Originally Posted by
nenad
hi botty_kayer,<br /><br />weird parallel bike universe, I like how you put it. Though, I have to correct you on the green MX Leader, that post is right below mine so you will have to ask "messy11" how that project is coming along. As for green / white Merckx I have a confession to make: I have used your Grand Prix as blueprint to paint mine. Speaking of, I have left a comment on another site to "bluesteel" (do you know him? <img src="https://www.bikeforums.net/images/smilies/smile.gif" data-cke-saved-src="https://www.bikeforums.net/images/smilies/smile.gif" title="Smilie" alt="<img src="https://www.bikeforums.net/images/smilies/smile.gif" data-cke-saved-src="https://www.bikeforums.net/images/smilies/smile.gif" title="Smilie" alt="
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"></img> saying how Campy C-Record cranks would be a worthy upgrade!<br /><br />Tommasini bikes are coincidental. I have ordered mine in 2014, the distributor told me I can choose any paint scheme factory has done in the past and this was the one I settled on.<br /><br />Strada is a work in progress and today headset and fork arrived. Headset remains last piece of hardware to be installed before full build. No rush, autumns in Poland are very long.<br /><br />.
<br /><br />Hi <a href="member.php?u=79742" class="utag">@nenad</a>
Ah yes I do recall your name from that other site, and yes that is me, though I have more than just blue steel these days
I only check back there occasionally. And sorry for the mix up with the green FNG painted MX Leader, I really do need my eyes tested
You've done a great job with your resto so far so looking forward to seeing it built up. And don't worry about the lack of the pearlescent white, I have it on mine but find I can never capture it properly in pics with my camera phone, so you can't tell anyway
In fact same with the green, it never looks as deep and sparkling in pics as it does in real life, tried again today but still not quite fully representative.
I got some white clip in pearlescent Look copy Campag pedals for the green one this week, which nicely match the white pearlescent on the frame I can't capture
. As much as I feel like Shaun Kelly on the Poggio every time I charge up to the crest of Tower Bridge, I used SPD's and SPD-SL's for many years before I ever used clips and straps, so the twisting outwards of the foot to release is 2nd nature to me. I don't have the leather straps pulled tight but I still instinctively twist my foot, instead of lifting and pulling back which seems to work best with the toe clips and straps, and I know in an emergency situation I'm going to do the wrong thing and topple over. I am pretty good at track stands but I do live in central London with its millions of traffic lights so its very stop start riding so clip-ins just seems a better option for me here. They're a fair bit lighter too. I'll keep the clips and straps for long days out in the country.
messy11 did your mate finish building up their green MX Leader Merckx? If so any pics?