Another SR Royal BB spindle arrived today and was cleaned (not that it needed much cleaning). Really good condition, despite being previously used, so that's 10 quid well spent. Totally forgot it's assymetrical though, so not sure whether it will do as a replacement for the Suntour Sprint one, which is 109mm. With SR Royal I would be getting the chainline 2mm outwards. Not something I have to worry about right now, got other projects to complete.

Today the most time consuming thing was modifying the seatpost to fit Reboul Superator. I had Ritchey branded Nitto S65 which I got on the cheap, but in 26.8 instead of 26.6mm required and way too long. It was slightly mistreated, with snake lines and gashes, so needed sanding down anyway. Not sure why I started sanding it down before I cut it down to the required length, but thankfully few minutes in I realised there is no point in sanding down the part I'm not going to need. That took best part of two hours, then about 30-40 minutes going over with finer sandpaper (ended up with 2500 grit) and then a bit of polishing. It's not quite finished yet, need to even out the edge of the cut and round the seatpost walls on it and it definitely needs more polishing, but for now it will do. If I like the ride, I will put some more time and work in it this winter. But the seatpost fits pretty well now, so I'm happy I've made some progress. Next step will be applying the same procedure to the stem (I have 22.2, need 22mm) followed by modifying chainrings slightly. And then installing brakes, cables and chain and we'll see how this thing rides



Still needs polishing

New version of San Marco Regal (Evo) behind, the old one (Regal Girardi) in front. Looking at the design, name is the only thing they have in common, really. Completely different saddles. I like the modern one and I find it comfortable, haven't tried the old one yet.