La piovra air

My latest build, pic 2 is sitting alongside my last build which is a Leader 725 with black Aerospoke front and white Notorious 90 rear when me and my mate were out for night rides the other day.
La Piovra Air frame
Colombus Tusk Fork
Unsure of which front wheel so either a fluoro pink Aerospoke or a Hed3 with Conti Gator Hardshell, might just swap them out every so often
Notorious 90 rear built with a Ridea HT Track hub and Thickslick
Alpina wing seatpost
Was a Fizik saddle, but have now switched to the Brooks C13
Cinelli Pista stem
Chopped down Deda drop bars
Cane Creek headset
Sugino BB and Messenger Crankset
Wellgo MG1 pedals with YNOT straps

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Fixie life is real.
try lowering your seat and level it. Can't imagine that bike riding nice like that.

True, might mess around with it, but kind of just wanted to have fun with this and take the frame geo to it's fullest extent. I actually like the feel of riding it this way, and once it's going it's off

take the frame geo to it's fullest extent

Not what you're doing right now...

HHSBAP at its best

What would you recommend? I was just aiming for high at the back and everything sloping down, trying to follow the angle of the top tube as closely as possible. Any feedback is totally appreciated

trying to follow the angle of the top tube as closely as possible

This is not how it works...

Saddle needs to be level. Now you're constantly pressuring your wrists because you'll slip of your seat. Lower it and level it. Mount a normal angle stem and you'll be surprised how much better it'll ride (and look). Just my 2p.

Thanks mate, I levelled the saddle a bit more and I've got another couple stems kicking about that I'll give a bash over the next few days and see how it feels. Appreciate the insight!

Any feedback is totally appreciated

I think before you do anything else you need to book a cycle fit session.

How long/far are you riding? Do yo ur wrists/hands hurt? The way it's set up your weight distribution is going to put a lot of strain on your wrists, especially as you only have one hand position with those bars. My suggestion, as above, would be to lower the saddle until having the saddle completely level with the ground is comfortable and get some bars that give you the ability to switch hand positions. Apprecite it might mess with the look you're going for, but something like these Nittos http://hubjub.co.uk/nitto-pursuit-bar-rb-010-bullhorn-136-p.asp

She shape of the bars don't matter so long as your hands are where you want them.

Set the saddle up so you can sit on it in a riding position (so you can dip the heel a little at the bottom of the pedal stroke), now sit there without your hands on the bars, raise your arms out slightly bent to where is comfortable and bingo... that's where you want your hands to rest.

It's simple really.

Bollocks

So simple, but something I'd never even considered before, great tip, thanks!! So nice to get actually useful info here rather than just trolling. I kind of just wanted to have fun with this build, and I like the ride, but anything that'll make it more comfortable and enjoyable is great, thank you mate!

My daily ride is only 6 miles each way or something, so really not long enough to get sore, but longer rides on evenings and weekends I have noticed that. Trying a new stem and a set of risers over the weekend to see what difference that makes. Got a set of Lola bullhorns I might give a bash too, it's all about wee tweaks I guess. To be honest I probably need to up the frame size to the largest, but that'll happen in time, just found this frame and forks on ebay and have always liked it's shape so wanted to see what I could do with it. Thanks for your advice mate!

Going to give this a shot over the weekend and see if I can notice the difference, more level on the saddle, different stem and some risers. Like I was saying to JOnathan, probably need to up the frame size to drop the seatpost much, but need to sell one of the other bikes I've got kicking about first. Thanks for all the tips!

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saddle height is fine, and that version looks much better

Much better. Actually looks ok now....

+1, much better.

I'd sharpie that brake track on the trispoke and perhaps go Omniums too...would be HHSB then.

Cheers guys!

No problem.

Keeping your saddle level is good advice, if it feels like you need the nose down you might want to try lowering the saddle a bit. Conversely ... if you find yourself off the back off the saddle when seated climbing (grinding) then maybe put it up. Happy slaving!

Not till that half link bullshit chain is in the trash

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I'd sharpie that brake track on the trispoke

(Or fit a brake?)

Those risers are waaay more comfortable, and I can feel an improvement in power transfer and everything, thanks again!