I've been collecting parts from various source and today I started assembly!







My sweetie snapped this pic. Bikes, beer, and football are a good mix.



Of course this kind of work is always preceded by planning and measuring and imagining, and occasionally purchasing. The brakes, Weinmann Carrera with Mathauser pads, mostly unused, came from a bike I built up decades ago. (One version of the TC used them, I think '78.) The charinrings are TA purchased for the same bike as the brakes. The crank arms are Nervar, contributed via a long-ago trade by rhm. Those Vx derailleurs have been waiting patiently for an application. The stem came from rhm, handlebar from a local ebay seller. Heaset and BB are VO.

Or course it's still missing a few key items. Don't have pedals or clips/straps yet, still thinking about that. Saddle will probably be new. It needs a 26.2 seatpost, maybe from the local co-op if I get the time to go there. Pastor Bob has promised to send a FW. Chain, bar tape, brake cables. etc. And then sew-up tires - that's all new to me. I'll probably spill glue all over the place.