Getting a little further along on the project. The shift/brake levers are mounted as are the v-brakes. All cabling is routed and adjusted aside from the front derailleur as I'm waiting for a set of spacers to arrive for it. Waiting for parts to arrive is really the only log jam now.

I could/should/will cut and mount the chain soon anyway. It will be good to have it on see how the drive works. I'm Waiting on some grips and another set of SPD pedals too as I looted the pedals I had bought to put on a MTB.









That black band on the seatpost is vinyl wrap and I'm going to remove it and put a longer section on that will come down below the chainrings. It covers some bad paintwork like on the top tube but it's only a small spot, I put it on, and will now lengthen it so that it offers a matching look to the top tube section. I think it will balance it out.





You can't see it in this photo but behind the chainring and below where the derailleur clamp attaches is a one inch polished section of the seat tube. It had corroded under the paint and rubbing back to bare metal and then using wet&dry + autosol brings it up like chrome. That's one of the beauties of aluminium.