Well, it took me some months to get here, but I’m really pleased with the finished result. As luck would have it, the final (for now) finishing piece had arrived and the sun was shining. So pedal straps in place, it was out to the garden for some quick pictures of the finished build and, […]
So, as I have all the components I need for now, it’s time to finish the build!! Before assembling, one thing to think about is that having taking months to source & refurbish the components, the last thing you would want to do is damage anything during assembly, so care (& the correct tooling) is […]
It took quite a while but I finally managed to find myself a set of wheels just before xmas and as it turns out, they were almost exactly the same as the last set I bought – Mavic MA40 rims again however NOT totally anodised black this time and with C-Record hubs to match the other […]
So a bit like the delays I had at the start of this build project with my original struggle to find a frame, I’m now having a similar problem in sourcing a set of wheels to complete the build. I had thought I had this sorted a couple of months ago, as I’d found a […]
There has been a variety of preparation work happening gradually over the past few months in parallel with the component sourcing, I’ve not needed or wanted to rush anything – it has of course also had the delay caused by my little “mishap” when I was removing the steering column bung – but I’ve also […]
If you have any interest in vintage bikes, you have to go to this event in Tuscany – even just to watch – it was fantastic. L’Eroica Gaiole is held on the first Sunday of October, however the village of Gaiole in Chianti is taken over for the whole weekend with varying events/entertainment in addition […]
As I’d mentioned when the frame arrived, one of the first things I did had been to quickly assemble the frame with some spare parts from the man-cave so I could work out correct sizing for some of the components I needed for the build. While at this point I’m keeping my eyes open for […]
Although my little mishap meant I’m unable to continue the prep work on the frame for now, I could get started on finding suitable components. In theory, the decision process is easier than it was for the frame as the choice of country is already made – it has to be Italy in keeping with […]
Although I still have many parts to acquire over the next few months before I can complete the build, I obviously wanted to get started on the process, so the first thing I needed to do was get the base portion – the frame – prepared. As I’d said in the post when it arrived, […]
The frame was being shipped from Sicily (where we’d been on a cycling holiday only a month or so previously – if I’d started this search back then, I could have packed the frame in my luggage!!) The Seller sent me the tracking number and I could see a lot of initial activity that day […]