Antonov Elin track / tarck build

wrapped the bars in yellow cotton:

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did a proper spin yesterday and not just around the block, the Moscow bars feel quite good in their current position.

changed the wheels back to the sheriffs

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found some pista pedals and added matching ALE clips with Christophe straps.... but didn't bother with putting them on the bike.

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Can you post a picture of your riding position

I hope this shows my riding position. remember I have 99cm inseam at 192cm and fingertip to fingertip I span over 2 m.

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rode the bike today after an eternity of it hanging on the wall. overall it is a super smooth ride , currently testing some tufo calibra tyres if they are any good. some photos were taken as well

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and some more

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Sweet bike, but my neck hurts just from looking at it... 😅

I recently got myself a Fluidisk (sourced locally, had a great talk to the dude letting it go) to tinker on, absolutely not neccessary but luckily that's not the question in this forum :)
I'm still in need of a crack pipe adaptor, a fresh tire, and look more into the realm of russian kevlar discs. my version came without lockring thread, but I found pics where there are lockring threads on rear wheels. So, the hub internals have to be interchangeable a la Mavic 3G or similar?
edit: big thanks to @Sig_Arlecchino for pointing out the offer!

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No sweat, glad you got it :) that‘ll look great on the antonov, hope I‘ll see it someday on the local roads!

Is that a Road one that has had the axel swapped? Have a first gen Hed disc that is just like this that is respaced to 120 width

I asked BigH about this, and apparently this is a OG track disc, with no lockring threads. The possibility of this being a road one is very slim, as the seller had this disc from the Velodrome in Frankfurt Oder from a national team rider. Another mate told me that early campy discs were without lockring thread too.
Some road ones were retapped to accept a lockring, but they have wider threads that have enough space on them to to this, whereas the track wheels usually have space for one cog and thats it.

small disc update
At first I thought that i can bodge a pump adaptor with a 90° bit for a compressor and a valve adapter, but this didn't work bc the valve bit has to be screwed on and that's just impossible in this tiny valve hole, so I bought the proper thing. gluing the tub on was relatively stress-free as the tyre was already mounted on another rim and had stretched enough for pain-free montage.
I used the cog that came with it, an aluminium Dura-Ace cog that weighs 16g ... didn't knew that Shimano made Alu versions of them.
will borrow a tub Shamal front wheel from another mate when I see him.

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Which valve adapter did you get? I’ve got a different Russian disc wheel with a tiny valve hole. The normal crack pipe ones don’t fit in mine.

I got the citec one

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Nice one, thanks

just put this together to see how a dark front wheel suits it

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Just gonna leave this here...

got the 'rona, so had to isolate for the last days, but it is over now. decided to do my first ride in freedom on the antonov to celebrate life, ofc with some photos.

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😈😈😈

One of the very few bikes that are capable of taking a white saddle

Fluidisk and silver front wheel (or, ofc double chocolate)

Oh and sorry if i missed this but why is it colnago branded?

the colnago branding seems to be a sponsor thing. I found one other frame online with colnago branding but the only info I got that these are ukrainian national team colours.

I love how insane that saddle to bar drop is, gorgeous bike!

Is that yours/this one on Kleinanzeigen?

no the one on Kleinanzeigen isn't mine but I know the seller.
edit: I recently got a hms carbon front wheel for it so maybe I should do some proper photos

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