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haveo
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I am currently sitting at home in isolation so I got a minute or two to write way too much text, only
halfa few of you are going to read.For
a fewmany weeks already now there is this Fairlight Secan 2.5 frameset sitting in my living room waiting to be built into a sick gravel bike. It wasn't a priority because of my accident in May last year which kept me off the bike for quite a while. Even now drop bar bikes aren't the most comfortable for me to ride.I also had to wrap my head around dismantling my trusty Tange Prestige Charge Plug 5 (a short history here). A bike I have upgraded over the years and ridden through California, New Zealand and quite a few places in the UK and Europe. It has a lot of sentimental value and is super comfortable. It just fits well and I am in tune with what it can and can't do. I also wished for some more tyre clearance, a more exciting paint job and a few more mounts ( I am actually using that third bottle cage on all my bikes a lot).
Most probably I would have let Winston provide me with more clearance and mounts at some point and then get the frame powder coated. But I was afraid of potentially destroying this "perfect" frame.
Luckily I got a Secan 2.5 frameset for "free". The studio I work at collaborated with Fairlight on the design of the Strael 3.0, their road bike. I wrote the software that generated the top tube pattern and a free frameset of my choice was part of the deal.
The Secan seems to offer all that the Charge is missing and from what I hear the ride quality is amazing but I can't tell yet.
Just like the Wanker Wrist Recovery MTB I had a lot of time figuring out what I want for this bike and sourcing some parts. I even made a moodboard and a photoshop sketch. It will be a combo of shiny new parts and shiny used parts ( I try to take got care of my stuff). I am sticking with the recipe for success that worked so well on my MTB: