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The first thing I found for my bike, Tires. I'm very happy with these, brown with cream walls and 28mm so a little more fat than my current bike's tires. They're Dia Compe Gran Compe ENE Ciclo - which are gear touring tires.
Tom managed to pick up some great wheelset for me too, Alexrims, on Quando hubs, all silver. There are fixed and freewheel cogs on the rear wheel so I can chose my riding style.
Nice one.

I'll keep you posted on my progress. I'm mainly looking for a frame at the moment, a vintage lugged frame would be perfect - especially one located in Aus.

Bike-spiration

Having gone back to uni I found myself with very little time to do anything other than uni work. I thought to myself that there was never a better time to build myself a bike.
Here is one of my biggest inspirations for my building aesthetic. A great team out of New York called Bertelli. They do some great clean vintage bikes. Here are a couple of my favourites.

The first one, I love the paint (rather the clear coat steel finish). I'll definitely be setting up my bike with these great no rise french style bars, and I really like the red brake cable for some reason..

I'll have to go with this paint job, a nice navy blue... I really dig the tires too, i'm on the hunt for white/cream walled tires.
Make sure to check out their bikes on their delightful website.