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Managed to prise this from the clammy, Northern grasp of Leeds' famous Malaysian, as I'm not in the mood to wait for my Caygill to be repaired. Maybe further down the line I'll have it done. By my reckoning I'm the third person to be riding about on one of Tom's ex-frames, after the Les/Fort lo-pro double-whammy.

As I say it's ridable, as I've just finished building it to an incarnation which isn't yet appropriate for this thread. My hands are greasy, and I'm content. So satisfying screwing a bike together and not having it collapse underneath you.

The hubs were too good to miss out on when Pepe sold them recently, so going against a lifetime spent not doing so, I did the right thing and snapped them up. They'll be laced to rims which are yet to be decided on. This will not be a quick build, but as and when things happen I'll update. For now though I'm more than happy with the form it's in now - quite hard to make a mess of a frame this beautiful, but it's getting treated to new wheels and cranks, at which point it will be done and paraded in here.

That Malaysian gets around... I've gotta front 1200 miles through france with him in 4 or so weeks too... He better be a good wind breaker!

Nice one TheorySwine, thats a beautiful frame...and off to a perfect start by the looks of it!

If you decide to go second hand, I have some DA cranks that would go just dandy with that there Argos. Maybe do a special price for a forum classic ;)

I'd be interested - will PM.

So you bought this, nice one. And off to a good start with the hubs.

Give it a year or two and we'll be able to do a "Malaysian's former bikes" ride.

nice frame :D

is it not mahoosive? or is geometry confusing me again?

^^He's called Caruthers.

^62x56.

but you are not a 6ft 3 t-rex

more a 5 ft 9 Slade no?

62? i don't recall you being so tall.
nice colour and i love the wrap around on the stays

I am 6' 1.5", which I realise is a bit Adrian Mole. I have long legs too.

i guess i measured you by that old Rourke you had, my apologies, carry on

^^He's called Caruthers.

^62x56.

You have a 'he' too :)

I miss it already. Will look dope with full DA. Hope you're happy with it..

I'm sure you do, and yes I am.

Glad to hear that man, enjoy it.

that's very nice TS, any chance of a piccy of the seat cluster, specifically where the stays meet the ST?

i ask as i've got a 'refurbished by argos' and cannot figure out if it was originally fabricated by them, or a 3rd party

Can do tomorrow - from your photo our clusters look very similar. Mine is stamped 'Argos' on the underneath of the BB shell too.

thanks TS, no such BB stamping, only mark is a '74' at the top of the seat tube just under the clamp bolt.

I've not scrutinised mine there at all. Will do though.

Last thing, mine is Columbus SLX, rifling present in ST and DT when examined via bottom bracket.

531 Competition over here.

Very nice, TheorySwine!

Cheers me dears.

Could be the pic but looks tight as fook angles, will pick up like a beast,
Blue bikes are the best anyway, no, they are really