Those shots of the bike hanging the bathroom don't quite do this one justice, so I took advantage of a sunny (!) Vancouver morning to take a few outdoor shots that might give a little more of the right impression:

Shimano rear dropouts are basically vertical. Fork ends are also Shimano.


Love the old Kuwahara headset. Crown race is pretty pitted, but I think I'll apply plenty of grease and see what I can coax out of it.



As I said above, I concede that 'beater' might not be the most appropriate term...

Not 100% sure how I'm going to build this up, but as I said - should be a simple around-town bike when outfitted. Hence it's got the Ambrosio/Trek mismatched wheelset I pulled of a Miele Lupa that went out the door recently as frame/fork (to a shorter rider who could enjoy it). It may well get (most of?) the 105 drive train, or perhaps an RX100 RD and the 105 FD, plus the 105 shifters. Thinking a beat-up old black 3TTT stem I have in the box should do, and having just sold the matching 3TTT bars to a fellow at the local LBS who was desperately ISO for his Bianchi, I think I might just buy some 46cm wide Deda ergo bars that are deeply discounted at another LBS/warehouse operation in town. Road-rashed Suntour Superbe brake levers w/o hoods will go on, I think, and that mismatched brake setup will have to stay. There's a story there, too, but it's too nice to sit here typing all morning, so I'm out for a ride and will fill a bit of that in later...