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I managed to find the wheels for the frame. I don't know a great deal about them, but I have seen them being used by many russian track cyclists in photos from the 80s. From what I know, they're called either Fluidisk or '666' wheels but a Russian person corrected me saying these were called...

Re: Re: Ahh you threw it out?! That would have been great! I'm hoping to get it down the track soon for some photos. May give it a bit of a spin. The rear wheel is pretty old though and not sure if it's actually usable. I'll do a post on the wheels soon! They're very cool!

Paint Preparation. Even though the frame had been previously blasted to remove paint, it had started to develop a surface rust over time so I had to get the whole frame ready for painting. This meant going through several grades of emery cloth to get the steel looking clean, smooth yet have a...

Now time for the filler! Having stripped back the paint it revealed bodyfiller on the fins which built up a smooth transition to the tubes. Having asked around many many painters to see what the best approach was, none were keen to give it a go. To be honest, i'm a bit of a perfectionist so I...

There were a couple little dents in the frame which I brazed and made smooth. But there was a bigger problem with the dropouts. They had become crushed over time leaving big dents and grooves from the wheel nuts. I decided I wanted to smooth this back, so I had to build up the brazing first...

Ok, I'm going to have to go back in time to show you the full restoration, picking up from where I left off. I'll start with the forks. The forks were probably from a different Rossin frame as they were slightly whiter than the frame itself. This may have been down to the frame ageing or the...

Hello All, I have been super quiet form this for a very long time. (Almost a year and a half!) Well good news is that the Rossin Restoration is now complete! I'll try and get some work in progress images later as well as some completion photos! Cheers, Matt

Hey, Yeah the steerer tube was always slightly too high. I probably need to trim about 10mm off of it when I come to fit it all together again.

Hi Ian, Yes these are the places to be filled. Maybe the spot brazes mean the bodyfiller has something to grip on to?

Hello all, I have been a bit quiet on the restoration front but I have some updates. Its a sad day as the paint on Rossin is no more. I got it blasted with aluminium oxide which was delicate on the lugwork, but managed to get out all the bodyfiller in the fillets. I got fed up with using...

A little update. I have finally got hold of some Rossin bar ends so I've managed to finish the bars now.

Ekimov riding Rossin in 1986

These are prototypes. They won't be used. A few dimensions need to be altered before the final steel clamps are machined.

Some more photos of the aluminium test clamps with the allen head bolts sunk into them.

Here is the wheelset. I don't have a photo of them together yet.

The wheels have both 666 and Fluidisk decals on so I presumed they were the same. I agree Ghibli 700 rear and a Scirocco semi-disc 650 would look great but as you say, super hard to come by. My build is predominantly Russian as it was previously owned by the Russian Olympic coach. I think...

Hello, I have the chance to buy a pair of Fluidisk/666 disc wheels for my Rossin Pursuit bike one 700c and a front 650c. I have been looking around for these wheels for a while now but there is very little information about them online. Does anyone know the history of these? I know they're...

Mint condition Selle San Marco Concor Supercorsa Saddle is in the post to me. Absolutely love these saddles and I think it will look great on the Rossin.

A decal post. A good friend of mine suggested I take the Russian hand written name tag on the frame and make it into decal. The previous owner says that getting a signature from the guy is pretty much impossible. Therefore copying the marker pen writing is the next best thing I think.

Hmm, they're pretty epic wheels but I'm not keen on those for the Rossin. I want the focus to be the frame and a minimal disc set will help that I think