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First up: my polished one, or '#01'.
Raced TT on this last year, but the need to keep clean/dry, re-polish & wax to maintain that finish meant it was becoming too labour intensive to ride/train/race on a weekly basis.
Instead, it became my 'fair weather-only' track and fixed crit machine.
It hasn't visited the boards yet (not been myself in about three years), but it got me to the 'A' Final at Thundercrit (finished 54th), and won a York crit in April.

Black vinyl has been applied to the top tube, which mirrors the paint job of another frame, and protects the polished aluminum from abrasion by gritty/crystalline/sweaty knees (which would otherwise scuff the metal perpendicular to the direction it's polished in and look crap).
Wheels pictured are borrowed from my TT setup, but I'm planning on using them at an event this weekend. Apart from switching wheels, this bike is pretty much staying as it is for the rest of the summer.

So, after starting this thread a year ago and delivering on precisely none of the pledges made in post #2, it's time for an update.
Timewarp photo chronology, hopefully, will occur one day, but not sure when because I find it difficult enough to remember to take photos as it is (let alone writing about stuff that happened three years ago). If it does happen, I promise it will be concise!
However, a few changes are afoot, so this week I snapped each build's current state before modifications.

Having to modify returned Track Champions to fit a traditional seat collar after cracking, presumably, was one of the main reasons why Dolan stopped making it.
The TC1, released a few years after they stopped selling the original, resolved the issue by using a traditional seat collar (that matches the elliptical profile of the seat tube).

Thanks,
Faster than me for sure!

Piloni for President!

Of course!
(I'm on there as @lukashodgson but not posted in about 3 years)
Two more shots below.

Miche

Pedantry aside, I meant one you'd actually want to use :)

Imperiousness aside, you just got owned!

Ah no, the Alter, ha! I know you're keeping it though :-)

Does that mean that stem's available? ;-)
I have some spare 7800 bits if you decide to go that route.

Before anyone asks, yeah, I know the high/low light performance on my old phone camera isn't great.

Search for 'SOPAT'. Maybe a bit pricey, comparatively, but good quality.

I ordered some last weds, but not arrived yet. What's the cutoff to get worried if they still haven't turned up?

EDIT: obviously, arrived today, many thanks. Loving the Dad's Army stamp!

@lukashodgson & @nanarrad on Insta

DIY build: China 88s (23mm rear, 25mm front), CX Rays, Sapim alu nipples, polished Novatec bolt-on rear hub and polished Novatec A291SB front. Conti Force Comp 24mm on front, Podium TT 22mm rear.

Thx, hehe. May re-attach fake plastic disc cover once tub is reglued (currently off due to cracked core stuck in valve extender).

Crappy picture of mine at the local club 10 HQ last week.

Done to a couple of shiny black adjustable stems. Oven Pride.

Had to double-take. Read first time as, "... full of nonces."

'I woz once a fixie skidder' in caps, handwritten style font.
Forum bods to then approve mandatory purchase and installation on all CP builds posted with more than one gear, hehe.

Still made by FSA, too.

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Surely will darken with hand grime? Could clean with a bit of Jif (or Cif) to brighten the saddle a bit.

That's a nasty case of geodermic granititis.
Otherwise, the jersey looks pretty good. Thanks!

OK, hope you have a good ride too! I usually ride the Monday ones J2/1 so might see you there some time soon also.

I'll be at the Westmead one tonight, on a little black Dolan without decals and with deep china carbons, in a cheap black skinsuit. Probably easier for me to spot you on your green machine :-)