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cheers

very nice Rowan, but do you have 'the' seatpost?!

fronts off a 84 raleigh and the rear is a cough cough system ex with mavic open sport, niiiice

nothing wrong with system ex, last forever. and you can't go wrong with mavics.

nothing wrong with system ex, last forever. and you can't go wrong with mavics.

yeah it does the job, can't complain at all

very nice Rowan, but do you have 'the' seatpost?!

+15

if any one wants to swap stems (looking for a chrome cinelli) let me know

I think if you're going to use a silver seatpost, the black stem will work wonderfully if you only wrap the bottom half of the drops. Just a thought.

"The" seatpost is not needed, the tubeset is the version with the rounded top section of seat-tube, it takes a standard 27.2. The wheels are DP18's on Goldtecs.

awesome!
breathes sigh of relief

I think if you're going to use a silver seatpost, the black stem will work wonderfully if you only wrap the bottom half of the drops. Just a thought.

i can see what you mean, that could look alright, i just feared it becoming visually noisy

I saw this through the window of a friends house & was thinking of offering the neighbors a few quid so I could do a build for the girlfriend. Any idea what it is, or even if it's worth doing? Couldn't quite work out the name...

It's an early dawes, for a while in the mid sixties? seventies they introduced that bumped top tube, raliegh copied it with the 'bomber' in the 80's ?

I had a frame like this my dad built up for me with cowhorns on it, It had a 24' backwheel and a 26 front wheel, by Dad brazed in a second rear bridge to bring the brake down to the smaller wheel. It almost ended up with curved 'etchins' style forks that had a kink in them too, (my uncle had made a set for a bike previously) though I didn't like them.

My current project, just waiting for the bits to arrive.....

"The" seatpost is not needed, the tubeset is the version with the rounded top section of seat-tube, it takes a standard 27.2. The wheels are DP18's on Goldtecs.

Are they the goldtec pro's?

i can see what you mean, that could look alright, i just feared it becoming visually noisy

I can't be bothered to find an example but I can tell you it definitely looks ace. Try it?

Hope you've got a black saddle BTW.

build this up quickly today, thanks Hillary stone for the frame! rides lovely, does need drops and a new seatpost when I have the money.

No just standard goldtecs, if i was splashing out on the pros i would definitely spend that little bit more again and get Royce i think.

Argos = awesome

Mercian = awesome

Merckx = awesome

LFGSS = Full of win

I can't be bothered to find an example but I can tell you it definitely looks ace. Try it?

Hope you've got a black saddle BTW.

I can imagine. i'll try it for sure. Got a white turbo saddle, not quite black, but aslong as it rides alright i'm content for now. cheers

Argos = awesome

Mercian = awesome

Merckx = ok

LFGSS = Full of win

Yes.

No just standard goldtecs, if i was splashing out on the pros i would definitely spend that little bit more again and get Royce i think.

I was going to get the pro's and then realised royce was only a bit more expensive so went with royce.

Royce = best hub.... imho

I can't be bothered to find an example but I can tell you it definitely looks ace. Try it?

Hope you've got a black saddle BTW.

Example?

;-)

Good point.

^ really nice :D

I was going to get the pro's and then realised royce was only a bit more expensive so went with royce.

Royce = best hub.... imho

Im jealous.

^ really nice :D

Cheers, told you it looked good!

Jambon, I think that Mercian is an absolute stunner of a frame, but please please please change the bar tape cos the mismatching blue looks a terrible (IMHO).