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Looked like this when I got it…
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And it sat like that for 2 years in our room, causing multiple stubbed toes.
Finally got around to sending up to Mercian with new transfers and a request for drilling for a rear brake. About 3 months later…
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Really happy with the outcome.
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Planning on using some bits from other bikes that I need split (soon to be sold here) but need advice on bar tape and cable colour please.
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White tape, especially cotton tape, would look super nice. Pretty impractical though.
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Like the idea of white cloth tape - on order. Cabled up and ready and swapped in some Modolo brake levers from another build.
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That looks great. What cables are those?
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Velo Orange braided metallic cables @Verbs_&_Nouns
https://freshtripe.co.uk/velo-orange-metallic-braided-brake-cable-kit/
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Excellent. Thank you.
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Thanks @Verbs_&_Nouns - nearly done, just waiting on a Izumi gold track chain to finish this off!
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Perfect!
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That is so nice and clean , what’s the stem?
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Yep that’s it, after polishing up with Autosol!
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The final build…
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This is great.
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Paul track hubs with a Sturmey archer freewheel
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Pat Hanlon track frame 1974
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Finally getting around to posting this build. After building up a Pat Hanlon geared road bike a few years ago I’ve been on the hunt for another. I got this track frame from eBay, nice seller who told me a bit of a story.
‘ I bought the frame off a fellow member of the Colchester Rovers in, I think, 1978. He had the frame built by Pat Hanlon. He rode it on Paddington track in London when he was student in London.
There is a frame number on the left-hand rear dropout, so you might be able to get an exact date of manufacture off the marque expert in the Veteran Cycle Club.
I had it refinished when I bought it, but originally it was sort of "lavender" enamel. I rode on it at Herne Hill a few times, but mostly used in for grass-track, including riding at Mildenhall in the 1980s and 1990s. I also used it for time-trialling, and even managed to do 59:43 for a 25ml tt on it, though that was on the E72 so it doesn't mean much. I haven't used it much for the last five years: I don't seem to be able to pedal as fast as I used to!’.