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Rimming again (front)...

More hub...

Some hub love...mmmh

Bit of a rim shot...

As described in the header, unearthed after being forgotten about.. £140 now £125 including shipping to UK from IOM

E3 I love this race. Just so happens i'm off today so i'll indulge myself by settling down to watch this, this afternoon

I'll dibs the wheels

If you change your mind about posting the wheel let me know.

Anyone know if V sprint are still trading? A couple of enquiries via DM to @Varno and via their website have drawn a blank. I wondered if anyone on the forum had any knowledge

How about knurling the outside faces of the stainless steel dropouts?

Oh sorry Honk I thought you said happy to post, but re reading it says post photos. Still happy to pow wow with you if you reconsider posting.

Dibs!

DM incoming

Sweet Jesus! Why isn't this a 63cm! In all honesty what would 950 bucks buy you in terms of a modern bike? Next to nothing in comparison. GLWS

That's the one @jambon. It's a bit of a slow burner at the moment. One update is that i've ordered a campaign fork crown race from the cycle clinic. When that arrives i'ĺl take it and the dura ace chain set and bottom bracket down to my LBS for assembly. I don't have the kit to remove the campag square taper and don't want to bodge it.
Feelers remain out for wheels which I now equate to the hobby of fishing...tremendous patience is required.

GLWS! Will dibs the wheels if you are prepared to split (and post) dependent upon price

Maybe, it's quite light and has sprayed up a treat. Looking for a campagnolo fork crown now. I don't want to extract from the original fork and it would be nice to swap over reasonably easily if the bike goes "indoors".

I've also acquired a new chain Ring from Tredz (yes Tredz!) Cost with their ubiquitous £5 voucher was about £30.After missing out on a couple of forum bargains it seemed a reasonable deal. They also sent me a 10% off voucher and i contemplated getting some Miche x press wheels from them but they slap you for a £20 delivery charge to the IOM on larger items so it negatated the discount and then some!
Wheels are the next acquisition so if you have something reasonably priced you don't mind posting then DM me...

Another shot front on...

I' m no Rembrandt but modern paints and lacquer make this sort of thing far easier than it used to be...

The paint on the fork from @Kalkhoff was baby blue and tbh if there hadn't have been a couple of scratches down to the wood i'd probably have left it. As I was (and because i'm on a fairly tight budget) Mr Holts was invited around and for less than a tenner i've given it 4 coats of black and 3 of lacquer...considerably more than it left the Peugeot factory with..

Sorry about the delay in updating this but now there is a little more to say on the project. The biggest issue facing me was sorting out a drilled road fork. The fork that came with the frame looked as though it had a centre for a drilling but there was no way I was going to take a drill to it. Instead I placed a wanted advert on the forum and waited...and waited...I did consider getting a new one but tbh unless you have deep pockets the bottom end stuff just looked like it was made out of boat anchors. Luckily for me @Kalkhoff saw my advert and sent me the fork pictured below for £30 posted.

He said it had come off a lightweight Peugeot and when it arrived I was so surprised by how light it was I popped it on the scales...see below. The picture shows it sans fork crown and rubbed down for spraying so it was about 30g heavier when it arrived but a full 70g lighted that the Merckx fork...

Deserving of a bump because they are great looking wheels

I've had to undibs the wheels. Give the OP a shout if you are interested, they are seriously nice kit.

It really is a nicely priced bike with some lovely components. Free bump.

Hope for convenience sake you sell complete but Dibs on the wheelset if you split