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Anyone got one of these, I have mounts on all my bikes but am now down to only one actual computer!

I had great hopes for this and got all nazi about paint rather than powdergloop, congrats, it looks great! There's nowt wrong with your seatpin, but the valve caps are a disgrace.

Just a shame yours knees will shortly explode.....

It's just a bike, build it up with anything that works and will make you smile! Saying that, I think Campag and Colnago are inseparable (sorry Tommmm, I'd go with silver). Modern looks good and works better than old. Above all, ride the bloody thing.....

Couldn't agree more about the wankery of some 'period' builds and my Gios is probably the worst offender on here! In my defence I've had it and 90% of the parts from new and it's a comparatively rare frame which for no clearly defined or logical reason 'should' be restored. It will be ridden, not hung on a wall.

Ignore the snobs, enjoy your bike!

Any 6/7/8 speed chain will do, bronze for a period look, just paid a tenner for mine which is going on a very expensive bike.... Ps: I'd go with Benotto tape and standard white cable outers, but I am no great arbiter of taste!

Nope, the anodising was done by a local guy for a less than massive £40, but without spot-on prep it would look bloody terrible!

Something different? Anodising porn!

Ok, so reader's wives are frowned upon, but technically this is a readers wifes' wife. Anodising cost pennies, preparation days and days and some more days.....

So, the Bianchi workhorse finally died after approx 70k miles (cracked at BB), poxy Italian workmanship! The WifeMobile frame was repossessed by the mate who lent it to me. Enter the Land Of The Giants......

I'm not usually a huge Giant fan, but a pair of TCR frames for £400 removed all prejudices. These are almost entirely parts box and corpse of the Bianchi builds.

And, yes, the wife is tiny!

Dia Compe should be fine, they fit Modolo Professionals perfectly and Modolo are Campag copies. Nowt wrong with Rallies, unless you actually want to race, they're not superlight!

You must realise that Tester has a vast property empire which he uses to fund his expensive bicycle addiction.......

Nothing ever goes smoothly, the unique centre-mounted gear lever bosses disintegrated at the chromer.......

Luckily, the genius and mega-mechanic that is Max Norrell of Enigma Frames is making me a new one from solid stainless steel which, of course, can never rust. Less fortunately, the snivelling bastard is sunning his loathsome body in Spain, so there's a two week wait.

By that time I should have a BB that fits and the paint will be REALLY hard, everything happens for a reason!

Just spotted this, SJS Cycles, £9.50 new incl postage.

^If they don't suit you I have some black, used once, immaculate, Prolites with black cork tape for £25 plus postage.

All that money, bikes built for people of all different sizes, yet still no bloody pedals!!

Buy it/ restore it/ build it/ RIDE IT.

^I know, I know, I have them in two of my other bikes. Just have to make sure of spindle length first! Next stop 118mm cheapie....

Thanks for the comments folks, I must admit to being quite a lot pleased and considerably poorer.

Did the bottom bracket fit, did it fuck!

So, buy another bracket, hope the chromed bits turn up this week and finally build it up.....

I have three builds to complete this week and every one is blocked by unforseen missing parts, frustration levels going through the roof. Ah well, at least I've got some miles in on the carbon FredSled.

My estimate of a month for the Gios to get a thorough Goffing was spot on.

Was it worth waiting for?

You judge (yes, it is the same frame)!

Ed, I have never found trifles to be stiff or dull.

At least there was no shampoo among the Lush products.......

I am typing this from a secure unit with nice soft walls.

In my defence, yer honner, I only actually wanted to do three of the five builds I have ended up doing this year. But, I must plead guilty to the three lesser charges of armed robbery.

^Rides plural, 3 to build in the next week! The frame on the wifemobile is being replaced (again with a Giant), the Aero TCR workhorse and the one I actually really care about, the '82 Gios Aerodynamic (which does have its own thread on CP).

Plus, I have a Colnago to steal and hide......

That Colnago is bloody lovely, Saarf, it puts my shagged out going to the pub ex-mtb 'Dale into the shade where it belongs! But nobody will want to nick mine.....

I am now the proud owner of a TCR Aero Compact, in immaculate condition for very little money, seems almost a shame to turn it into a workhorse!

Aaaargh, my god-knows-how-many-miles 1998 Bianchi workhorse has finally died! It's my fault as usual, I stupidly cleaned the bloody thing for the first time since autumn and noticed the damned great crack above the BB.

Currently bidding on Fleabay for a replacement frame, I'll stick it on here if I get it. It won't be a proper build, just a transfer of tired bits from the ex-Bianchi (RIP).

18 mins to go......

Are you going to get this finished before it snows? Mine is due back from frame repair and paint at the end of this week. It cost more than I had planned. It is all your fault!

This could be beautiful, please have it painted not powderglooped!

WANTED: Campag 10 speed rear mech, model unimportant so long as it's working, the cheaper the better!