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No I've never really been a skidding guy. And I'm sure there are other ratios that will wor . Just some maths to do. Also if the chain stretches I'll be going 48- 17. Probably won't make a difference but yeah.

Haha. Yeah sorry about that. Though it may have alternate incarnations.

Thanks

Small update : polished (kind of) my stem so now its quite shiny. Will post pictures when its sunny again.

I do agree with you in the matter that it would have been better if the frame was a track frame than a road frame both aesthetically and practicality wise. However, as you said everybody can do as they see fit regarding their own bike builds.

Primarily, the need for a track lo pro frame over a road frame rapidly deteriorated during my search for a lo pro frame at a reasonable price leading me to buy this frame.
In addition, this frame has my dream colour-skeme; something I had been looking for since I first caught sight of a lo pro bike. This perfect colour-skeme (IMO) lead me to beleive that it outweighed the few aesthetical mis-haps: the braze ons.
With regards to how you ponder upon how I can still pay attension to the saddle colour, I noticed that the saddle was only slightly larger than all the braze ons put together thus leading me to prioritise the saddle colour over the four or five small bits of metal that on this bike have been made to be almsot as discrete as possible.

You may see this as a road only build however I've seen many a road lo pro conversions and can tell you that in my opinion it is possible to convert a road lo pro without it looking like absolute crap. If you'd be happy putting it in anti porn, fine. However it would take quite a lot more than the concept of it being fixed for me to do the same.

I hope this has answered or fufilled you're confusion. :)

P.S. I will not be going brakeless.

Bird shit

Very nice paintjob though.

yet another owner of a Concorde. Still in the process of building this up: (Concorde Colombo)

(build thread: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/256228/?offset=25#comment11876384)

I'm afraid thats not going to happen. I much prefer fixed gear, due to the increased control, the more personal riding experience and despite the fact the frame is a road frame it will be a fixed gear. The seller also gave me a specific gear ratio for when going single speed (48,16) which gives a good chain tension. If its still too loose I can fiddle around with half links...

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surely 'C' should be for concorde

and can't you get a lo pro built for around £500: (from Lee Cooper cycles)

"The cheepest I could build you a low profile frame and fork, would be about, £505. plus VAT.
That would be using Reynolds 631 tubing, neatly fillet brazed but not smoothed, in a single powder coated colour .
Provided you give me as many details of the frame you can, including sizes, braze ons, etc.
Hope this helps."

I'm not sure if a black seat and grips would be better though?

Love the whole matching bike thing (I'm a bit late on the thread)

not sure if repost but these are so nice. I'd love to have them

Tilting the bullhorns and getting rid of the mudguards and decals of back wheel would make it ok.

PM'd

@Breso Thanks for the info about the seatpost that's gonna save a lot of time. I presume its the same story with different makes.

THE PLAN

wheels rims: Mavic open pro, h + son, velocities (black/grey)
saddle: Selle itallia turbo or concor with the perforation (top) or just white
seat post: Quite like the campag and shimano aero seat posts (middle). However having a hard time finding any with a rails to limit length of 200mm or more.
Handlebars: Nitto RB010/RB002 (is there a difference?)
Stem: Don't really mind unless its not shiny
Crankset: some classic looking one (like the bottom picture)
Grips/Tape: White V. strong grips or soome left over fizik lightweight... (to match the perforated saddle)
Pedals: Don't really know but shimano aero pedals look very nice.

thanks, but it'll be slow.

I did and it goes in fine. I didn't notice it coming out of the bottom of the fork so all is good. I'm still going to change it after a while though.

eventually got round to taking some half decent pictures.

clips:

the stem:

No sorry 13cm from bottom to where the extension begins. Yeah I know its not too nice to look at but I'll use it a bit and upgrade once the bike is ridable. I'll also try and polish it, i doubt it'll come out that bad.

Yeah I agree. I was probably going to change it after a while anyway. I'll give it a go though.

Just measured them (the steerer and max insertion of the stem) and they are both about 13cm. Is that really an issue?

Does anyone know anything about the history of the frame. I know (Or think) that it was built for some pro racers of the Concorde team and was built by ciocc.

Can't post pics till Tuesday.

What is the max length for the seat post

Are they the ones on the purple Concorde. They did look good. I was gonna ask but didn't have enough money to dish out at that moment.