Faced and chased!

This past Saturday I went out and got the frame faced and chased by the good folks at Swallow Bicycle Works!    They're a great shop and really friendly - talking to Tom made me even more excited about this build :)  Now that its faced and chased, I should be able to start sticking on parts as I get them.

First order of business will be to craft a homemade headset press :)   Why? Because it will be fun!

I haven't found any *great* posts yet for how to build one but essentially it will be 18" long 5/8" threaded rod with washers and nuts to press it in.   I'll post a follow up after I do some research and find some great links.

Meanwhile here is my new "new to me" road bike!

It has great components so I don't plan on doing any upgrades, however I would say it needs a few things done:
- New tires (current ones have cracking rubber)
- New bar wrap (current one is really beat up)
- New brake & derailleur cables.

That's pretty much it....however I dont really plan on doing much to it until jen's bike is done :)