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@Libraio
Warning: lots of words with no pics yet
I started out working in a garage pimpin' out cars. Didn't know what I wanted to do and this job came my way. I worked on cars for eight years and realised that my back and general health would not be happy doing this till old age. So I started going to school again in the evenings and found a new job working in a bookstore. I really love what I do but after not working with my hands for nine years my palms started to itch, I really need to do something on the side that involves creating stuff. Been playing with bikecad for years so I thought why not have a go. Looked around on the interweb for a course but could only find them abroad. No problem, I'll make it a vacation. Cue me pikking up a magazine when working in the evening and reading a piece about doing a course in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. Still 130km away but I have relatives near there.
Visited Martin Bekking (Bekking Frameworks) last week to check out his place and discuss the frame I wanted to build. He thinks it shouldn't be problem building it in six days so on July 18 we start building.
Bike will be a 650b road bike, clearance for 42-45 wide tyres but with a 'fast' road bike geo. Bit like a Slate but with a normal fork.
The most important bit; (sorry, no pictures yet) The list:
-Frame: Columbus Zona, 73* sta, 73* hta, 75mm bb drop, 415mm chainstays, reach 385, stack 600, level or max 2* sloping top-tube
-Fork: Ritchey Carbon Cross disc fork
-Groupset: Shimano 105 hydro disc 1x11
-Wheels: Purple Hope Pro4 on Stan's Crest (ordered, needed for checking while building)
-Tyres: Gravel King 27.5x1.75
-Finishing kit: Ritchey
Paintjob will probably be charcoal metalic to dark grey metalic fade with purple lettering (same colour as hubs) with the rest of the parts all black.
And the name? Eesu or Ēsu is ace in phonetic Japanese, my last name is just one A.
Sounds better than Aso (Italian) witch means anti social in Dutch...