There´s not much to say about this one, except that I´m hugely looking forward to riding it as it is something of a dream bike and that circumstances beyond my influence kept me from finishing it for some time. Now there are only the provisional brake cables to be put right and some fine tuning to be done. Also I have a wonderful set of Paul canti brakes I got at a Tubes and Coffee meet, only they are gold anodized, I just can´t decide if to fit those instead of the Mafacs I still had in my box.
The hubs were sourced off the Classic Rendezvous mailing list, a prime place to go for all sorts of bits and info on classic bikes. The rear derailleur came from there too, and it actually was a gift. The owner of the list, a bike shop owner, went to enormous lengths to sell me the Phil b/b bearing. The stronglight cranks were sent to me by a friend in Holland. I can´t thank enough the persons who sent the parts. The SunTour bar ends as well as the Hetres I bought in Neerkant at the Stalen Ros meet, now sadly discontinued, and the saddle, (I know it´s a ladies, I´m not getting any younger) came off a bike I got at a house clearance. The Campag seat pin also was still in my box.
Most of all I have to thank Marten Gerritsen who made the frame, furnished parts and who gave a lot of invaluable advice. Building up the bike there was nothing at all that had to be reworked or filed or twisted as it does happen with lesser frames, so that was great. I hope to take the bike to Tube and Coffee this year and to have a ride or two on it with Marten in summer.
In general I hope that be bike will help to pull me back onto the road of fitness and self care which I had to neglected for some time now.
Now for some pix.
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