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The top cap has been modified by Bart at WIND cycleworks to join a Campagnolo bolt and is now - IMHO - absolutely perfect...

Biggest change: worried about the durability of the transparent powdercoated finish I decided to sent the frame, fork and stem to Brady at BCP Special Paintwork for a coat of RAL 5004 darkblue metallic paint with painted-on silver colored "decals"...

Custom brass top cap in the making to match the custom stem...

Thanks for the advise, much appreciated! The top cap came with a 1" Campagnolo aheadset but it seems they issue the same cap with both their 1" and 1 1/8" sets.

The custom steel stem arrived today and I am very pleased with the result. Made by Bart Veuger at WIND cycleworks, it clamps a 1" steerer tube and 26mm handlebar, is 105mm long with a 6º rise. Replaced the bolts with Syntace titanium and I think I'll ask Fibre Lyte to make a custom top cap because the stem is so sleek the Campagnolo top cap looks huge.

Apart from the custom stem for this Vetta project (which, btw, was made by Bart from WINDcycleworks for 1" steerer and 26mm bars diameter) only a few ahead stems look sleek enough to go with a 1" headtube. The Syntace F99 combined with a 1 1/8"shim as seen on the Merlin is one of the few.

Form and function: Ergopower for the rear is functional but through 25 years on a road bike I found that I do 90 percent of my rides on the small ring. Rode my Merlin with this combination for years...

I like the sleek looks of a steel frame with thin tubes and a 1" head tube and I particularly like the straight 1" fork Vetta provides combined with the sleek custom stem.

I wrote: "Ergopower for the rear derailleur & downtube shifter in front", as far as my text wasn't already self-explanatory, what did you expect me to answer? You want me to explain what a downtube shifter is?

Yes, I know what I wrote

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My post was clearly a reply to mrJL but whatever. Seems you're desperate for opportunities to mock people.

Open Pro tubular (for 2016 the name of the good old Reflex)

• Dedacciai ZeroUno tubing
  
• 1" headtube and fork
  
• 27.2mm seatpost
  
• 28.6mm seat- and top tube
  
• 31.7mm downtube
  
• Ergopower for the rear derailleur & downtube shifter in front
  
• clear powdercoated with custom decals
  

I'm yet to see a painted stem that looks decent.

Teaser from Padova...

Yeah, just for the groupset to be complete :-)

Ready for some spring cobbles...

...because I don't like the looks of the Pro Chrome on this bike but I do like the Syntesis?

Certainly no Pro Chrome or Eclypse. The 3ttt Syntesis stem is exactly what I want

Now all I need is to do is built a set of nice wheels with Nemesis rims...

Are those TA Carmina cranks?

Spring? It works with the old 10sp Ergos so what's the difference?

Had this setup on my old road bike:

And it works just as fine on my current CX bike:

Why not simply remove the mechanism from the left Ergopower lever?