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The connections between TVT, Look, and Time are very evident. They seem to have shared technology and innovations together across the years. Although Time operates as a separate company from Look, there are some closely related details in their frame sets that have been offered in the last decade.

Actually, that job wasn’t as bad as I thought, and it went back together easily enough. Liberal amounts of grease was used in ensuring a smooth operation for years to come. The original factory grease around the tension springs was changed out too because it had hardened like plastic! I do...

I’ll get the wheels tensioned up properly in the coming days, but for now they’re straight enough and sat in the corner waiting for rim strips. My attention has turned to the brake calipers. I’ve several pairs of delta brakes I can use, and had initially sorted them out by year/type so they...

I was too impatient, so I quickly laced the rear this evening 😂

With the main components of the wheel sorted, I was eager to get the spokes organised. Using my cousin’s tool to find the ERD, and then with DT’s spoke calculator we soon established the optimum spoke lengths for a traditional cross 3 pattern. I had planned on using either DT Revoltion or Sapim...

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I’ve some great news to share regarding that elusive 28h rear hub I’ve been searching for, as I’ve bagged one this morning via eBay. It looks like it’s in really good condition too, which makes life a little easier. I was prepared for any condition really as long as it was 130mm cassette, and...

A few things worthy of updating today. The front mech has been cleaned and gingerly clamped in place! I just love the clamps on these C Record mechs. I also found a nice early Elite bottle cage in an almost matching shade of Blue. It’s actually a faded finish that was originally a much...

I finally settled on the bottle cage I wanted, but finding one took a bit of time. I’ll likely get another if one crops up in the future. It’s an Elite (pre logo) cage, which has come up really clean after a quick wash. With the cage fitted, and the weather sunny, I decided it was time for a...

Not much of an update, but worthy of sharing some recent good fortune. I bought a box of assorted bar end caps from eBay this week, which were actually quite local to me. I contacted the seller for more detail on the assortment, but no reply. Anyway, the listing ended and I was quite happy to...

Thanks for the reply, but I’m fairly rigid on the requirement for it to be an exact match.

I could have kept the Stronglight headset as it was a perfect fit, and actually it’s the later variant which uses the replaceable cartridge bearings. It’s light, and would polish up well enough, but the C Record headset has such a distinctive design, that I think it would be too noticeable that...

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Yeah, I saw that, but it’s very non-committal as it just states 90’s. I didn’t realise they came with an alloy expander bolt too, hence their lower weight.

Thanks. I had mid 90’s in my head, but can’t find any evidence anywhere.

Has anyone got a definitive date when 3TTT Status stems were released to market? Pic for reference

As per the title - what’s out there? I’ll take a wheel or a rim.

Thanks, much appreciated.

Wow! 😍

It seems a prudent time to update this build thread as it’s long lost brother comes to live with us. There’s a separate build for the new addition, but this still gets the love it deserves. The new frame is only 10 apart from the old one! The bike as it looks today… After building...