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thanks, I thought years ago I could paint it myself ! so glad I didn't !

thanks Ben, well worth eating beans for the next fortnight !

so, this has been (another) really slow project of mine.
in march 2013 this was listed on ebay in Australia,

I bought it cheaply and took it apart and cleaned it up.

it was pretty rough and needed a new paint job. it needed a very small dent in the seatstay filled too, so I put it in the too hard pile in the shed where it hung for aggeess.
meanwhile I sold the ratty old dura ace group it came with and slowly gathered the same group in better condition.
a bit of time passed and I dropped the frame in for its repair, and then drove out to the sungraphics in Melbourne to have it painted.

I left work early last Friday (thanks boss) and picked it up, drove it home in the rain, sat it down in the lounge room and starred at it while I had dinner.
the next day (Saturday) it was super windy outside, no way would I risk it falling over in the wind while being photographed, so I had waited this long, I had to wait a little longer.

finally on sunday morning there was no wind, so after I walked the dog ..

I need a few small parts, but its progressing well. I am still hunting for the original plain skinny campy brake levers, but not holding my breath!

hopefully it wont take 2 more years to have it built, but im in no hurry.

too long for me im afraid, glws :)

what's the length ??

id be sure this is an ambrosio disc with a gipiemme hub? ill bet you 20 bucks (AUD) that on the opposite side where you have threaded that track cog on a freewheel thread, if you unscrew that little cover, there will be a track and lockring thread. you can see it on the non drive side in your photo.
heres a picture of my ambrosio disc, freewheel thread one side track on the other with an interchangeable little screw on cover.

http://www.flickr.com/adam_b83

I use a 32mm normal headset spanner, it works well too.

very slow progress thanks to other half finished projects getting in the way!

this is going to be an absolute banger ben, cant wait to see it finished!!

sweet muesli bar holster coming off the headtube though !

absolute banger !

getting pretty jealous of how this is turning out!

really nice project! there is a picture of a performance el pursuit on the rossin website.
http://rossinbikes.it/en/p/dai-dilettanti-ai-professionisti/

nice project! I would love to find/have a matching pair of frames.

maybe not the right headset according to velobase, but its pretty period correctish and I think nicer? more unusual?

nearly finished, ive gathered a few spares and another crankset and hubs. both not pictured.

im waiting on the wheels and cant choose a seatpost!
nitto or a dura ace 7200? help me decide!

I have a 1992 ms leader.




I have a dura ace panto chain ring on the way too.
they have lots of vintage catalogues on their website too which is a useful resource.
http://www.somec.com/it/azienda/cataloghi_vintage/

they were for the Australian 1993 team pursuit according to the internet.

this was for sale in Sydney but it isn't mine unfortunately, I want it though!
its a euro from Australia, there are a few on the internet. they are very nice.

answer my pm about the lockring @Gruby

after the xmas - new years holidays the wheels have been laced and the profil 3 is complete!

i will take some better pictures with a more neutral background, but i couldn't wait, so these are from my yard.

special thanks to @Vince for parting with the profil saddle, that is the only part i thought i would never find.

now to get my gitane aero profil frame painted..

i think 24" front is pretty rare for rossin too. plus full panto group is a banger!