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It's like the seller said. Came with full headset. Sent in a Giant box. There was a black canvas bag with headset, 30mm of look spacers, brake nut (i think for the fork), even had a guarantee card, look stickers, manual for headset, wheels installation, and a small color brochure with all of looks products way back when...
cable guide under bottom bracket has a very small black tube in it where the front derailleur cable goes...i guess this helps prevent friction on the frame?...it's really small/narrow, but i guess the cable goes through it...there isn't one for the rear derailleur, but it doesn't look like it needs one there...
gonna have to do a dry run of fork install with headset...it's weird there's no bottom plastic washer or something to keep dust from getting into bottom of head tube, but it may make more sense when I piece it together...
if things look 'weird' or not right in any sense I'll bring it to a shop to have them install it...but the manual shows just the bearing thrust ring and lower bearing into the head tube and the fork sliding right into that...
was happy to see the 'elusive' bearing thrust rings already installed in top and bottom of head tube...headset also has 4 extremely thin spacers, at first i thought it was one 1mm spacer, but the grease they applied all those years ago stuck it together, and it slid apart on closer inspection...
ok, i guess that's it for now...thanks to you all for the help on this i appreciate it...waiting on build parts to come...oh, decided on chorus 12 speed (despite really not liking the look/design of the crank set)...hoping i like it better in person...it'll be a few weeks before it's built and ready to go...
because of health problems, age, and a long time off the bike I went with the new and smaller 32-48 chain rings...see how that goes...figure i can always buy 34/50 down the road if it doesn't 'feel' right...
but did two spins on my old Tommaso this week and it felt great and man, I am happy to get back on the road...running campagnolo 8 speed ergo from about 1994...still works...i think i need new brake pads on her...gearing a bit difficult, i've got a 39/51 with 12/26 in back...could be 13/26,...it was hard for me getting up the small climbs in the area around my house...so I think the easier gearing is the right way to go on the new ride...
short ps...when first seeing the frame on the internet I really didn't like the dark frame, but damn, no paint, just the silver/black of the carbon fiber under the clear coat and the minimal look of the decals looks really nice in person...