1980 Mercian 753 Special .

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Ran out of time for today but rings and pedals changed . Bit better.

 

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We have been seriously sideswiped by life so I'm not sure how much more I'll be doing in the near future at least . I was hoping to try wheel building again but that will now be impossible so they've gone off to be built by the excellent Arup Sen .
I want a Suntour 6 speed freewheel with a 23 t top sprocket and I will repaint the black on the rear mech but these things will have to wait . As will tubular wrestling !
So this is it for now .

 

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[avalonian]

That looks very very nice

 

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That looks very very nice

Thanks , it was an easy base to start from so I can't take much credit really .

 

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Well that happened pretty quickly ! Another shout out to Arup Sen , top man .

 

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Stretchy stretch .
This is only my second attempt at using tubulars . I hope it goes better than the last time .

 

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Stretchy stretch .
This is only my second attempt at using tubulars . I hope it goes better than the last time .View attachment 714610

Tub tape or Glue?