After a few visits and lots of questions; it seemed neither of us had a clue as to the working details of the bike but it was interesting. Steven, having a the tools skills the braze frames and my persistance seemed to warrant a go at it! (Experienced frame builders and detail oriented folk should stop reading at this point.....it starts to get ugly.)

I produced some measurements from the photo and from a bike that had been fitted for me. The paper laid on the table for a few weeks until winter hit. In January I had my first look at what was to be the frame; a pile of tubes, some cut others marked. The odd angles meant no lugs other than the fork crown, everything would be fillet brazed. This evening when I visited the shop, the tubes were off the jig and sitting on the floor with a wheel locked into the droputs.

The front wheel will be used for this build, the matching rear will be built up as a flip/flop or an IGH. ( the rear wheel in the photo was borrowed for the pic.) I'm hoping for a few things: to finish the build with a mix of new an older appropriatley styled components, that it will work, and to learn a little in the process. I'm thinking this is going to take a year or so to complete, so as it moves along I'll post pictures and hopefully a ride report here.