Finally got the Windrush together. Rides very nicely.
Now to test it properly.
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The beauty about getting a pre-mangled bike is you feel no obligation to preserve patina.
So my approach with this has been to imagine it's a bike I've had since I was a lad, and then make the changes to it I would have done over the years to keep it relevant.
Spec:
Dawes Windrush frame and forks in R531. I'll repaint it, once I've settled on final config.
Wheels: I built them with modern 700c Mavic rims for convenience of getting decent tyres, plus they're stronger for offroad stuff, DTSwiss butted spokes, NOS Normandie F/hub, Sturmey SRF-5 rear.
Brakes: NOS Mafac Racers with Weinmann levers. May change to Resilion cantis, and will probably change the levers - feel flexy.
Saddle: Itala 27mm seatpost, NOS Ideale saddle. (Temporary modern seatpost clamp until I work out most comfortable height with the Lauterwasser bars).
Steering: GB stem, new alloy Lauterwasser bars (by Soma)
Cranks: NOS splined Gnutti driveside, patina-ed one lhs, Gnutti BB.
Chain: manky 2nd hand Wipperman ⅛"
Cabling is all ziptied. When I repaint, I'll run the brake cable properly through frame mounts (don't have the appropriate ferrules to fit them). I'm hoping to be able to make up a gear lever for the downtube and run a bare cable through a pulley instead of using an outer (the modern S-A levers don't fit.
EDIT: looking for
Dawes bagrest to fit the frame mounts. Any condition - even if buggered because I'll use it as a pattern to make a replica.
Stepped ferrules for frame cable stops.
Gnutti lhs crank in vgc.