Brooklyn Gangsta V2/Boardman TK Pro/Dolan Seta

This will be the first of three bikes I'll be building up this year, this one has to be built quite urgently as it's main role besides casually smashing around town is to be my new dry weather commuter.

The urgency is down to the fact that my current commuter (Bianchi Pista) has a through and through crack in the seat tube between the right seat stay and top tube. It's anyone's guess if or when it will cause a stay to snap and probably my death but hopefully I don't have to find out, so the sooner the better.

Anyway, there's not many of these around so I thought I'd make a build thread for it.

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Cool frame! Just swap over all the parts from the Bianchi?

Damn. That's really cool.

Yeah do that.
Hardcore fixie skidder death is overrated

Yum.

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Cheers everyone!

@nutsjesmoar good question, but a couple of problems. Seatpost/Stem diameter on the Bianchi are different, the cranks on the Bianchi (Sugino RD2's) are 170's and I want to swap back to a pair of 165 cranks which I already have so I'll use them and lastly the wheels are going to go on my "winter bike V2".

On the plus side I nearly have everything I need for this to be built up soon, well all the big parts anyway. The new wheels for the Duratec were ordered last week are currently being built up by the Cycle PS lads.

The only things from the Bianchi I'm swapping over will be the saddle and pedals.

I've been preping and dragging me heels on this build for months so really I nearly have everything, it's just now that the Bianchi is going to break I've been forced to get a move on.

More components to be shown tomorrow...

Looking forward to seeing this built up, is rad

subbed. love the frame.

5 inch of wow.

Hurry up and build it m8...

Duratec is rad, decals are a bit erm

decals are a bit erm

@alialias @jonny @mishmash11 thanks, hopefully I don't ruin the build, might be taking a chance with my wheel/cranks. I'll put more pics up tonight.

Right, update, wheels and chainset. I was thinking as it's a black frame, keep it murdered out, play it safe. I've got black Omnium's lying around and I've got black TB14's laced to black high flange Gran Compe's with black sapims on the Bianchi. I did a mock build with the parts fitted and it worked really well, looked clean.

So obviously I've decided to do the exact opposite... Silver Omnium's, silver low flange Gran Compe's laced to Velocity "Aero" Track rims. The rims are shallow and are a light matt silver, should be a good contrast to the frame. I've got the cranks and hubs, rims are on the way.

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Be good to see those hubs pictured in someone's hands...

Are you going to be lacing the wheels yourself? I need helps with lacing the wheels for the Brooklyn :)

@timbre No matey I don't trust myself.

The hubs are currently located at Cycle PS Camberwell, literally in the safe hands of the manager/head mechanic Harvey, who will be hand building my wheels to perfection like he did for my TB14's.

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Are you wearing Zebra print high heels?

HAHA! That's @HarveyBrown I'll let him explain. #kinky

Got some post today, literally, seatpost has arrived. Truvativ XR2 to match the crankset, such coordination.

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I'll let him explain.

Over a couple of drinks perhaps...

#groomin

Lulz ^

I'm gonna try always wanted to learn!

Wheels will look sick similar to what I have on the Nelson currently

Is the duratec alu?

Haha, unfortunately not on that day

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Yeah one day I'll learn to, really with the day job I should be able to do it no problem but I'd rather let a pro handle this one.

Yea alu, a 7020 mix off the top of my head (I need to get out more) there's a massive write up about the tubing and welding tech printed on the seat tube. Got half a pic of it at the top of the page. I'll post specific info about the tube technology when I'm sober/at home.

Ha I'm really not that worried / interested.

Only know the difference between steel and alu and not even really then...

lol. I'll end up posting the tube info anyway because I'm a massive geek, as @Rik_Van_Looy, owner of another Sprinter, who convinced me to build this up over the Track Champ said it's going to be super stiff, I should be able to really cane the OKR crit on this.