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Winter is here...

That my latest build has been featured here twice (!?) causes me to swoon...

I've since recovered. Thank you for all of it.

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Newfound Nitto NPII prompts postage...

I was experiencing something of a nightmare with Velox tape warping and exposing spoke holes a few years ago... In searching for a solution, I came upon a recommendation of Kapton tape at 1mm wrapped twice around the rim.

I can't express properly how much I adore this solution... I have been using two wraps of Kapton tape on all of my wheels (90-120 psi) ever since and have been properly impressed.

I was experiencing something of a nightmare with Velox tape warping and exposing spoke holes a few years ago... In searching for a solution, I came upon a recommendation of Kapton tape at 1mm wrapped twice around the rim.

I can't express properly how much I adore this solution... I have been using two wraps of Kapton tape on all of my wheels (90-120 psi) ever since and have been properly impressed.

Readers...

Ideally, I'd acquire the frame, go through all of the niftiness and fun that goes along with collecting parts to properly build it up and then ride it... Hard. I would be tender, a lot more tender than I am with my Steamroller, say, but it would be a thoroughly ridden bicycle. (Between the treatment of my Bridgestone and B0N0R's treatment of his Bridgestone, I'd be somewhere in the middle.) Those lugs, though...

All that being typed, I amount to little more than a killjoy, because it turns out that I have wasted all of your time: The seller and I went through the fit and it became obvious that the frame is too big for me when money is on the table.

I sincerely appreciate the further insight, Meds. Your figure is just about where I was at as an absolute final offer, so the input feels like a nice validation. I have opened a dialog with the seller.

[csb]I am well and truly biting my knuckles on this one... I have begun rationalizing with thoughts such as: 'Well, it is local, so it is perfectly reasonable for me to tack on the additional £X I would have paid if this was being shipped from X.'

...and I had always thought my first substantial vintage track bike acquisition would be thoroughly Japanese in origin. American and Campy had never entered my mind. Although this thing has thrown me for quite a loop with that color and condition. [/csb]

Thanks again for the help.

Thank you for the reply and a sane amount. The seller wants considerably more than that and your figure is going to go a long way in keeping me on this side of rationality. Cheers.

This Paramount—which fits me—just became available locally and I am trying to conjure up an offer... Would anyone be able to help me with a reasonable figure?





Thank you so much for any assistance.