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For sale is a very good condition Shimano 600 AX brakeset (brakes + levers). Levers are complete with mounting clamps, bolts and inserts for cables. Calipers are also complete and in very good condition. Brake pads are as new. They make a very nice set.

Complete set: £50. Shipping to UK is possible at £10.

Quite like the look, so no need for hours of polishing. Especially the chainwheels would take a long time to get them half decent.

Built a city beater from a frame a had lying around. Concept was to use only parts from the parts bin that look cosmetically damaged, but function ok. Turns out to be a nice cruiser. Mavic hubs spin forever and the campagnolo 9speed shifters + rear function pretty ok on a 7sp freewheel. Cranks are croce d'aune/athena that have been lying in an ultrasonic cleaner for too long, woops...

I'm building a beater from all the parts I have in the parts bin. Question: will campagnolo 9 speed ergos work on a 7speed freewheel?

Life is good when the sun is shining and nearly finished projects can get their first test ride :). Took the camera with me for some pictures. Bike is nearly finished now. Need to fill in some paint on the seatstay pantographs, new skewer nuts and a 3ttt cap for the stem. Also waiting for a concor saddle, with fresh perforated black leather. The white one on the pictures is for testing only. Bottle cages have to be added too.

Carbon seatpost doesn't look bad in the end, in combination with the black tyres and cockpit/shifters:

I realy like the combination of 3ttt stem, bars and shifters

Martelly is a Belgian brand from Eddy Martens, top quality frame builder. Fairly unknown and underrated, but beautiful frames...

Painter did awesome work with the masking.

Took some time, but I'm satisfied with the result, coming from this wreck:

Yesss. Excuse me the crappy phone pics, but light conditions are shitty in my workspace in the evening light. Bike is almost ready. Gears are set up and in working order. Ultremo tires are mounted, will try to remove the red logo's because they look ugly. More and better pics follow when bike is ready!

White saddle is only for testing purposes. Still waiting for the concor to be recovered.

Looking for some silver/grey skewer nuts, cause I don't like the plastic black ones. Also a 3ttt plastic cap for the stem is on the wanted list, in case anyone has them lying around ;)

Superb bike, lovely details. Is the paint original?

Any reason why you went for the seatpost in the final pictures instead of the silver one?

I've once build this bike for a friend, and I liked the combination of carbon forks and post (vertical compliance ;) ) and the chorus group. It looks a bit strange now with the chrome forks. I can always change it with the (now polished) campagnolo aero seatpost that came with the bike...

Some more progress was made this evening. Hope to get the bike riding by the end of the weekend. Today I fitted bottom bracket and chainset. I've also pressed in the headset with a home-made headsetpress. I guess I'll stick with the chrome forks, they look very good and are more comfortable than the carbon ones. And I don't care much about weight, so that's no dealbreaker.

Chorus cartridge BB in the cinelli spoiler bracket:

Chorus 10sp cranks. In my opinion one of the most beautiful cranks by campagnolo:

Headsetpress on the cheap:

Overview. I'm going for black bar tape and the saddle will be a black concor san marco, which is being recovered in perforated leather by a friend at the moment.

3ttt cockpit, Chorus 10sp carbon shifters.

Brakes:

Next choice will be cable colour. I have a yellow and a grey set at the moment... Yellow would be obvious, grey a bit more subtile. Or yellow for shifters, grey for brakes. Hmm...

Some more crappy phone pictures:

Frame respaced to it takes a 130mm rear wheel. Cog spacers go nicely with the frame:

Quick mockup with the carbon seatpost, chrome forks and stem/bars. The chrome forks compliment the rear triangle, but the carbon one compliments the seatpost. Choices...

Nope, no specific reason. Got them offered locally and liked the fairly classical looking spoke pattern.

Hope to make some progress with the build this weekend. Frame is spaced for 10speed and i've got yellow and grey cable outers in the post!

No, have been thinking about that too since I've got the frame back. Maybe later on... But I guess I just like the combination of the carbon seatpost and forks. And the shifters and derailleur also.

Oh and black tyres too, as i don't like tan walls on two colour rims like these. It would look ace if the rims were all black, imo.

Still not sure on which forks to use, i guess it will become a last minute choice :). Yellow cables arrived today, 90% sure on black tape too. A friend is recovering a concor in black perforated leather at the moment. Might use it, as you suggest :)

Nope, 1'' forks that take the same 3ttt quill stem. They are cut to length for this frame and threaded.

No problem with the carbon forks, there was only some minor surface damage. Nothing to worry about.

Still in doubt about the forks. Quite easy to switch them though, so I guess I'll just try both of them and than decide which one I'll use.

Black bar tape and saddle, yellow or blue cables?

Also finished a 1975 Plume Sport today. Full pre- CPSC campagnolo nuovo record group and all original, except new cables and bar tape. Rims have been replaced on the original '75 hubs back in the day.

Life's good when you can pick up a frame at the painters. Belgian Martelly neo-retro project in progress...

Finally I got the frame back. A dent in the lower chainstay has been filled, bottle cage bosses on the seat tube have been added just like some cable guides on the front for brifters. All done professionaly by a reputed Belgian framebuilder. After that, the frame got new enamel paint and painted decals. Pretty happy with the result: frame looks sparkling in sun light!

Pretty excited but paint still has to harden a bit before I can build the bike. Couldn't resist a quick mockup though with the Chorus 10sp group. Carbon seatpost and forks, 3ttt stem and bars combination. Wheels are Campagnolo Khamsin, I'm going to remove the stickers I guess.

Like the blue-yellow-black-silver theme. Not sure about the bar tape / cables and saddle color though... Any ideas?

Brilliant bike! I have almost the same one, also yellow benotto and a brown regal!

Here are some pics of the fork that I might use in this frame. Forks had some minor damage, so was filled with filler, sanded an painted black with a fade from the crown to the carbon look part. Still needs a few layers of clearcoat, and will look good.

Before paint:

Painted:

Pricedrop to £55 for the cranks, £20 for the pair of bottles!

I'm still in doubt with the forks, will decide when frame is back from painter if I stay with the classic chrome forks, or go for a straight 1" carbon. I'm retouching the carbon forks at the moment, not sure whether I'm gonna use them.

Wheels will be campagnolo khamsin asymetric:

I'm keeping the chrome on the frame, it's in very good condition.

Can anybody see/read this topic? O views after almost 24h, bit strange?

Hi all,

I'm after some funds for an ongoing winter project, so for sale a few items I don't use at the moment:

1. Campagnolo Record 10sp crankset (172,5mm) + chainwheels (53/42). Very good condition, only some very light scratches. Can be polished out perhaps? Threads and tapers are excellent. See pics for condition. £60 > 55

2. Two matching TA Coca Cola Tour de France Bottles. Clean and in good condition. See pics! £22 > 20

Postage to UK is £6 for the bottles, £9 for the cranks.