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Runs nice

Thanks everyone.

Yeah @kjlem, those seat stays are delightful.

First ride, to the fish huts. I'm liking it with silver rims.

Clamp-on caliper mount, like this one. Works reasonably well.

I rode my EG Bates on the 2nd (wasn't as sunny as in this pic)

Something else sparkly in the offing. This one will be for riding. I never gave my Samson the harsh treatment it could have taken, as it was too crisp and pristine.

It's been quiet on the track-bike front chez Lesterama. The Rondinella is too shiny and white to ride until next summer. The Ribble has been giving me headaches. So I'm throwing some bits on the Makino. Used parts without being too ratty. Plenty of NJS bits.

My first ride ever on a '50s bike. Rolls slow, but I think that's mainly the heavy 27 x 1 1/4 tyres.

The seller believes it's a 1958 Don Louis of Herne Hill. He had it renovated by Major Nichols in 1980. He also added a Unicanitor, '70s Cinelli bar and stem and a Campag seatpost and qr.

I've a few changes to make. The caliper is too deep for 27" wheels. I think I'll run it with two brakes. And I'll change the saddle. Happy so far.

They are indeed highly glutinous (glue-like in texture), but gluten-free

30 years ago I would race on 88". Now it would be 92-96". And sadly, I'm no faster now.

Spot on. I've been looking at the Panasonic website in case I ever have money to burn on a hot new NJS frameset.

Moved elsewhere

Lovely build.

I hope you stick with the tanwalls with all that silver and chrome and trad looks.

Sounds pretty spinny for going down Park St, Constitution Hill etc!

Great stem and seat stay ends

Nice, thanks

Price drop

Price drops

Nice!

Strictly speaking, aren't BB shells, seat stay caps and lugs cast with logos rather than pantoed?

Retro track cool

Need a track bike for your prodigy? It's time to get rid of my kids' Islabikes Reis 26. It's in decent condition, with just a few nicks and scrapes. It was used and stored indoors. To my chagrin, they never took to track, so just messed around on the rollers with it.

From memory, I think they used it from ages 7-11.

Reynolds 525 frameset
155mm cranks
43.5cm seat tube c-t
Lots of adjustment: long seatpost and plenty of fork stack
26" (559c) wheels
Drilling/ braze-ons for front and rear brake
Bars for smaller hands
41x13 gearing, which I think suits Youth C restrictions.

More pics here

Wheelset and sprocket added

The front end is just disgusting

Sure