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do you think the bars came off a 70's Raleigh Chipper ^^

i think it weighs the same as my dartboard... without the chain and chainset.

There was a guy at Herne Hill last year selling a set of lightly used 32/40 Campag Pista hubs for £120... They are out there, you gotta keep looking! He also had some NOS boxed 36h for £130... Alas, I was skint... That was a fucking shit day (bargain-wise)...

i have a pair of 27" rims.. they could be 32/40h. However they're quite old as they were off a 1949 Hobbs i was given so they date from roughly then.

Can't be as bad as the bare metal brake levers they use in the past thought.

just like my old Raleigh Arena... they had those extra bits on them so you could operate them from the 'tops'.

i bet they'd be worth a mint now on fleabay... and those short mudguards.

now thats bike porn.

surley not.. look at the pinch bolt and a gappy shim on the bars

Koichi Nakano
10 times Sprint World Champion
(Nagasawa)

Enjoy, amazing footage.

Nagasawa and Suntour... and some plasters !

I thought, perhaps mistakenly, that the Paddington track was the old Wembly track, which became the original Calshot track. If that makes any sense.

The track at Paddington was a 500m or there abouts tarmac jobbie... i was wondering what happened to the Club, i stopped riding for them in 1998.

...whatever happened to The Paddington Cycling club ??

i've just done a search on the ' www' with no joy... i've still got a bit of kit from way back, maybe just maybe i should start it up again.

do you have photos...?

Yeah, drop me an email....

Yellow 2007 Condor Track frame 56cm c to top, 56cm c to c (toptube) 27.2mm seat clamp 100/120mm ends chromed. Comes with 7600 Dura Ace headset. £400.

Campag. Super record 144 pcd. 3/32 chainrings 54t, 51 and 42 £15 each

1 pair Campag. Monoplaner Athena A/K brakes minimal use. £35

1 pair FIR deep rims 16 hole (just like old Shamals). £50

1 pair of Shimano brake levers and front A/K brake w/cable. £25

pls. contact edwildthing@hotmail.co.uk

Of course, it´s a Panasonic* from 1998, thumb size dent right where the front wheel meets the DT.
I need to check it properly, dunno if that dent will affect the (possible) fail of the frame... but it was cheap, only reason I got it. Gabe´s the man!!.. Well it´s the 3rd frame I got from him, only this year... so I truly recommend buying from him - NJS EXPORT.
I fear having to replace the DT so..... need to ask for quotes from frame builders.. : S

*Checkout the lugs.... absolute lust.

+1

Gabe is cool.

Both ??

A Cinelli 1R stem would be better than the XA.. IMHO

any thoughts/experiences with the shimano 600 / ultegra quill stem? I have never used one before (or the identical dura ace) but I am considering purchasing one to match my other shimano components -- just wondering if the hidden bolt system is reliable and if the stem is not likely to fail.

i've got a DA and a 600 one...
as quoted earlier a 6mm a/k does the job has to be a long one though to reach the end.
i've had no problems with them and they're god knows how old and still going strong.

I will even try to leave it locked in Broadway Market a whole weekend, I promise.
Ultimate test.

like a suffragette.... ?!

Just answer the questions mister. How did you come to be testing then? ; )

I've got to know them quite well and i simply offered to test at Calshot, it was somewhere they'd heard of and they decided it was a good idea as Calshot is so different to the tracks over there in Japan aparently.

I thought the BB is adjustable?

it is.. but i had it on a lower setting.

From the Manc. rules.

• Track bikes must have a fixed wheel, 165mm cranks, and 280mm (11”) bottom bracket height (measured from floor to centre of bottom bracket), no braze ons, and must have track ends. Coaches must advise riders to check their own bikes before taking to the track, including: tyres, chain tension, wheel nuts. If a “fixie” bike is used, that matches the measurements above, and has brazed ons or cast cable or gear stops, they must be padded with foam and taped over with insulating tape.
  
• Use Continental, Schwalbe or Vittoria clinchers or tubulars (black tread only), 23 mm wide. Tyres must be inflated to 8 bar (119psi), and the pressures, and tyre condition checked regularly. Do not use Michelin tyres or any dual compound tyres. Other tyres and tubulars may in future be recommended after analysis. Do not use tub tape to fix tubulars to sprint rims – use proprietary rim cement.
  
• Do not use brand new tyres on the track without first preparing them thus; rub the surface with alcohol or white vinegar or other degreaser before use. Ride the first three laps on the Cote d’Azure or bottom of track. No spare sprocket on double rear hub
  
• Bar ends must be fitted, and secure in handlebars.
  
• No quick release spindles. Wheel spindles should not extend beyond the track nuts, front and rear, and should be sawn off flush with the nut, and filed smooth.
  
• Recommended gears for novices, and all riders on taster sessions - 84” gear adults, 74” for 9 -12 year olds.
  
• The gearing on Velodrome hire bikes range from 72.6” (44 x 15) to 83.9” (50 x 16).
  
• Gearing for all endurance SQT’s, including Madison and Derny, shall e restricted to 88”. The only exception is the “A” SQT, where it is unlikely that there are any Velodrome bikes (84” gears) used on this session. It does not apply to Sprint or Sprint/Keirin SQT’s. However, youth accredited riders should ride a gear as per the relevant Youth category gearing in BC Technical Regulations, or lower – see table.
  
• Do not have any active devices such as bike computers or digital displays that can distract you whilst riding. As a computer is a “projection” it is not allowed
  
  
  
  

I ran my Yellow Veloflex tyres at 9 bar... and the BB height was 5mm too low with 167.5 cranks.. oh dear fail, fail, fail, fail, fail. However i did use a 44x15 which is actually a 79.2".

How is the frame to ride? is it as good as it looks?

it certainly does... i'm not looking foreword to sending it back to Tokyo...
;-(

I thought calshot were more relaxed about tyre choice for the boards.

i didn't know there were tyre restrictions on the track... i used 'Veloflex Pave' because i ride Welwyn track which isn't the smoothest, the yellow colour is a throwback from the 'Atlanta golds' i used years back.

Calshot Velodrome?

Yes thats the place... it's not as bumpy as it used to be thank god !

It was a social visit, where was i when you spotted me... were you on a bike ?

yeah... yellow tyres and all.

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It is a dream to ride... i think i might even get a racing licence again !!

sorry if its a repost, but love how the angle of the track stem matches the top tube...mental

and the saddle matches the slope too... the rear wheel looks smaller than the front !