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BareNecessities
Howard
A couple of years ago Matt made me a rather nice 853 cyclocross frame.
I went to Matt because nobody was making the frame I wanted at the time - discs weren't being used by the proteams and the aluminium semi-race options from Cannondale / Spesh / whatever were a bit meh, especially in the paint department. There were some nice crabon bikes around from Ridley etc but dollarbills.
So Matt made me a trad geo disc 853 frame with swapouts spaced at 132.5mm. It took BSA bottom bracket and a 1 1/8th fork from Wound-Up. The clearance at the rear end was meant to be UK proof. It was a labour of love. It looked a bit like this when together:
A mix of SRAM XO, S950 cranks, Rival and S500 leavers, and single Thorn front ring driving an 11-36 SRAM cassette for running gear and TRP Spyre brakes, Hope headset, FSA steatpost, 3T stem & bars with a Fizik crabon seat. Wheels were tubeless Iron Cross on Novatec 28/24 made up by Arup which were as light as feather, but I also used some crabonz from china and some Major Toms tubulars from time to time.
After a couple of years racing and generally being battered - I also rode Roubaix, cyclocross sportives, XC races and for while ran it as a single speed fun bike and in every guise it was crashed at least once and also it was hit by a car - it's gone back to Matt for some TLC and a respray.
Also on the cards is Talbot Cyclocross Race Bike #2.1. The .1 is in references to an abortive #2 that happened a year ago that wasn't quite right - a victim of a glitch in bike caad.
#2.1 is going to be a bit of a different animal. The trad geo is out, as is the old-school headtube and a Press-fit 30 bottom bracket is taking the place of BSA. The top tube is going to be slightly profiled for easier shouldering, and the cable routing is going to be internal. An Enve disc fork will do the work up front. No idea what equipment is going on it. Just wish the SRAM disc hoods weren't so fugly.
At the moment it looks like this: