Dolan Arc

I’ve been thinking of building up a dedicated track bike for the winter / TT bike for the summer. With my accreditation coming up at Newport velodrome in a few weeks I thought it was time to find something suitable.

I looked for a few weeks and deliberated on whether to go for a complete build or get a frameset and get the joy of scouring for components and building it up. I happened to cast my eyes on this stealthy beauty from a local seller on ebay which was the perfect size and after waking up early in a hungover state and waiting till the final minute to cast the bid, its was mine!

Also I’ve managed to get a set of carbon clincher Navigators off eBay for a decent price but made the faux-par of not thinking of colour schemes! They also came fitted with Continental Supersonics so an ideal, light tyre for the boards.

I've got a set of Omniums on my other Dolan which I'm going to stick on here, but in terms of the other parts I won't be able to do the build justice to begin. Once its up on the track I can upgrade the parts when the cashflow is better! As the colours are such a clash I’m thinking of going down the primary colour route of red, yellow and blue and get a stem, bars, saddle with red detailing. Decisions…

I wouldn't go red if I were you, two colours are more than enough.. Are the decals of the wheel underneath the laquer?
In that case I'd go for black contact points.

Remove the blue on the frame would be my route, but it's not as easy as destickering the wheels...

Both the frame and wheelset have a clear laquer over the decals so its a no can do!

rattlecan

Can spend weeks deciding colours, build it, ride it, love it.

red saddle, dark green bartape and you are ready to go! :)

If you ever get tired of those navigators... Provisional dibs haha

Also, that dolan looks awesome. Love the look of the older ones

If you ever get tired of those navigators... Provisional dibs haha

Ha! not just yet...

Excuse the shit picture but here are the two together.

Ive also managed to pick up some deda magic bars and stem off the bay for cheap and a Fizik Arione Saddle. Not exactly doing the build justice but will upgrade to carbon one day!

Looks quite good in my book!

Surly get some proper pista bars at least? Looking good

Needs risers and double spok

So I finished the build. Sticking with road drops for now as will be better between recovery on SQT efforts.

Specs are as follows:

Dolan Arc frame with Alpina Forks & Headset
Navigator carbon clincher wheelset
Continental Supersonic Tyres
Sram Omniums with 48t chainring & GXP BB
KMC D101 Track Chain
Look Keo Plus pedals
Fizik Arione saddle
Deda Magic Bars & Stem
Mash Tape with Fizik gel pads

Cant wait to try this out at the track! Should hopefully be a decent fixed TT bike for the summer months. Will get some better pictures up soon.

Awesome

looks great as is!

Took this to Newport Velodrome last night for my Accreditation. Ran super smooth and luckily didn't fall apart! Also managed to pass so heading back tonight for SQT training. This could be interesting...