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only you wont be a rocket because you will have wind drag and wont be able to ride through any gaps.

i rode form waterloo to liverpool street and back today with a wheel bag on my shoulder.
on the way there it was like a sail and on the way back it kept me from going through any gaps i would usually do an made it very hard for me to destroy the hipster i was racing (which i still did despite my shoe coming out of one of my clips and having to wait to go through a lot of traffic) and overall probably added about 10 minutes onto my journey

were you riding with a disc wheel???

it was a red wheel bag with fulcrum 3's in it

It is only on one condition.... that you don't laugh when i turn up on a girls bike and order a cranberry juice (not drinking at the moment)

She may not laugh but I will :D

I have not had that particular pleasure, Marky.

I'm not sure that many would agree with that description. Sorry Fred ; )

Plurabelle: I've got short legs, am indecisive and unpleasant.

tricity, like the way you took care of the Denti.
andyp, man, what to say. the new one is sweet but that Ti De Rosa wins out. puncture aside ;)
boon, that omega is totally lovely as is. would not change a thing. good work sir

Fitted cables and pretty much ready to roll.

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Holy headtube Bigfella!

Why thank you ;)

Its the first ever bike I have built and I'm pretty happy with it.

Just out of interest bigfella, do you know what your TT and ST lengths are?

Well I knew the ST is 64cm as its an old bike of mine.

I could measure the TT if you like?

No, don't bother bro. Just thought at 6'4", you probably need around a 62cm ST. The frame looks a little big for you (from height of saddle), but i just wanted to see if my estimate of 62cm was accurate.

63 is ideal for me and i'm 6.3....with long legs

yeah, i'm about 6'2".5 and 60cm is bang on for me... though i've been told that my legs are ever so slightly shorter than average for my height.

So I've built up my Orrell and I've been riding it around - and it's lovely to ride :)

Not finished yet, need to wait for Mack to finish making my hubs (set of black high flange superlights with blue lock rings/washers) so I can get my wheels built - think it's going to be black open pros and black nipples. Until then I'm riding on the wheels from my Flyer. Probably needs a black chain really too, how impractical...

I've got some metal blue Fizik bar tape I'm thinking of fitting to match the saddle/bars, but not completely decided on this yet. Any thoughts on to wrap or not to wrap, or half wrap, appreciated.

niiiice!

yeah, i'm about 6'2".5 and 60cm is bang on for me... though i've been told that my legs are ever so slightly shorter than average for my height.

who on earth told you your legs are ever so slightly shorter for your age????

wow, i really like that!

Heh, I deleted my post and now you look mad :D

Heh, I deleted my post and now you look mad :D

if the name fits eh.. ha ha!

That Orrell is Foxy as... Fox
A true Vulpus you be.

@ Fox.
Just sex wee'd on the screen over this. Nice dude.

That bike is hot fox.

i reckon half wrapped with fizik white tape would look nice, make the blue of the bars stand out, but then i have no taste, and think that all handle bars should be wrapped in white.

This is building at the mo... Gotta love the wood

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Thanks for the nice comments everyone!

@ Sainsburys Ed, Fizik do blue and white actually, but the thinking with the metal blue is it matches the bars pretty much. At first I thought, God, white no! But I can see the logic in white actually, as the Orrell logos are white. But I'm reluctant to have anything on it that's not black, blue or yellow if I'm honest ;)