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raidan73
PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:23 pm 
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Not really quite ready to add anything right now but wanted the 10,000th readers bike!

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One of my dream bikes from BITD. There wasn't even a Cannondale dealer nearby so I had to make do with the catalogue. I'm not sure that I ever saw one in the metal before mine arrived a year or so ago now. It's a bit rough around the edges but hopefully it will look something like this when I'm done putting it all back together

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The frame polished up quite nicely. As many of us know, the old 'dales would shed their paint if you looked at them too hard, but the paint that remains still polishes up a treat :)

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Added a few parts yesterday afternoon

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Very nice mate.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with. Are you going for a catalogue build?
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Giom6 wrote:
Very nice mate.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with. Are you going for a catalogue build?


I think I have all the parts, so it would be rude not too, wouldn't it? :D
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It would in deed! :)
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Catalogue spec it is then sir :D

Now I just need spare time and somewhere to hang it - I can cram plenty of unbuilt bikes into the shed but finding room to hang another fully built one is a completely different story :roll:
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dyna-ti
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Indeed a very nice project to see completed :D

"catalogue build" +1
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Giom6
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raidan73 wrote:
Catalogue spec it is then sir :D

Now I just need spare time and somewhere to hang it - I can cram plenty of unbuilt bikes into the shed but finding room to hang another fully built one is a completely different story :roll:

I know how that feels mate...I'm up in to the attic now :)

It's goingti look sweet...
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Retro66666
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Nice! Looking forward to this one :)
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