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Bloody lovely! Being familiar with compacts + SRAM set-up, I can imagine how nice that rides as well.

I almost went with functional cos it's got a rack on it, but I find it more pretty than functional, so... (#Ronbias)

Cheers lowpug. This is a different kettle of fish from mine so really looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

This thread has cheered me up on a Monday morning!

Nice! I know it could be bloody anywhere but is that somewhere in NW Kent?

Phwoaar! I believe the word is rad. One of my favourite cranks, that.

I prefer the "get totally drunk with you" option. If he's not up for ten pints of the black stuff followed by an exchange of bike frame and cash, walk away. :)

http://i.imgur.com/qokCO5W.jpg

Well Lads, that's my beast there, only got her very recently. After realising the TT is too long :(

Just wondering would a smaller stem and compact bars be an acceptable option, stem is currently 110mm. I be needin around i'd say a 50-60mm taken from that.

and do compact bars and modern/short stem look daycent on old frames?

If you're riding on the hoods, you can shorten the reach a few cm's by using compacts, so maybe you could compromise by using a stem which is still a sensible size, e.g. 80/90?? And obviously I'm biased but compact bars can look perfectly OK on old frames. ;)

Brake calipers, Shimano
Rear mech and DT shifter, Shimano
Bars - looking at something like a shallow drop profile airwing or similar.
Wheels - maybe Mavic CXP33 or old cosmics?
I'm building this with a mindset of getting it functional and reasonably correct without being anal about it.

I've got a 600 rear mech (early '90s??) in pretty good nick which I took off my Ron Cooper a couple of years ago when I modernised it. Also some RX100 shifters which you can have for peanuts. Can send pics if interested.

Will be interested to see how this turns out, anyway!

Loving the gunmetal aesthetic on the Pinarello parts. And yellow is obviously win.

There's a 'Names and faces to bikes' thread, which is sort of the same. Maybe Current Projects if it's a work in progress? Whatever you do, don't put your own bikes in Bike Porn...

I'm a handlebar-preference away from putting the 243 in myself. ;-) But I'm being picky. Beautiful bike!

I'm 41 and gave up watching Top Gear ages ago. Am I still allowed to wear Gola trainers? The Enigma's quite nice but I'll stick to the Ron Cooper just to prove how bloody old I am. :)

^^ Oh, I say!

A minor saddle update. Got fed up trying to source a vintage white Flite in decent nick for not-silly money, and sourced a slightly beaten up one instead from here (thanks, pooolq!). Decided I preferred it to my Concor on aesthetic grounds, not least because it shows off more Dura-Ace AX seatpost, which is nice. And after a couple of test rides it seems to fit.

Just waiting for my mate to send me some bits in the post; white leather dye to see if that brings it back looking nice, and white leather if I decide to go mad and recover it myself.

Nice paint p0rn but it's a shit photo.

^^Some nice details no doubt but that Vivalo, and other things with weird geo like the stayer bikes, can never be porn for me, because the first thought upon image processing is that it's either been crashed, or designed by a small child.

^^^^etc... Nice Alan!

I don't suppose you'd be interested in a REALLY OLD cotton one by any chance? I'm not even sure of condition but I can check, as I've got a bag with a few in. We're talking mid-80s vintage. Zips probably fcuked, that sort of thing. I'm not really selling it am I.

Mmmm!

Matchy-matchy background coat, shirt, bag, wall, plant pot.

And they cost less than the import duty on a pair of M106. Cheers, sold!

The FSA Vero is a nice compact bar for about the same money. I really like the shape.

Possibly an even better shout, thanks. With the reach being 80mm would these be closer in shape to my Nitto M106 (78mm) than the PX compacts (70mm)? Having now tested them and being very happy, that's what I want to replicate.

For compacts I'd highly recommend Planet-X Strada (£19.99) or the even lighter Strada Compact Lite (£29.99). Really nice shape and very good prices too.

Ah good shout, cheers! Will be getting me a pair of the Compact Lite for the PX once the summer bike gets put away.

ftfy

I'd say it is what it is, and that's mint.

Cheers Vince. Nice work on the Rolls. I'm worried I'll do an equally nice job and end up trying to convince my arse that it's comfortable as well! ;-)

Not a bad price on that Flite actually. I'll have a little think about it but probably won't get much cheaper I guess.

Since Selle Italia don't have any foreseeable plans to re-issue this saddle in WHITE I thought I'd turn my hand to a DIY job using some free leather my mate's sending me. (Will have a trial run on an old Rolls I've got lying around, but how hard can it be?)

So I just need a structurally sound Flite saddle of any colour, can be heavily scuffed or even torn in places, I'd just like to spend as little as possible, so make me an offer.

Thanks.

^^^^ Very nice bike, but whilst I'm not anti-spacer as such I don't think I would draw attention to its presence by making it matchy-matchy colour with the hubs.

edit Yeah, black top cap and spacer to make it look like a single unit with the stem, and a bit of colour on the headset is fine.