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At his masters level the pursuit is 2000m but nevertheless it's still a helluva gear to shove. He's focused though...more than can be said for me.

General endurance riding really. All the sprinters are pushing well over 100" now. Also a friend who is looking to medal in the 65years plus pursuit at the next Masters champs is looking to be on 104-108" gearing by then!

Silver never looks bad. another awesome build. The Makino is outstanding but that Rondinella frame colourway and decals just really does it for me.

I did say to my other half yesterday that the wheeling out of all the celebrity luvvies by the Democrats isn't the ace card they think it is. They don't appeal to blue collar rust belt Americans who want lower taxes, more in their pay cheques and an end to illegal immigration

I think Europe needs to be all in behind Ukraine now. The USA will (once again) adopt its isolationist policy and Putin will be rubbing his hands with glee at the prospect of terrorising western Europe. I'd sooner we went down swinging tbh.

Looking forward to seeing this frame painted up

Seasoned not scuffed!

Is the remaining 32h hub the one you have advertised on ebay with one non original nut? If so you may want to make that clear as it is unlikely that you have found a nut that will fit due to Campagnolo's odd metric/imperial mix for axle threads.

The danger is that the nut (if wrong thread) that you're using is damaging the axle thread. If it is the correct size then all is Kool and the Gang but for what it's worth I had source non original campag compatible nuts from Austrailia such is their specification scarcity.

My brother has a Matchless G85 desert sled somewhere. It was originally fitted with an Amal GP carb but was a pig to start so he put a concentric on it

I haven't got the aerobic capacity to twiddle the cranks fast enough to keep up below 90.

Sounds big but not by what a lot are riding on the track.bMost appear to be 96 plus. I started on 84 and went up incrementally. The Mercian is just under 96 but 93 feels sweeter

Track only for this bike, I'm going to run 52x15 which will give just under 93 inches

Wheels will be the Dura Ace/Mavic open pro's that were previously fitted to the Tokyo Fixed with Vittoria Pista Control tyres

No idea, it was prior to Raleigh special bikes a Rolls Royce site. I'll see if I can find out

Thanks Nye. It was built in Ilkeston which is a handful of miles away from where I live in Belper. So alongside the Mercian it will be two local track bikes

The above mentioned crank complete with ex Harry Tanfield 52t sugino 75 chainring and a KMC X101 chain

As mentioned above the crank will eventually be a Dura Ace 7710. However, in order to get the bike up and running I will be using a Stronglight 2000 in the interim.
The sooner I sell some stuff the sooner the Dura Ace is acquired. Watch out for my track sales thread shortly

Seat and seatpost are period Kalin fluted post and gel turbo saddle

Headset will now be a Campagnolo Record thanks to @marxist_vulcan. Bars will be the Cinelli criterium 65-42 shown with Cinelli stem

Now I'm back home it is time to start putting this bike together. Frame paint is ok for the age of the bike but there are some chips.bi think I'll certainly patch the paint on the underside of the bottom bracket

QED on my previous comment. She just can't help herself from saying(and believing) the wrong thing.

Absolutely, powered his way forward to take the win from the desperately fading Roglic. Race of the year imo

My view of Badenoch is that she is so bullish at times she drops the ball by saying what she thinks which is often inappropriate. There are numerous occasions of her having to clumsily backtrack or deny the meaning of her comments

Good to see a return to form from Chris Froome at the Saitama Criterium. He was in the break several times. Also commiserations to Roglic on just getting pipped to the line.

Perhaps we need to hold a folkmoot.

Surely a 'Witan' of Pre 2010 members?