Finally got this bicycle back on the road with its new old Roval wheels and Vittoria tubulars. Many thanks to pastorbobnlnh for a selection of Sachs sprockets including a 23/26 pair without which I’d have been walking up the last hill today…

Never having used Roval wheels before and with my fast days long gone I was still happy with how light and quick, relatively speaking, they felt. Less so with the rear rim joint catching the pads under braking but that’s just a reminder of what we’ve come to take for granted and can be resolved in due course.

The rear hub has a 136mm axle leaving precious little beyond the 130mm OLN but again in due course I’ll track down a 140mm axle once I’ve determined the requisite thread form for these hubs.

On the scales the bicycle weighs 20.5lbs with pedals and bottle cage. A lighter and less comfortable saddle would bring it under 20.

All going to plan it’ll get a proper outing in a few weeks for a two-stage time trial event, 15km flat and 10km uphill gaining 450m/1500’. As slow as I’ll go I’ll get some satisfaction from using the same bicycle for both stages while the guns unveil their elbow-steerers for the flat stage.