OK - I'm reviving this thread, back from the dead! It's only right, as this project is coming out of extended hibernation...

Having finally made it back to Vancouver from Montreal and pulled my bikes out of storage, it's time for some projects to get a new lease on life. First up (well, strictly speaking, concurrently first up along with my Apollo Imperial 'around town' build) is this beautiful Atala. As attested by photos already posted to this thread, this build got as far as a pretty much full mock-up earlier this year before I moved back out East, stopping just short of tires, tape, cables, etc.

It's not that far along yet now, but Drillium Dude was asking recently, so curious minds wish to know...

A couple of anticipated changes: I've secured an Athena/Chorus aero post to replace the Selcof in the previous mock-up (a chance to try out khatfull's aluminum polishing techniques, as it's a bit dull at the moment), and I was thinking I might steal the 105 RD back for my 'around town' bike. I doubt the intended rider of this one will object too much, as I've replaced it with an excellent condition Super Record unit. The cursive script matches that on the bike better, (even if the Campy unit doesn't quite match the crank and brakes/levers ). Might also switch out the levers for a practically NOS Chorus (C-Record?) set, secured along with the aforementioned seatpost from an almost-local member here in BC, with whom I will be meeting up in our provincial capital early next month. We'll see.

Only two weeks until the one to whom this bike was gifted a full year ago actually shows up in Vancouver and (at long last) gets to try this thing out on the road!

Here's a pic of where the Atala is at in the stand this evening, after coming out of its box late last night:


Updates to follow shortly...