Custom Oak Cycles 650B French Randonneur Project.

For all the disc talk (and me being anti) you've actually built a bike that I'd love to ride!

Can we go shallower on depth of field pls. You want to borrow my macro lens?

Side not: how are compass brakes compared to paul?

Looks fantastic Ed. Agree with @jambon gunwalls would look great on it, give it a bit of contrast.

Love this bike. Paint is spot on, esp with the black tyres. Bartape will match tyre decals? Maybe Velo Orange inline seatpost would be a better fit?

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Waiting for washer to fill in the gap on the bridges.

You do build a nice looking bike Ed.

Nearly done, ordered the Grand Bois Maes Parallel as the Nitto was a good 10mm too short;

Almost, just almost, took it out for a ride, brakes made the loudest squeal ever but stopping power make the DA feel like a cheap Promax calipers.

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Yes!

@edscoble the man speaks sense

If you see that seatpost attach to the bike, it does not look good.

Ed this is by far the nicest bike you've owned since... maybe the chrome Bianchi?

how do they compare to paul calipers ed? And have you still got them?

Also you need to go full prolly with a macro lens in an open environment with this I am afraid ..

Richmond park

They're better, a lots less flex since it's forged, not machined, not as simple to adjust with v-brake pads, but once set up, can be ridiculously powerful.

Straddle cable from a gear cable instead of brakes make a big difference in performance too, I just need to ride it in the rain to stop it squealing (a common issues with new Mafac style pads that required a short breaking in period).

@edscoble this looks excellent. Nice work.

Just ridden it about, I am home again.

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Perfect (well ok, missing mudflaps)

Needs ergos

That looks really nice. You must be well chuffed.

Nowt to add other than this bike looks brilliant!

I love this bike!

doyouevenmudflapbro or something

Bike looks ace. Silver/blue is classy. Full silver pump would top it off.

Has missed updates on this, great result (I loved previous version equally thought)

Any shellac going to be applied to tape?

Beautiful, Chapeau!

Do you know the bb height from ground?