Geoff Roberts Framebuilding course - first and second, and third frames. And fourth (now finished). And fifth.

So, to continue the tale of the Brommers Bike #2, I finished building it at about 11 pm last Friday night, weighed it (7.9kg), rode it down to the end of the road and back (1.5km), decided that since it stopped, started, and turned it was good to go, took it to pieces and packed it away in my bike box. 10 am flight to Mallorca the next day, and I've been riding it for the last 5 days.

It hasn't fallen apart yet (the frame, anyway) and it handles rather well though I say it myself. And it turns out it is possible to do Mallorca on a singlespeed bike, as long as you don't spend too long on the flat bits - not with this gearing (48x23) anyway. Here's a picture of the finished bike, standing on the headland above Andratx, with the light setting off the flip paint rather nicely.

Current spec is as follows:

Homemade fillet-brazed frame (Columbus Spirit, Life and Zona tubing) with wishbone rear stay and 44mm headtube. Red/gold Chromacoat paint over black base.
Custom painted 3T Rigida LTD forks
Chris King Inset 7 headset
3T Apex LTD stem (as built, Pro XLT in photo - that's another story...)
3T Aeronova Team Stealth bars
3T Stylus Zero LTD seatpost
Fizik Arione R1 saddle
SRAM Omnium cranks
White Industries 23t freewheel
Ultegra 6800 SPD pedals with Garmin Vector 2 spindles and pods
SRAM Red brake calipers
SRAM S900 brake levers
Custom Mack superlite hubs on Kinlin XR31T rims and CX-Ray spokes
Schwalbe The One tyres
Izumi 1/8" chain