With the steerer cut and filed, it was time to start putting the bits together. After whacking the star-fangled nut into the steerer tube (using a sacrificial coach bolt, a hammer and a bit of hitting and hoping), I was able to get the forks onto the frame, giving the first sense of what the new machine is going to look like.
So far so good! I think that the fatter blades of the carbon forks together with the modern styling of the stem gives it a more muscular look.
I couldn't wait to get it looking more bike-like, so I chucked a few more bits on. I'm re-using the original bars, so I gave these a serious clean-up to get rid of the old bar tape gunk.
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