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Just look at the line into the front calliper - looks horrible.

apologies, didnt mean to offend an overtrained eye.

I'd get some proper campagnolo quickreleases though, and mount them the correct way.. :)

Those quickreleases look like those I used to have on my semi-horizontal drops Fondreist, and the rear wheel was always touching the left stay after sprinting up hill... Cheap shit..

You want these;

Brake cables go behind the bars. Not convinced by Zonda's with Victory if you were going for a true period correct build, but they look fine, apart from the QR skewers; surely they are not OE for those wheels?

yep they've been ordered but can be delivered straight to oxford. my handy toolbox couldn't so they are the last addition.

Concerning the cables, i know the norm is to have them on the inside but personally i prefer them on the outside cause they dont get in the way as much. Unless you have a handlebar bag i cant think of why this should be so dogmatic. I may have missed something though.

F@@@uck!
You should clobber that electrician for a start. Wonder how many of you lock their bikes when they are at home/shed through the wheel and frame. I mean its likely this was a van-outside-the-door case but generally an opportunistic thief (which generally most are) might decide its too much of a hassle to carry the bike along with all your other floggable belongings. i for one have more bikes than locks. think i am gonna have to change that and start keeping them locked when they are in the shed. Spare d-locks anyone?

Magloras' bike. Took us 6months to finish this.
Before:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2738/4535294759_c9c198c40a.jpg
Now, by Mario Vaz - midnight blue, lug lining done perfectly:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/5094505757_4aa9c4acc5_z.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/5095111146_b56564c0b7_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5095112648_86a3d235a0_b.jpg

with a tool usually unless its seized in which case you should search the forum "seized bottom bracket".

lasmo999, though about putting some chrome mudguard on it? it would fill in the gap and suit the bike nicely (it's build for mudguard).

+1

seen this in the flesh. looks amazing.

i like it. prob wouldnt buy but good idea. good movie too.

Would be a piece of piss to either make a rack like that or to braze a simple rack directly onto your forks or frame.

was thinking about both options. i am getting the frame repainted, so the second option wouldnt be a big problem, i would like it to be removable though. i think the issue i see at the moment for making a rack like the one on the pic is sourcing the wire stay material. it has to be of similar strength of the nitto rack (m18) wire stay but it would have to be long and wrap around the whole mudguard and back on to the other side. i was thinking of using an extra long mudguard stay.

I'm unsure at how much weight that handlebar bag can sustain with that flimsy looking rack, especially when you're going to carry a lots on it.

There are Nitto front rack that are removable without needing any mount on the fork, but it cost a pretty penny;

I think it worth it (£115).

yep. but the price difference might convince me to try it though. i reckon it sholdnt cost that much, two stays (long) the brackets for the forks. from the pic it seems he somehow has figured out how to support the bag. maybe a bolt from the inside (buttefly for tools-less removal maybe. i'll need a bench vice. i think.

@phi what you need is some decaleur in order to mount the bag onto the handlebar, velo orange sell some of those, you can vaguely see it in that photo.

the little fork mount look quite DIY.

sure ed, the setup in the pic also uses a decaleur but he avoids the need for rack support with this fork stay diy jobby. i have never had a handlebar bag setup so i am not too sure about few things. its widely mentioned (including in the Gilles Berthoud product specs) that a decaleur should be further supported by a rack. i however dont have the right mounts on the fork so i started shopping around for solutions when i saw this arrangement (cheap yet elegant) and was wondering what you lot think.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bthelewis/4941044569/in/photostream/

genius...avoid using a front rack. wonder whether any of you technically minded can explain to me how this is constructed for "quick" release.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/reynolds-501-puch-competition-racer-vintage-bike-/120633112693?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item1c164b3875#ht_500wt_1156

sometimes i wonder how deluded people are. 350 for a 501 puch! jeez

lots of bidding of money like 49, 59,69. bids designed not to win, by a buyer with low feedback.

the auction system would result in small incremental increases. what's fishy about it is that there is such an interest for a bike with one bad photo and such a bad description.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Condor-Racing-Bicycle-/130441983150?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item1e5ef2b4ae#ht_500wt_1156

mmmhhmm fishy?

i have a shit wheel you can try this on if you want.

PM sent
we'll see.
I might split it as i dont neccessarily want the frame but having said that its lovely.

DIBS PM coming...

did you win this bike? I was tempted but it went over the limit I set for myself.

no i didnt. i got a message from a forumite that he was intersted so i kept off it. in fact it turned out that he was thinking about converting the roberts to fixed so we ended up almost splitting it. Anyway the price though went above we agreed was probably reasonable for us. we missed out.

Or maybe leave it on the Roberts and ride that one instead? the Roberts is perfect (and it's a Roberts too, excellent frame).

or maybe i just like my mercian more. ed you might not get it but some people get attached to their frames and dont want to change them everytime they get paid. agreed though excellent frame it was not my size however.

I had a snipe on that as well, though it went a bit high. Probably not a bad price though.

yeah it wasnt that bad in the end although a bit borderline.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150503204392&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_614wt_1139
thinking about getting this for the groupset and wheels. gonna sell the frame.
How much do you think the frame can go for: Roberts SLX looks in good nick 54cm. I was hoping for 150 roughly. That insane with bottom bracket included?
Have a mercian puppy that needs to go back to touring glory.

bloody tempting...
if you dont get any better offers than 300 i'll take it, although unlikely.

FFS someone buy this

fuck it we have decided to ditch the chrome, subtle look ftw

must resist....

yeah clefty, thanks for all the advise.
i now have bought one and played around with it. planning the first ride soon. will also be using it in sweden. going kayaking/camping for a week.
anyway one thing i would add to your above advice would be that for downloading gpx files to use with mapsource as routes bikehike allows to download a gpx as route or track so that you dont have to use this stupid system. then moving it to garmin is the same easy.
i think biketoaster only gives you the option as downloading as track and hence your long way around it. i think if bikehike allows to to view routes imbedded in other servers as well (well he doesnt keep the anymore anyway) that would add the benefit that you dont have to trasfer to new servers.
on the last point i am guessing here though, my experience is a minimal as techno.