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Holy crap that colour in sunshine is amazing.

The headset you linked is most likely ISO thought A9 headset is (or was) available in both ISO and JIS cups standards (according to VeloBase).

http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_ta-o.html#threaded

Scroll down to the "headset threading" part.

The paintjob looks yummy

Would.

Fuck that's nice. Usually I don't fancy big frames as they tend to look out of proportion IMHO but this is very nice. Everything fits nicely, though you're right about chromed fork (or at least painted the same as frame).

Ace. BTW how is the bar tape finished? It's wrapped from the stem AND over the bar plugs? How it's held together at the bar ends?

Still waiting for the water bottle and pedals :/ But in the meantime:

I definately wouldn't make a career in the pinstriping business but it's the best of all the tries :P

If they're comfortable for the owner than obviously that's ok.

Nice. Though bar angle is a bit weird. Can you reach brake levers while in the drops?

The anti force is strong with this one

According to the owner it now has two green tyres and is going to have green chainring. Must be trolling.

Yeah, I think they're a bit on the long side. There's always room for improvement :p I cut a generous length because it's always easier to shorten them than lengthen :P

Longer outers also make the cable leave the levers more perpendicular, with shorter outers the increased tension makes them leave the levers almost sideways.

I got some generic outers which seem to be extra stiff and that makes them prone to creating sharp bends - can't see it in this particular photograph but the rear derailler loop is quite long and still there is quite sharp bend at both ends (which worries me a bit). Same thing happens with shorter brake outers.

Also - not really a good build for weight weenieing but the whole bike as seen in the photo weighs 9.66 kg - nothing extra fancy but not bad either.

I also suspected that the pulleys might be a little worn. To be honest this is my first road bike so I don't really have any reference and don't know how "worn" pulleys look. A bit better photograph of the derailleur was posted a bit earlier:

However - the chain was much too long, like 3-4 links. I've shortened it which helped a lot but didn't solve the problem. In the end with fine tuning I managed to set everything up in a way which prevents chain drops. Still - I think I'll get new pulleys and a new chain (don't really know how old is the current one, it might be a little stretched too).

So the bike is more or less complete - still waiting for the bottle cage and pedals. Also have to find a nice water bottle :P

But here is a quick snapshot of the completed build (better photographs to be made when all the final bits arrive and when I have more time). Sadly the gumwalls are already dirty after the first 10k ride. Doesn't seem like they will be easy to clean up for the pron photographs but really couldn't resist riding it. Riding a road bike after being "fixed" for so long is a little cumbersome at first - can't quite get used to braking with my fingers rather than legs :P

Great link. Hmm gonna play with it a little more and try to work something out. Even if I won't use such sprocket combination on purpose it may always happen accidentaly that I "overshift" - especially with friction shifting. Wouldn't want to jam the chain and damage rear derailleur :/

All is dandy now except one little detail - for whatever reason chain keeps rolling off the lower pulley of the rear derailleur when it's set to smaller chainring and smallest cog:

All other combinations work perfectly but for some reason small-small doesn't. Too long chain, wrong derailleur setup or something else?

I know that small-small is a no-no in general but is it really supposed to not work at all?

I went with Elite Inox bottle cage, PD-5700 pedals and R078 shoes, waiting for the delivery. Finished rear wheel yesterday evening and started mounting all the components. Everything went quite smoothly, the brake calipers still need fine tuning as they are not moving freely, might have tightened the bolts too much.

But the biggest problem for me is mounting saddle on the seatpost. I'm a calm man but am really close to snapping. I don't have the special bent campy wrench for adjusting the two-bolt seatpost clamp so it's a major pita. I can reach and tighten both bolts with a lot of fiddling but I can't seem to wrap my head around how to adjust the saddle angle. Which bolt should I be tightening first? I seem to get quite random results, none of which is proper setting. And each adjustment takes ages because I can turn the wrench like 1/8 th of a turn before it hits the saddle rails.

Anyone more experienced than me has got a hint?

I think I'll have to unignore this thread, so much going on.

Need to stop visiting threads like this - makes me feel bad about all my bike projects/efforts.

Great build.

Yeah, people tend to ditch 980 for it's look but I personally think it's not that bad. I swapped it for a Nuovo Record because 980 is said to be inferior / positioned lower?

Rik - thx for all the info (again)

kenzo - thanks for an offer but I think this bike needs silver cage

Need advice about bottle cage. Can't really find something nice and matching. Nitto R cage is great but not gonna spend so much. Thought about Ciussi Elite Inox. Still nice but not as expensive as Nitto.

I'm also torn whether to restore the Campy pedals or not. They're spinning very smoothly but are quite beaten-up with deep scratches etc. Because of the shape of the pedals I think they're the hardest of bike components to polish. And I'm not gonna use them at all (I think) - I want to use my Shimano PD-5700 instead as I really think that when it comes to pedals you should really use the ones that are most comfortable/secure in your opinion and IMHO clipless pedals win in every aspect (except looks). On the other hand the G.S. pedals are a part of this bike so why not to restore them too. Plus they would look good on the photographs :P

Advice?

PS. I love it how pedals are usually marked L/R but the campy ones I have are marked S/D (sinistra / destra?) :P

I'm putting this in here and woe betide you if you disagree.

I've got big love for Avanti after being here in NZ for three months. Superb machines and a manufacturer to look out for in the coming years.

Looks superb. Would swap the stem for something non-white. But still...great.

The build is definately nearig an end - I think the bike should be finished next week.

Here is a quick (and bad) photograph of what it looks like at the moment:

Front wheel is finished, rear is just laced and still before truing and tensioning. Because I build my wheels on my own they definately won't be perfect but should be of decent quality. I'm quite satisfied with the results regarding front wheel - especially because I have no truing stand.

Tubs are obviously not taped yet, just stretching them. In the background you can see that all the parts are neatly arranged and waiting for the final assembly. And my teddy bear is supervising everything :P

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