Flash Track Frame

[ghostpoet]

Hooray, it lives with me now...Jase really has to stop selling such lovely stuff.

[quote]

27.2 seatpost and I think it's a 60's/70's frame so I am guessing Reynolds tubes, but happy to be corrected. Beautiful headstem..I have a double crown fork on the way from Moldova, and there's a Gnutti headset on it now which suits the frame I think. Both destined for rechroming at Vinci Platers. Other componentry suggestions welcomed....

[hiflange]

I have no idea what to kit it out with but that is very sweet buying there

[brentono]

Most likely Columbus 531-Competition tubing, as that what most common and used in Eddie's shop,
at that time (60's/70's) from my observation, and recollection.

I had Sugino Track cranks, at an earlier stage, then went to early '70's Track Campag.
Cinelli steel drop stem, with Cinelli Steel Track bars.

Good luck with your re-build.

[ghostpoet]

Nice cheap rebuild for me then...

Thanks for the info, much appreciated. I am chuffed to know it might be Columbus, now to start forking out far too much money for the 60's and 70's components... So was this your bike?

[spirito]

Most likely Columbus 531-Competition tubing,

I'm guessing you mean Reynolds as they used the 531 nomenclature?

[brentono]

Nice cheap rebuild for me then...

Thanks for the info, much appreciated. I am chuffed to know it might be Columbus, now to start forking out far too much money for the 60's and 70's components... So was this your bike?

Columbus- Yes and might have been PS or PL Grade, me used 531 "naming",
as that was an understood standard, at the time, from my recollection...
as in competiton standards for tubing for racing frames.
The buy you got was not mine, AFAIK, and the lugs in the headtube are different, as you can see.
Pity, you didn't get the original forks, as you would have probably had the round front forks (for Track),
which came in the Columbus tube set, and may have ended up with the double-crown (like mine)
Finding those 60's/70's parts may now be the hard part.
May have a BB, depending on which way you go with the cranks (Sugino, Sakae, Stonglight or Campag)?
Cheers

[RichoVonBlack77]

Wild! , I just went to U tube for the song that started playing in my head looking at that silver lightning bolt head badge,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNIVpMXHqlk