Mercian track :(Last of the) Super Vigorelli.

Good news!!!! Can't wait to see it build up
And very inspirational sign on the wall;)

Hurray! Fab news!

Thanks everyone, a huge relief. I suspect it is the last Super Vigorelli they built. I also got my Eddie McGrath back which was a relief

Excellent result! A real smooth operation and no one got hurt.
Look forward to the build!😎

Thanks John

The plan now is to get the frame to a bike shop and get the BB faced and chased as necessary for BB installation and a headset fitted and the steer cut down to give me circa 50mm to play with for bar height.
I was thinking about a shiny Ritchey classic headset. For the price of more expensive headsets I can get that, some spacers and a classic seatpost.

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I suspect it is the last Super Vigorelli they built

Collectors item! Congrats on retrieving it.

I have a lovely King red sotto voce headset that’d go well with that stunning green.. let me know if you’re interested?

Sorry John I pulled the pin on the Ritchey earlier

Ah good stuff, really glad for you!
Looks lovely!

Good work will be a keeper indeed 😎

Some photos so far. Headset fitted and steerer cropped by my LBS who popped a pair of wheels on to take these pictures...

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Wow!!!

A quick breakdown of parts on or going on...

Ritchey classic headset
Dura Ace BB
Dura Ace crankset
Sugino 75 chainring (ex Harry Tan field GB) 53t
Ritchey classic seatpost
Nitto NJS stem
Nitto NJS sprint drops
Campagnolo Seoul 88 rims on Suzue Pro max hubs
Veloflex Record tubulars

Super nice! Glad to see the steerer is not cut too short

Agreed. I've left in some stem stack for future proofing. I'll probably start with 20mm above and 20mm below to begin with. It will also allow me to fit the sprinter drops

It's finished! I'll try and get bet photos at the Velodrome

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Clean and tidy. That's a bike to go down in history.

[thigh rubbing intensifies]

An amazing fg on lfgss 👌👏✌🏾🤟🏽

Lovely, great this has a happy ending

Time for it to earn it's keep

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An actual track bike getting ridden on the track? Are you sure you’re on the right forum?

Ha ha! so true. Did an hour to shake it down yesterday eveing. I've changed the saddle and put a San Marco Regal on. The Specialized Toupe has that thin blade edginess but also that thin blade edginess feel. the backside that could cope with that disappeared a long time ago.

Back on the track this morning for the Supervets session. I've upped te garing to 53 x15 so we'll see how it goes

When i first saw the frame i thought that's nice but not really my cup of tea. The build however is absolutely gorgeous, great story.

What an absolutely gorgeous bike. I was getting nervous reading the last few pages. Glad it had a happy ending (the demise of Mercian aside).