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Carlton on a corner.

Looks beautiful, Great colour choice. 👍

Its been a slow burner for sure.😁 A problem to be overcome with almost every component, but somehow that makes a project like this all the more rewarding. I'll do a proper beauty photoshoot when I've sorted the last few niggles. 🤘

Bar tape is done 😁 Sneak peek of the almost finished article. Just need the bottlecage, a last gearing fettle and I need to swap in some matched inner tubes.

First test ride today; the clamp for the seatpost slipped a bit and needed cranking down really tight. I need do some tweaks to get the rear shifting better; the gap between the top pulley and the sprocket is pretty large and seems to make for slow shifts. In general it rides well and is...

Hey folks. I am looking for a suitable exotic bar for my Look project, ideally an ITM K Sword or another of their shaped designs from the 2000s-2010s. Also a 16 degree (or close to) ahead stem.

Edging ever closer. Brakes are cabled up. Bit of a wait while I hunted down the correct quick release hanger for the rear brake but I found one eventually. The chrome is just about hanging in there and it looks alright after a rub down.

I was pretty tempted to buy this so decided to research a bit. I think it is highly likely to be a Geliano frame, or at least related to Francis Quillon's output in some way. There are lots of details that match up to various documented frames; Scroll down to the bottom here...

Waitrose delivers once again At least this Vetta didn't have the hanger sawn off on the way to singlespeed life. Much of the other detail is the usual horror show; stem wedge barely hiding under that top nut, horrendous tape, saddle smashed all the way back. The cherry on the cake was spotting...

Nice looking frame. Rear dropouts look very 90s too.

Tempting 😜

Pedals are back together with some new Christophe straps to tie into the red on the frame logos. Need to find a matching Campag dustcap for the nds at some point, and probably some L clips instead of these M.

Cranks and front derailleur on at last. The 119mm BB was still just too short so the right choice for the hordes of you who want to make this exact frame/crank combo work is 122.5mm.

The allen key left to rust into the bottle bolt is a nice touch.

Two of my favourites; The Rich Gangl interview where he showcases his incredible Merckx replica collection is superb. An absolute artist. This recent one where he puts together a new build with Jeffrey Bock is also really good fun.

Me too 😂

@hamster traded me some nice Gran Sport pedals for this as the Milremo pair that came on the bike were flaking and not really recoverable. I stripped them down and gave them an ultrasonic clean to get the grime off and then a light sand of any road rash spots followed by a gentle polish...

Looks lovely!

I really like this channel, John gives an amazing insight into the US vintage/collectors scene. He also interviews some incredible framebuilders and significant designers and riders. Lots of beautiful bikes showcased as well of course!

I cycle to work along part of the Oxford towpath and often see some interesting bikes belonging to the narrowboats and houseboats moored there. They change through the year as people move about so theres always something new. This Columbia was clearly a budget machine but the yellow looked good...