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Starting to take shape

One week after the clear coat was applied, I can start to put the bike back together....well with the bits that I have, even if they are temporarily off of one of my other bikes.

The forks, brake callipers and modified original handlebars all went back on nicely, but when I started to size up the outer brake cables, it was clear that the cyclocross levers were not going to work.

I bit of polishing on the original Weinmann levers and I actually think these look so much better.

Still a list of thing to source, but starting to look really good...




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