> -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mike wilson > > On 26/04/2014, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some of you may remember me mentioning a couple of weeks ago after > my > > velocipedal adventures in the woodland that I had bought a frameset so > > I can build up an off-road bike, while learning something about bike > > maintenance. > > > > The frameset arrived today. I bought it as 'new old stock' from a chap > > in the Netherlands who seems to deal in bike bits. It's a > > purpose-built cyclocross frameset from the late 80s / early 90s, > > branded Concorde Toscana. > > > > Here it is in my back yard: > > > > <http://www.web-options.com/Concorde/> > > Nice to see a lugged frame again, after all the butt-welded stuff.
Ya. I took it in to my not-so-local bike shop today to be prepped and to have the bottom bracket and headset fitted - which apparently requires specialist tools which I don't think I really want to buy. The rest is up to me. > Interesting patina on the finish, too; I would try to preserve that as much as > possible. > Why didn't you say that earlier? This is the new paint job: www.tinyurl.com/thronlordofsteel Although I'm not attempting to restore it to its 80s/90s glory, I do think one should be sympathetic to its background, so a quill stem and proper square tapered chainset - none of this Hollowtech stuff, which would be like putting Elizabeth Bennet in a sequinned boob-tube. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
