PERFECT! <G> Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> -----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. -- 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.
