I went to the newcastle bike-ecology centre on saturday and asked him for a 700cc road bike. Dan (good bloke), brought me out a decent enough Europa. Pretty good condition...few rust marks and bark marks out of it but nothing a sand back and repaint cant fix.
It has a toptube of 57 and a seattube of i think it is 56. So it is a very good fit...so far.
It is a 12 speed ofmega (ever heard of it???) and it has modolo speedy brakes (but i lost one) and it also has modolo headset which says triathlon on it with measurements on the side.
I have pulled most of it apart but i am stuck on removing the rear cogs so i can degrease them and remove some of the rust off the spokes.
I also cant remove the cranks to make sure the bb is fine. A friend used to own a BS so i will see him in the new year and get him to give me a hand to take them off and eventually put them back on.
Photos are to follow but i cant get my stinknig camera to work for some reason???

I am also a bit worried about the shifters, i have never seen shifters on the downtubes before so i dont know how they are supposed to work. Are they spring loaded etc, i guess it doesnt matter, i have no cableing

Anyway when i get it all cleaned up i will probably need some advice from yall, i want to out new cranks on it and new derailleurs as i have never heard of ofmega or modolo and they dont look in the best of conditiion. Also the drive side of te rear forks looks a little bent but i think it is normal to compensate for the cogs and such.
As per before as soon as i get my camera working i will post pics. Did i mention i got it for free. I want to get mre cogs and stuff for it so i might go back in the new year and see if he has anything else half decent to ravage and get some stuff to transfer over. I will be just like Richard then. But not old..or bald....and i dont wear pink shirts.

Mitch.