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Maj
The pic above from the eBay ad. Not the best but I was super pleased when I picked the bike up. It was immaculate and had been very well looked after. The previous owner had bought the frameset and built the bike up, in a very similar spec to what fairlight would supply.
Strael 1.0 54R frame - Reynolds 853 tubing with inhouse carbon fork and internal cabling
Ultegra hydro groupset
Hope hubs on DT Swiss rims
The blue Hope finishing kit is a good color match to the frame decals but a too matchy-matchy for me so I swapped out the quick releases and cable ends to black ones. Also installed Thomson stem and seatpost, and Zoncolan saddle from my road bike (currently retired after finding a crack in the chainstay). Destickered the rims, lost the mudguards and changed the bottle cages.
Also changed the tires from 28mm Conti 4 Seasons to 32mm Teravail Ramparts. They look great but are skinnier than I hoped - pretty much the same volume as the Contis that should be 4mm thinner. Definitely got room to go bigger in the frame in the future.