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Oh man, am I excited to see where this goes! Keep the pics rolling in!

Did you paint the headset?

I hope you didn't paint the headset, I think it would look a little funky.

Anywho i'm excited to see this built up!

Looks as though at least the top race of the headset is taped.

Updated on Day 2.

The headset has been taped off with a layer of vaseline on top.

I'm excited to see how this goes

Thanks for the interest people. Day 3 update is up!

What do you guys recommend for tires? I am looking for some flat/puncture resistant tires. Ben's Cycles has Continental Gatorskin wire beads for $36.99 each.

Surly Seca Comps are my personal favorite. The sweetest thing about them is the anti puncture seal they come with. So you have like 2 additional layers before you actually skid to wire.

That paint looks really nice.

Looking good, I love aicraft stripper used it last night on my frame, makes things a lot easier.
great job on paint!

Same color as my first Fixed long ago. Inspiration for you!

That's a nice build! Thanks all for the compliments.

I just won an older Leader 735TR frame without the intention of winning. So I guess I will have another project coming along after this. Or I might just sell the Univega frame set.

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Color looks great! Can't wait to see more pics

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Painting 101 : Always paint parts, oriented the same way as you would see them in use .

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I caved in and bought myself a set of Vuelta TrackPro's wheels for this project. I will put the Velocity's on the leader instead.

I wonder how hard it is going to be to polish up machined sidewalls with tires mounted already. Looking to shine up the Vuelta TrackPro's, anyone have some tips and tricks to do so?

yeah un-mount your tires

Almost there.. Should be set up buy early-mid next week! The inspiration for this build:

Looks rad with the risers and non-junky saddle but get some metal clips! And that's a big gear.

That's not my bike, simply just an inspiration for this project.

looking good! I wanna see the Leader build up, too!

Finished product (sold to a buddy 3 days after built):


my finished leader:

now is the time to use those painting skills again.

True, the decals are over the top. I feel like I'm riding a nascar bike . Going to the vinyl store and covering up the bottom tube for now.

Flip the stem