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just (mostly) finished.
the seat tube was shorter than I expected (50cm c-c), hence the longish seatpost/saddle position.
TT is 54cm which should feel right.
I'll take better pics this weekend.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/jvpro/007-1.jpg

that is nice! what is the serial number?

Did you make that frame become a 'fixie?'

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/p...og/Kittens.jpg

I would double-check those dropouts before making accusations.

The bike is at home now, I didn't write down the serial number. But it is a carlton/worksop '79 raleigh track I believe. I'm going to change the white grips to black cloth tape I think.

Nice, JP

Super sweet. +1 on the black grips too.

I agree very nice looking bicycle

Yellow grips!:D,,,,BD

hmmm, I do have some yellow cloth tape...

What I usually do on cloth lately is put a layer of cork underneath for a little comfort. I have tried shellac on yellow too, even clear changes the color
quite a bit on the first coat. It goes from yellow to a goldenrod color. Yellow cloth would look nice, I agree:).,,,,BD

Nice, little bike.

I put easy to remove yellow cello tape on, to see how it will effect...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...o/raleigh4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...o/raleigh3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...o/raleigh2.jpg

I hope to get better pics this weekend, despite my camera.

Looks good!:D.,,,,BD

Yellow tape looks good. Nice build!

beauty!

The yellow tape does look sweet. :thumb:

Thanks! Anybody know how to adjust a chris king gripnut headset? Not the same feel as a traditional threaded headset.

very nice work. What kind of tires are those? I need to get a set of the gumwalls for a project that I am working on

actually they are dirty white soma everwears. But panaracer pasela tourguides are gumwalled, I have a pair on my '76 fuji track bike:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...bianchi065.jpg

Some barely slightly better pics - my camera's batteries started to die as I was taking them. I am running a rear kierin brake for now as a compromise between the clean looks of brakeless and the fact that I'm going to be street riding it, carefully of course.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/jvpro/001-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/jvpro/002-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/jvpro/003-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/jvpro/004-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/jvpro/005-1.jpg

Beauty!

check this thread out. That bike is a '79 as well. the woman who owned it said it was all original...I think that the bike shop still has that bike.

That was interesting. So that frame is 753? My serial number indicates carlton/worksop origin.