Well, being an old frame things aren’t so easy with parts. My spare 27.2 seatpost was too fat to go in. Turns out I needed a 27.0. They are not so common as you might think. Anyway here’s my System EX seatpost. I removed the logos by polishing with sugar. (yes, really – dip some masking tape into sugar and you have sugar sand-paper, removes paint, but polishes metal.)
System EX 27.0mm seatpost. Logos polished off
The Selle Italia seat on there has only been used a couple of times and won’t be used on the Quinn. It came from my mountain bike. After 3 rides in total agony I pulled into a bike shop and replaced it with a Specialised one. A Brooks B17 is on its way to me as I write this, for style and comfort.
The other thing that arrived today was my front brake. I am a bit disappointed that my fork requires a 57mm drop on the brake, which puts Campagnolo brakes right out of the picture. I’m not about to change the fork on this build, so on goes a cheap Shimano dual pivot brake. It will work well and it’s not too ugly, with a nice hidden fixing.
Shimano BRR450F dual pivot brake
