Sparky's murdered-out road bike

Frame on the way, just ordered.

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Uh oh... you going full douchebag mode now?

I have ALWAYS been a douchebag. What sort of bikes do douchebags ride?

What sort of bikes do douchebags ride?

^^^

You're still far too young to call a mamil.

I'm sadly old enough. But it's ok: this is a METAL road bike.

http://youtu.be/pAgnJDJN4VA

Groupset ordered: 50/34, 32T. Spin to win.

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Just realised that the groupset comes with a braze-on front mech, but that the frame seems to not have a hanger. Do I need to buy some sort of adapter?

You've not got yourself the new Allez that is specifically for 1x?

Nah, that's got an aero seattube

It's got two downtube bosses so I guess not.

You can get them on eBay as a Shimano spare for a tenner.

It's this frame.

You'll need something like this:

Defo check the proper size first.

Frame arrives tomorrow so I can get my measuring stick out.

from memory they come in 28.6, 31.8 and 34.6mm, and from the link you gave above it'll be the middle size. But yeah, measure up first.

I believe there is an update

That @amey fella is right. Frame is here. I have a silver Thomson seat post and stem. Tempted to break the all-black rule for them. What do we think? If not this post will stay and I'll put the silver stem on my Donhou and take the black 3T from that for this one.

Just need bars and wheels now. Any ideas?

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All black. Shame not to.

silver.

If you already have silver bits then why not try them on

I have called dibs on black silver combo in my fixie thread .. so, no.

but yes

All your rights went out of the window when you said the word "fixie".

Silver.