Originally Posted by muftek
sick! do NOT repaint it. it looks so rad. i can't believe you got this for free, oh cruel world...
I love the purple, but it has to go. Decals will be made before it's sand blasted, and the paint will look good. You can see in the picture that some different shade of purple was **** into the nice purple, and there are chips on it. There's also an axle sized ding on the down tube, and two small ones on the top tupe near the seat tube. The brake bridge has also been filed down and into the correct shape, and when the decals are in my hands is when the magic begins.
So far I'm using:
Sugino 75 Cranks
FSA Vigorelli rings
Sugino 75 Mighty bottom bracket
Look Keo pedals (need to get another set so I don't have to swap from road bike)
Dura-Ace hi-flange 32 hole hubs
Dura-Ace cogs
Velocity Escape tubular rims
Hatta Swan headset
SR Royal stem until I get a Nitto Alloy
Nitto CrMo 40cm deep drop bars
Remanufactured Clement pista tubular tires
and either the purple Fujita that came with it, or a San Marco Concor black suede saddle.
The new color should be close to the same color as the Fujita. Also, I'm not sure what pursuit bars I should use, I don't think I should use anything chromed, because aerobars need to be mounted.
Lastly, the frame wasn't really 'free'. My dad gave me his Mercier Kilo TT, and it had less than 100 miles on it. My coach said he'd trade me frames. So I gave him the Mercier frame/fork/headset/post and he gave me his frame/fork/headset/bottom bracket.