This hasn't been forgotten, been fat-arsing around trial fitting various bits.
Boxes and boxes of V-brakes and cantis and what did I do?
Decided the bike deserves brand new cantis. My cowardly riding style necessitates good brakes so I've ordered new Tektro CR720s (because they are the least faff to set up).
Stole the cranks of my wife's bike and fitted them. There was some grumbling within the hoose, so went a-looking in the sheds and attics.
Ah, Dura-Ace or the NOS Campag Record? Damn, can't fit, no suitable BBs.
Oh, a higher power was looking after me - keep it British where possible - Middleburn to the rescue, much better than that foreign rubbish. Now where's that last new ISIS BB lurking?
Talking of keeping it British, I have a nice Hope Ti front hub, but unfortunately it's a 32 hole. However it's given me an idea for a future wheelset for the bike.
Did Hope do a Ti rear version (non-disk)? It would be a neat improvement.
I've decided it will be a multi-ratio bike in deference to my frailty. It's gonna be a dinglespeed running 42/17 (65") and 39/20 (52"), so no need for one of those dangly things. That gives me a gear for the road, and one for the gravelly bits.
Tonight's job is dismantling a set of 29er wheels I built several years ago and never used. I'm nicking the XT hubs off them because they're 36 hole and they have the neat feature of center-lock, so without a disk, they look ok.