Obi's roadiedouchebag / HHSRB project - Condor Super Acciaio

Picked this up and plans are for a good weather fast HHSRB. As pictured it weighs about 2.8kg which gets me quite excited given that most of my bikes weigh about as much as a baby elephant.

Thinking Ultegra or Force 22, with some nice wheels and light finishing kit. Gonna need a bit of advice as my knowledge runs a bit dry when it comes to modern roadiedouchebag parts! Pretty sure I'm saying no from the start to tubs and carbon braking surfaces though... sorry....It came with a Praxis BB30/PF30 to Shimano 68mm converter BB which I may or may not use...anyone have any experience with these?

Overall I'm quite excited about this one, reviews here and here seem really good.

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Nice bike indeed

sub'd - I was trying to get my tall mate to buy that! novatech + archetype for the wheels?

nice one!

Very nice. Highly recommend Force 22

I have one of these praxis, few thousand miles on it and still no creaks so must be good

be interesting to see how you build this one up. your ambition echoes my current one tho with slightly more modest dimensions

force 22 would look rad on this, the little white details would go perfectly
#matchymatchy

any special tools needed? I notice the GXP tool fits perfectly, but it specifically says "do not turn" or something like that...

I have a Praxis, been going a few months on my training Dale with no probs. It uses a standard Shimano bb tool apparently.

but it is press fit... why would anyone turn it?

@JT the ocd in me totally agrees.. plus I prefer the hood shape...hmmm

You need a seatpost that is matching stem. Furthermore, i would higly recommand you a full black parts bike ;)

One side threads into the other so i imagine on one side it will say not to turn it

@AlfredIV I'm probably not gonna use this stem... I've got my eye on the 3T Arx stealth... and yes.. black parts is what I'm aiming for!

it is a sexy beast, that's for sure...

but yes, that stem/seatpost would look great..

Whatever you do this bike needs Ritchey Neoclassic bars for that S/S 2015 Tumblr look

or 3t rotundo pro

I like the Zipp Service Course SL-70 too... need to check the reach / drop etc after doing a fit.

I have the ergo version on all my bikes; great bars wrongly named. The 'ergo' has nothing to do with the curve, it has a flat top to rest hands on .. maybe 'aero' would be apt. Neo classics will check all the boxes that SL-70 does with tumblr fame and longer drops.

Just get BB30 cranks. You dont already own a chainset so no need to settle for something thatll probably creak. Theyll be lighter and stiffer too

Having ridden both (and owning force) id definitelt go with force. Lighter and looks a lot better. 6800 cranks are blergh

Looking forward to seeing this built up. And yeah, I have a praxis converter as well. Installed it too! Easy. Non drive side is pressed in. Then you have to hold that side in place with a gxp tool and thread the other side in. Non drive side shouldn't rotate. So it requires 2 gxp bb tools.

Never had any problems or comebacks after installing that on a few bikes. You don't turn the NDS one as it has a machined stop and is pressed in. It has the splines though as you need to use it to for leverage when you thread the DS on.

Force 22, Zipp finishing kit and China-carbon 404-alikes.

Rotor cranks if you want to be flash.

Rotor cranks if you want to be flash.

I could sell you hipster length (165mm) 3d+ 130bcd crankset cheapppppp