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So I bought a pantographed stem... I don't really like panto'd things and its got italian colours on it which just adds to the race-war between bike and groupset. It's also not silver but I quite like it.

The bars are well scruffy and I know I'm going to regret not getting nicer ones but as I'm a little bit worried about the stem looking shit too I think I might just go ahead assume it might get redone... Tape will be black.

Saddle is from the ebay, I've never had a flite before so I am quite looking forward to seeing what my arse thinks about it.

So wheels are built and the easier of the screw on bits have been screwn on. I've got the brakes right-back/left-front which is CRAZY but otherwise the cables wouldn't work so I assume they are supposed to.

I still need a cassette. I bought one from HS but it disappeared in the post :-/ other than that and a chain I think I've got most of the rest of the stuff I need, got the Kalloy post in now but I'll get a nice DA fluted one at some point and decide on the shoes by which I mean pedals.

Fitting Oury rubber grips on aluminium bars, I used warm soapy water to get them on because since my baby left me, I ain't go no hair sp-ray and now they're quite slippy.

Didn't use much, will they become stuck when it dries?

How long do you think I have to decide which way round I want the logos while while its still slippy

If it doesn't stick, I've got some grip glue from a motorcycle throttle, will that completely fuck up the bars and the grip?

why does the text keep disappearing then reappearing as I type, it very

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By the way, Oury grips are on sale at PX/OO for a fiver, not the 12 bloody quid I paid on ebay

ooooooh lacing fighting talk

interested in frame if split!

I'm looking for the U-bend bit of a lock if you've got any spare? can be cut down.

nice rims

Yeah I think that is best, on the slow hunt now. Wish those shoes were Mich bigger but I will try and find something with a bit of pink

That's lovely, I've made an ill advised stem choice I will photograph tomorrow

dibs on shimano aero seatpost tomorrow please if its nice

apart from the colossal logistical near impossibility of separating ourselves from the EU legally and commercially, we are going to have to renegotiate everything currently covered by joint agreements point by point.

the newly resovereignised Britain will presumably demand:
Everyone living in Spain gets to stay with all the rights of the locals
we can still sell you anything but we'll get to decide what you can sell us
only your prettiest and most highly skilled workers will be allowed in
we can all go on holiday whenever we like still
you have to stop all the hoardes migrants from coming over here

To which the Italians, Spanish and Polish will take great pleasure in telling us to fuck off

Dibs weinmann levers

Were the toes still pretty or was it decayed to the point where it was almost useless?

Took some more photos in the sun because it's so sparkly.

Sparkly or not its coming away in big old chunks in some places, I don't want to touch it up with paint because it will definitely look shit but is there a clear coat option? Would something like clear nail varnish provide enough protection and stop more paint coming away at the edges?

ummmm

Yeah I thought I'd done the right things, I haven't actually measured the spokes to see if they were mislabeled... probably not.

So far I've laced up the rear wheel. The valve hole is in the wrong place and the spokes are too long.

have a cup of tea, ask holy Jah for advice and have another go.

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I bought this frame a few years ago because it was sparkly and I rode it fixed for a few months and since then I've been vaguely planning to put it back to stock campag record etc for a sort of Sunday Best, which is a strange phrase because Sundays are often when I seem to crash or fall off...

Anyway, nice campag is too expensive and I don't like the look of lots of it so I decided on Dura Ace 7400. I've seen Rossins from the era (about '89 I think) with DA but not one of these so its probably completely incorrect but oh well I've bought it now.

Hubs are 8s and I got brake/shifters, along with the little gubbins to run the cables off the downtube braze ons.

So far CyclePS in Camberwell took out the old headset and put in the new (old) 7400 BB and headset. Still looking for a DA seat post although I have a nitto 65 that's pretty and a kalloy that cost a tenner that looks exactly the same...

I'm not sure what to do about bars and stem, I've got some Cinelli Criterium drops and an XA but both are a bit scruffy. Not that bothered about a DA stem but I will probably get some new bars at some point.

This will be my first ever bike with gears (I built a AW3 speed for my sister...) and I have absolutely no idea how they work, how they are supposed to be connected up or what they're really used for so I will start with the wheels because I know how to do wheels.

Then its on to cleaning up the rest of the bits a bit more

Parts
Rossin Strada Professional SLX
F Derailleur 7403
R Derailleur 7402
Crankset 7402
Brakes 7403
Hubs I think are 7403 because they're HG compatible
Levers 7403 because aero? don't seem to say.

Rims are TB14
Spokes are spokesave because I'm cheap
Clement Strada Gumwalls. No idea if these are shit or not but I wanted gumwalls and someone told me the paselas all have holes in them.

Haven't bought a cassette, will probably not buy a £100 NOS one, likewise chain and cables.

Cockpit haven't decided but probably black cork tape and probably a Rolls to sit on because I've already got one.

Not sure about pedals, I'd like some 80s looks but I only have spd commuter shoes so then I'd have to but another pair of shoes just for this bike but then I did find these

which are pretty serious but I have a nice pair of Quoc Phams that I never wear so maybe leather toe straps instead.

This isn't really as interesting as lots of the projects on here but I'm going to need some help, even if you're very bored would you mind just popping back every now and again in case I don't know what's going on? Ta.

Thanks

I'll take the seat post if its long enough, do you mind pulling it out and measuring/taking a picture?

You and the tweaker are on the same side. What happened happened because the man is playing you off against each other. You are brothers.

I quite like looking at this stuff, you should do an album of a bike start to finish

Found that new lane last night, spotted it was a dead end so squeezed into traffic 30 yards previous only to find a tiny invisible gap at the end of it when I came round on the outside. Needn't have bothered! Oh well the whole thing is an omniwhatsit but I think I get across in the exact same amount of time.

but my dropouts are bigger than the bolt and its wobbly??