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Re: Cheers, Ibbz! I'd be flattered to think the whole thing might be considered inspirational in any way, but if it floats somebody's boat, as others posts on here have floated mine, then that's all to the good! I've had it for years and the first objective of the rebuild was to get it out on...

Re: Thanks, Neil! The fork with the drilled Campagnolo dropouts was in the bike when I got it in 1989. I knew at the time it wasn't the original from the bike, maybe the original was damaged or something, I don't know. As I said earlier, it was really a collection of somebody's leftovers but...

Re: A few more pictures...

Re: Yep, I like the 7400 a lot! I started looking out for Campagnnolo stuff but it was scarce, costly and more difficult to date, at least I thought so. Anyway, as it was a customer frame set, rather than a complete bike, I had some liberty as to what I put on it. And yes, I found a fork. It...

Re: It started out as an exercise in simply cleaning the bike up and returning it to serviceability but ended up getting repainted (two "and a half times" but that's a different story) and fitted with a nearly complete set of Dura Ace 7400 series kit, almost all of which is from 1985. Oh, and...

Re: This is the fork that was in the frame when I bought it in 1989. It's clearly not an original. However, to my surprise, when I pulled it out last week after nearly 25 years hanging in the garage, I discovered it has Campagnolo dropouts and some interesting details on the crown so...

Re: Oh, I don't know, seems like you're doing fine to me... After all, you can ride any bike you like and the others won't complain... You you don't have to ride any of them and still no complaint... You could ride your mates bikes and nobody will compain... You could let your mates ride your...

Re: I think the same about the colours, I thought it was just me turning into a Grumpy Old Man complaining that everything (well, almost everything) seems to black these days! If I say the TI Raleigh and the Merck Molteni strike a big chord, I suppose I'm dating myself! Super collection...

Re: I had noticed....! :D

I'll make some enquiries here locally here first and see what can be done. Thanks for all the information!

Any suggestions? I'm sure some members here have had these colours done before?

Yeah, I had a look myself but I've got time on my side in this case. I'm not in a rush to get it done but now that I've had a look again at it today, including some cleaning and rubbing down in a few selected places, there is no alternative now but to strip it back to metal and start with a...

Thanks again, Mr W... I'll have to find a fork that at least looks the same or very close to the same.

It has Campagnolo rear ends, I notice, rhather than Gipiemme...any significance?

Re: Thanks Mr W! I'd never noticed the dates on the sticker! The frame number begins with WL4 so you can see why I thought 1984... My first thought was simply to recover it to mechanical servicability and use it on the L'Eroica in October seeing as I've managed to get an entry for it...

I bought this second-hand in 1989. It was basically a collection of somebody's leftover parts, some of them not great. However, at the time, money was very tight and it seemed a reasonable alternative to a new equivalent which I could not have afforded back then. There was a mish-mash of parts...

Hang it up and throw sugar at it, I say......!

Always good to give the cage a rattle and upset the anoraks...! :-)

Re: Campagnolo Chorus (Varsalona) age, please....? Finally got back to Italy last week, still on crutches so not able to get much done. Stopped by this fellows shop again today to find out a little more. Builders name is Stefano Varsalona from the local area. The shop is now a bike and sports...

Anybody have any experience of micro-fracture surgery in the knee?