Placed an order for an All City Macho Man frame set - the blue/white/black version, that will hopefully be here by tomorrow.
I want a road bike with clearance for wider tires that can handle a bit of non-paved roads, and the Macho Man pretty much ticks all of my boxes. The geometry looks like it will be perfect for me, it has a threaded bottom bracket, external cable routing, eyelets for fenders and I love the paint job + the ED coating sounds like a nice thing for durability.
The build will look like this, and is composed primarily of new parts, combined with a few things I had laying around:
Macho Man frame and fork.
Tiagra 4700 drivetrain and shifters, 34-50 compact, 11-32t cassette.
DT Swiss R24 Spline clinchers. I thought about getting a pair of handbuild wheels, but needed to keep the costs down a little, so that will be a future upgrade.
Panaracer Gravelking 32c tires (file tread version) that I love.
Tektro cx5 mini-v brakes. Really excited about these, was in doubt wether to get cantis og mini v's, but ended up with these to try something new.
Zipp Service Course 70 Ergo handlebars, and Zipp stem and seatpost aswell because my OCD dictates it.
Specialized Toupe saddle
This is my first build that is not based on a used bike. I have cherry picked all the components myself, and the only sort of compromise is the wheels, which I'm totally okay with. I'm really looking forward to building and riding this machine.
I should add, that I bought the frame from singlespeed.nl, and they have been very helpful throughout the process. I placed the order on thursday 16/6, and GLS says I'll have it by tomorrow, so compared to the 6-8 weeks delivery time at other shops, I'm very happy with this.
Placed an order for an All City Macho Man frame set - the blue/white/black version, that will hopefully be here by tomorrow.
I want a road bike with clearance for wider tires that can handle a bit of non-paved roads, and the Macho Man pretty much ticks all of my boxes. The geometry looks like it will be perfect for me, it has a threaded bottom bracket, external cable routing, eyelets for fenders and I love the paint job + the ED coating sounds like a nice thing for durability.
The build will look like this, and is composed primarily of new parts, combined with a few things I had laying around:
This is my first build that is not based on a used bike. I have cherry picked all the components myself, and the only sort of compromise is the wheels, which I'm totally okay with. I'm really looking forward to building and riding this machine.
I should add, that I bought the frame from singlespeed.nl, and they have been very helpful throughout the process. I placed the order on thursday 16/6, and GLS says I'll have it by tomorrow, so compared to the 6-8 weeks delivery time at other shops, I'm very happy with this.