you mean '84 instead of '94 maybe?

Just arrived at the office.
My new MORO frame.
Moro is a boutique italian frame builder (according to Andy @ fyxo).
Super nice details all round.

Looking forward to getting it rolling in the new year!

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Wow, that's lovely.

very nice

Oh, yes, sure 1984.
Maybe legally, Jan Raas owned it, but didn't ride it.

mine is not the Raas one, and do you mean '84 instead of '94 maybe?

Finally finished my 100% Inauthentic 80's British Eagle respray + build. Stem, levers and bars are just a stopgap until I get some new ones after xmas.

Inspired by dogsballs beautiful cyclone. Cheers to pajamas for the cranks/pedals and hilary for the rear wheel.

Lovely build!
Your stopgap measures look far superior to anything i ride around on.
Nice early chainset and it'd be perfect.

Finally finished my 100% .................blah........thanks.......blah.....for the rear wheel.

....look no need to quote pics.....

that is such a charming bicycle, well done. what size are the wheels?
something inside me shudders a little when i see a quick release lever on the drive side, dont know why.
i think the chainset looks fine. (plus so much less stress)

that is such a charming bicycle, well done. what size are the wheels?
something inside me shudders a little when i see a quick release lever on the drive side, dont know why.
i think the chainset looks fine. (plus so much less stress)

700c, the front one was on it when I bought it, I don't think it's original to the bike though.

Finally finished my 100% Inauthentic 80's British Eagle respray + build. Stem, levers and bars are just a stopgap until I get some new ones after xmas.

Inspired by dogsballs beautiful cyclone. Cheers to pajamas for the cranks/pedals and hilary for the rear wheel.

Like that - love the short guards

Like that - love the short guards

cryykes ,,,,,,,,,,, same page

Oh no!!!...

winter project - colnago mexico pista to fitted with campagnolo pista

anyone know what year this frame/fork might be? i saw one on ebay but it had a newer fork

cheers
peter

That is lovely. Love those Colnago frames.

ed, please read this, for fucks sake.

though
conj. **1. **Despite the fact that; although: He still argues, though he knows he's wrong. Even though it was raining, she walked to work.
**2. **Conceding or supposing that; even if: Though they may not succeed, they will still try. See Usage Note at although.

adv. **1. **However; nevertheless: Snow is not predicted; we can expect some rain, though.
**2. **Informal Used as an intensive: Wouldn't that beat all, though?

thought
v. Past tense and past participle of think.

n. **1. **The act or process of thinking; cogitation.
**2. **A product of thinking. See Synonyms at idea.
**3. **The faculty of thinking or reasoning.
**4. **The intellectual activity or production of a particular time or group: ancient Greek thought; deconstructionist thought.
**5. **Consideration; attention: didn't give much thought to what she said.
**6. ****a. **Intention; purpose: There was no thought of coming home early.
**b. **Expectation or conception: She had no thought that anything was wrong

Boooooooooooo! Leave him alone.

Finally!

You too!

spoilsports
Innit! Mebbe next time hit report get them banned.

Like that - love the short guard
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Dude, the may look "cool", but they are shit...

Nice. So what's the proposed build up? Drops? Flats? Aeros?

Just bought this bad boy.

re. that cannondale, there's a bike I see every day locked at work blue frame with identical dropouts and graphics but it's 650c and looks really odd. Have you chucked wheels on it?

Just bought this bad boy.

Fuck Yeah!

Just bought this bad boy.

Good effort mate. I spoke to longman about it too, nice guy, but it was a tad too small for me :-(

I have ordered a new 50cm now though, look forward to seeing yours being built up!

50cm? blimey you must be 6'4!

yer im with ed i thought the 50cm was a rather large frame in the brooklyns sizing