Yeah, dude it was FILTHY. It has been nearly three years since I have even so much as touched it.
The carbon post on it was never a good idea, due to the pinch design. It crunched that post. Thankfully not anywhere near where it matters for this build so I will cut it down.
OK so update time.
I ordered those a couple of days back. Grips should match the seat lovely. The frame came in today and is going to be a minor ball ache. First off the BB is Italian, but I think I still have the ends I removed in the reverse of this shit a couple of months back
but secondly it needs a very obscure headset.
Semi integrated BUT 41.4mm, not the standard 44. That's the bloody Italians for you
I am hoping that will sort that issue. I will then need to find these (the ends)
And fit them to my Octalink BB. Not hard.
Turned out the frame and fork were the same seller. Which was nice, as they gave me back a tenner. Those came in today.
The fork is a work of pure art.
Stunning. So I found some old style decal art (the type I want) online. Guy wanted 60 quid for them
ass hat. I upscaled these using AI
Just for the lettering and "Treviso" part. Apparently the Pinarello Treviso has always been their top end model. Treviso is the town in Italy where they are based.
I ordered that a few days back from Ali Express. Came today. I love that. Proper takes me back to my childhood that does. I also have received the tyres, brake levers, brake cables and a few other smalls. The paint also came in today. I also had a pretty crazy idea. See, all of Pinarellos new frames are carbon. The one I got? 2012-2016. I love the look of forged carbon. It is stunning, so I got this.
I am going to cut the Pinarello lettering from that. The idea is that basically with those decals on it will look like the frame is carbon. At which point someone put gold candy over it, put the lettering on as stencils, painted it yellow and then took them off, exposing the carbon underneath.