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I think the phrase used to me was not "damage" but "puncturing ribs"...

Might switch out bars next time and try my luck. And sling the straps and clips in the bag just in case...have ridden this before on there (albeit in a private session) and it doesn't even have track dropouts or the right BB height...maybe it just depends who you get on the day and whether they know / trust you?

Was it track legal?

Yup. Ex Lithuanian track team (with forum heritage).

The bars were their biggest concern but they also played the UCI wheel size card afterwards

Anyone riding these on track these days? Was turned away from Herne Hill with my Vitus on Saturday much to my dismay

Took this to Herne Hill on Saturday...would have been great fun. If they'd allowed it on! Gripes were with the handlebars (can change) and then eventually the geometry (lovely tall stem upgrade perhaps?!)

Anyone else riding pursuit frames on track these days? That was 80% of the purpose for this build so it was a bit of a disappointing morning...

Thanks TM. I could sell you the straps and saddle and then you can take photos of them on whatever you want ;)

Some tinkering and updates: I didn't get on with the Concor shape so am trying something racier. And the cages were an absolute death trap so I've rustled up some straps instead which give my feet some wiggle room when weaving through traffic.

Would like some narrower L.A.84 bars but other than that, happy days

I have a pair. Fitted once but decided to go with something else instead. There's a mark on one of the leather straps but they are basically new. PM if interested.

http://www.lfgss.com/thread125334.html#post4182032

perfect upgrade for my tourer. paid. And for reference the tightness of the tensioning bolt is the same as my other swift but it's just not got a collar as b'jammin pointed out. So no problems in my eyes

I was moments away from buying this frame from Wayne a while back...kicking myself a bit but happy to see it pop up on here again! It's a beauty. Love that wheelset too. Track drops for sure though.

Ah...eBay it remains...

where's that...? I'm always having to eBay it and the quality is hit and miss

+1 on the black straps! (especially because the white ones have a buckle rather than a roller thing so I'm struggling to really clamp my foot in)

unfortunately I haven't found any decent quality ones at a decent price yet...

how much of a pain was it to recover that laser? i have one id like to do.

Not too bad depending on how patient you are... Once you've plied the original cover off you have a nice template to work from (but cut an inch or so bigger anyway). Then there's a perfect gap between the hard plastic base and the foam backing on the saddle which you have to gently pry apart to push the leather down into. I used a tyre lever to do this (metal one) and that worked quite well. First time I was a bit ham-fisted though and snarled the leather a lot so it started to tear...

The nose is a bit tricky as the rails are in the way of the area you really want to push the leather into...on the brightside, everything is quite tight once you do so I haven't actually glued anything yet and it's staying taught

And (finally) the first build! Complete with maiden voyage over the weekend (...and some poorly timed hail storms)

The massive toe overlap is going to take some getting used to…luckily, it was most fun belting along in a straight line anyway!

Saddle leather was a convenient leftover of the handlebar covers…

New project completed this weekend - Saddle.

Still not sure what I'm going to run on it in the end but had a good deal on a battered Laser saddle so figured I'd try out re-covering that. Went better than expected (second time round, having ignored my own rule to measure twice, cut once…)

How is the crankset with the phil BB, dose it fit well?

Plum straight thanks man. Massive Relief

And finally tyres. Sounds easy right. Unfortunately I really wanted a set of matching tan sidewall tyres and it turns out 650c tyres like this are few and far between. I love the darker colour of the old Conti GP3000 and found one on eBay in 650c only to have it lost in the post. Had been watching a pair of 700c GP3000's for ages and eventually just purchased them anyway thinking if I managed to find a matching front it would be unbelievably annoying to have missed out on the back ones. Thankfully, I asked the seller about 650c versions and he had a stash of them so included them in the sale. Boom! So I have bought 2 complete sets to keep me going. I shouldn't feel so attached to a pair of tyres but I thought I was never going to get them so am particularly proud of these

Then, mini-project. Cranks. They was loads of scuffs, pits and marks all over them from their previous life so it was polishing time. This was the starting point

Step 1: fairly rough 80 grit paper (with the help of a similar grit dremel sanding tool for the really bad bits)
Step 2: 120 then 240 then 400 grit paper (this was painstaking)
Step 3: Dremel polishing compound and soft felt disk (quite a few of them)
Step 4: Brasso to (pun intended) polish it off

I could do with another run over the fluted parts but I got bored so here's them as they're probably going to stay

Then, chainring - 48t Dura Ace old 151bcd size ring in great condition - thanks allister. It's NJS too to continue the NNJS drive train (*Nearly). Running a 15t DA cog on the back which I found in the tool box and an Izumi ESH chain which came with the cranks when I bought them. And a nice Phil Wood 108mm ISO BB at the core of it all thanks to dr-roboto (he seriously waited at my house for at least an hour whilst I borrowed his tools and kept cocking it up! If I knew what 'repping' really involved he would definitely receive some!)

Various packages have arrived and pick ups been made over the last couple of weeks.

First, Pedals. MKS RX-1 NJS Pedals - Thanks countryboj

Thanks for stopping by this morning - sorry it took an age to fit!

thanks man…that Somec!

A verbose way of nudging Fox that it might still work for him (as it did for you). I've picked up an ISO one now. Happy days