FINNEY1973
Senior Retro Guru
No matter which way I looked at this, pink red & yellow - awful.
This is like the girl at the bar, great shape, trinkets in all the right places, then she turns round and :shock: bright red or shocking pink lipstick and no dress sense :facepalm:
The plan then - took advice on stripping the lugs so that they could be the lovely shiny alloy - it's a specialist job. Didn't fancy taking that on as the bike is a couple of cm's too big.
No sure what TVT it is either, isn't a HR or HM, doesn't have TVT stamped anywhere except on the BB shell. Seat stays aren't like any other TVT I can find on the web. However, it is fundamentally an extremely lightweight frame.
Not a fan of badging things up as something they aren't - however I feel a little poetic licence is allowed here. I didn't have the forks, and with zero chance of finding some I plumbed for a pair from a 979 Vitus. So already it's a bit of a fraud.
The next stage was for distraction tactics, take one's eye away from that gaudy paint job. Decals - a quick £35 on various decals and the transformation is complete - not saying it's any better but perhaps more palatable?
Decked out with Shimano 6400 group (excluding BB, cassette & chain) with a nice pair of Vittoria tubs. It's a nice ride, although a little front heavy due to the forks.
And it's a tad too big as you can see by the low seat and short stem
This is like the girl at the bar, great shape, trinkets in all the right places, then she turns round and :shock: bright red or shocking pink lipstick and no dress sense :facepalm:
The plan then - took advice on stripping the lugs so that they could be the lovely shiny alloy - it's a specialist job. Didn't fancy taking that on as the bike is a couple of cm's too big.
No sure what TVT it is either, isn't a HR or HM, doesn't have TVT stamped anywhere except on the BB shell. Seat stays aren't like any other TVT I can find on the web. However, it is fundamentally an extremely lightweight frame.
Not a fan of badging things up as something they aren't - however I feel a little poetic licence is allowed here. I didn't have the forks, and with zero chance of finding some I plumbed for a pair from a 979 Vitus. So already it's a bit of a fraud.
The next stage was for distraction tactics, take one's eye away from that gaudy paint job. Decals - a quick £35 on various decals and the transformation is complete - not saying it's any better but perhaps more palatable?
Decked out with Shimano 6400 group (excluding BB, cassette & chain) with a nice pair of Vittoria tubs. It's a nice ride, although a little front heavy due to the forks.
And it's a tad too big as you can see by the low seat and short stem