Kenevans TT bike

I understand your point, and, IF this bike ever gets ridden, then no doubt some fine tuning of seat and handlebar angle will be in order, and, given how far down the bars are compared to the saddle, I can easily see where a bit of nose down may be helpful.

Generally, back when I was ridding lots, I had the saddle level, or even a BIT nose up (on the mountain bike). That served to keep weight off the hands and shoulders (nice on a 6 or 8 hour ride... ofcourse, I doubt anyone rides a fixie for that long) and, on the mb, a bit more weight on the rear wheel. If the saddle were nose down, then I found I had to constantly slide towards the rear.

At any rate, when I put this bike together, level seat was/is the default position and more than a slight deviation from that generally looks odd to me.

I had great fun putting it together for sure... I imagine the frame made it's way to the US shortly after that since I purcased it from a small shop in central California in 1987. They had it all built up with C-Record gear (including Delta brakes) which I thought was wrong since that gruppo is so bulky looking. A few weeks later I was in for something and they had the bike all apart and were going to ship it to some other shop. I had the bucks at the time and bought it right there.

Then one thing led to another and I never got around to building it up until this year, but fortunatly, I still had some of the components I'd originally planned to use and, thanks to ebay, other appropriate parts were available (except for the Saavedra Turbo rims that really should be on those wheels!)

Cheers,
Steve

well, that's just a Huret Jubilee. They were pretty common at one time. Cut down on weight?... That one weighs in around 135 grams. The six speed set up on the bike is about all it can handle though, as well as about 23 or 24 teeth on the largest cog. Friction (of course) smooth and percise, doesn't require lots of over-shift but is a little weak on the spring so it's slow comming down from the 13 onto the 12.