A productive day. A plethora of problems overcome. These setups are designed to be fitted and forgotten. Rear cones too tight. Insufficient clearance for first choice of tyres. Bb was a pain so concocted a chainset by making spacers from individually drilled washers. Wondering if thin dropouts will be tight enough as needed to pack out rear end for everything to grip.
Other than gears and grips,which I have for grip shift combo. The speed machine is ready for testing. Forks look like the were destined for this frame. One small step for man, one giant lash up for……