I’m from the UK, and I’m living/working in Melbourne for about a year, so I needed to sort a bike out. It’s nothing special, and a strange combination of Italian/Japanese stuff at the moment, but it does what I need it to do! I saw this frame on here, and decided it would be perfect, as it’s Australian, and most of my bikes back home are from English builders, and it’s pretty much a perfect fit.
It’s not quite finished, but I chucked some stuff on that was lying around the workshop, at work, so I could get it rolling for now. I’ve got a Thomson inline Seatpost, and some Time Atac pedals on order, I’m going to try to find an old flite to stick on it, and I’m keeping an eye out for a second hand Dura Ace 170mm chainset (pref 7600, but I’d go for 7710).
At the moment, it’s a beaten up pair of 172.5mm 105 cranks, some SPD pedals, off one of the hire bikes from work, and a shitty old Specialized saddle from the bin/random post that came with the frame.
It’s a steel (only Gara, but it’s fine for what I need it for) Hillbrick track frame and fork (56x57), and the wheels are 32h Open Pro CD rims on 7600 hubs, currently with a pair of Continental GP4000s, which were free, because they came off an old bike at work. Bars are 42cm Cinelli 65s wrapped in Fizik tape, but I might change them, because the stem is a bit long for me on this frame, and they’re the only non Japanese component on the bike (I know that’s a stupid reason, I’ll probably keep them, and just find a 100mm Cinelli stem).
It’s not properly finished, but it rides really well so far. Proper (daytime) photos when It’s properly finished.
A few more photos on flickr
