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Well, this was unexpected. For those that don't know, David Kirk was the head framebuilder/designer at Serotta for a very, very long time. With Serotta being no more, there are three people from Serotta who can build you a close-to-or-better-than-Serotta frame. Dave Wages of Ellis Cycles, Kelly Bedford of K. Bedford Cycles and Dave Kirk of Kirk Frameworks. The latter being the most well known.
I don't own this frame, but am merely borrowing it with the possibility of buying it. I've been in Dave's build queue since late last year. The owner of this frame is also. He suggested selling this to me for a fraction of the price of a new one. He is selling this only because he doesn't like paint chips so is having the exact same frame built in stainless.
He told me to build it up and ride it and see what I thought. I, of course, agreed.
I don't have the resources to buy new stuff at the moment for this so I will move the stuff across from my Seven.
I need some long reach brakes and a 1" to 1 1/8" steerer shim but other than that I should be good to go.
The workmanship and paint on this thing is unreal. I've never seen paint like it. Joe Bell's reputation lives up to the hype.
It was built in 2017 using Dave's JK Special platform but with a bit of his MRB (Montana Road Bike) thrown in. Essentially it's a long reach road bike with clearances for
mudguards and big tyres. I won't be needing mudguards any time soon but I'm not mad at having the option and also big clearances. I'm riding 30c at the moment and this will allow space for some 32c or maybe even 35c.
With that said, if I don't like it, I won't buy it 😁