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There is a jump around gear 4 (can't remember the teeth number without checking), it wants to go from 5 to 3, so you need change back up. Given the purpose was to resurrect an old frame, give my son experience of bike building and get a decent bike without spending too much; this is something we...

Ha, I'll get a picture. He's 15 and a rower so, as he likes points out, stronger than me. Suspect he'll leave me for dead on the climbs. We went with 28mm tyres. I tried some 30mm, there was frame clearance but get the brake caliper around them was all but impossible.

Build is pretty much finished. Need to add the decals (great range of old decals from @bicycledecals) and needs a new saddle. We kept the existing headset and BB as both were turning well. The headset was the Ahead, though the welding wasn't great compared to modern ones. So sprayed it up and...

The build is on. My son has cleaned up the frame with 0000 wire wool and then chrome polished it. He wanted to add some colour so has sprayed the forks and stays (teenagers eh!). New stem and cable guides on their way. 105 cassette and chain rings have cleaned up nicely too. Hoping to get...

Thanks Doxilla, really useful advice. After a couple of months of thinking about what we were doing and being distracting by life, we're now on it. Have ordered 28 tyres today to go with a pair of Maddux DRX 6000's we've kindly been given.

A friend has given an old Cannondale frame to my 15yr old. He was given it by a friend who it turned picked it up for free when someone was chucking it out in Newcastle (England). I'm pretty sure it's a 1993 R900 (would have reached the market in 1994), thanks to the excellent catalogue...