Anyway.... a few pics. I took these at a local brew pub that recently opened. It seemed appropriate. I was disappointed, however, that they didn't have Guinness on tap, so no Black & Tan for me tonight. I settled for a locally brewed IPA.





The new cockpit






When I first got the bike, I changed out:
. the seat (currently a vintage Wrights W3N)
. derailleur (put a functioning Suntour aRX to match original equipment; it came from my Nishiki Olympic 12)
. pedals (also from the Oly 12).
. added a Flickstand from sirpoopalot

More recently, I added
. Ergo handlebars and aero brake levers (from ddeadserious)
. Suntour Bar-Con shifters (from Capecodder)
. new cables and housings, routed under the handlebar wrap
. Sugino RT 175 mm cranks, made from drillium (also from the Oly 12).
. I reused the handlebar wrap (for now) but used twine at the ends
. I also trued the wheels and removed the dork disk from the rear wheel

I would still like to do some cosmetic mods to bring the brown/tan theme out. I may get different brake cable housings. I have a dark brown Brooks B17 on my FG bike; I may swap it for the Wrights saddle. I will do a different handlebar wrap once I settle all the cable housings and stuff. I have some Cinelli natural cork tape that would look sharp, I think.

I have a few more adjustments and mechanical things to do. The bottom bracket is making noise. I changed out the cranks and that made no difference, I may swap out to a different set of pedals to see if that helps. If it turns out to be the bottom bracket (likely), I'll probably just put a sealed cartridge unit in.

Projects like this are never over, are they?