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I have a drill, £20

This is a beautiful bike

have just bought a frameset, its a 70s track frame, 1 inch threaded forks,i had a headset to install but the races are really really loose and the crown race. roughly measured the inside of the headtube seems to be about 30mm and the outside about 34mm - anyone know anything i don't?

JIS v ISO?

from BF:

The crown race seat (dimension "L" below) is 27.0mm for JIS and 26.4mm for ISO.

The head race seats (dimension "K") are 30.0mm for JIS and 30.2mm for ISO.

It is not difficult to mill a JIS frame to accept ISO parts if finding a JIS headset is a problem.

well.. i think the cheapo etc headset i have must be ISO, but if the above were true, the races would be too big/tight to fit in the JIS headtube when in fact they are too loose?

Where's the frame from?

bought it from ruud, its a 70s track frame, frame builder unknown, britain or Australia

Picked this up at the weekend...

http://www.lfgss.com/thread89465.html

Torn between building up as a townie with campy 8 speed C-Record and Mavic cxp30's, and Porteur or Priest-esque bars....or.....the same with drops and brifters.....or.....build up with a modern group like Sram Rival. The crimped tubing and black paint lends itself to either style.

^Looks sweet, but that saddle-hood drop, letalone saddle-drop, looks pretty big to me.
Lots of weight on the hands, strain on the neck

Only if the bike is too long for him.

Oscar's back on the firm, cained him this weekend

Only if the bike is too long for him.

it's only a 120mm stem btw - i'm not exactly a giant :)

seems that i need a crown race smaller than ISO and upper/lower races larger than ISO

Fucked my rear track nut. I got gipiemme pista hubs, what kind of nuts can it take?

cashew

cashews are not nuts

i know, it was part of the whimsy in my answer.

i know you know, it was part of the whimsy in my answer.

suggestions for skewers that won't slip for the Rourke? Sheldon says concealed cam?

yakitori

Sheldon says concealed cam?

And he's right. Get Shimano.

Shimano or Campagnolo .. or if you fancy a little something special maybe have a browse of this test and make you're mind up

http://fairwheelbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5029

cashew

hah! repped.

Front or back (or both) you needing Apolloxl?

cashews are not nuts

What are they, beans?

Small sneezes.