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I was about to drop £1650 on a custom titanium frame from these guys http://wittson.tumblr.com/ (pretty reasonable I’d say for a totally custom frame but still would put a major strain on post Christmas finances) when I spotted a never built up Enigma Esprit on ebay for a decent price (once off ebay sale agreed). Currently on a Merlin CR Works which rides great, but the compact geometry just doesn’t look right to me and I’ve been on the lookout for a traditional geo ti frame for a while.
Here she is with my classic-ish TB14 / ambrosia wheels as well as the seatpost / headset / stem / bars that came with the F&F.
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The titanium/black/red theme seems to be a bit ubiquitous these days so I’m planning to swap these for some silver components from my Merlin, which I had a few compliments on before. Also planning to change the tyres. There are a couple of beautiful bikes on this forum (one Enigma & one Burls I think? or was it a Merlin TR?) which have a similar look to what I have in mind for this. Hopefully the bead blasted finish on this will make it look a bit different though :)
Will take some better photos as it gets built up!
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