From rack to road (yet another Cannondale 2.8 build).

Very sweet!

Considering this tape instead of Lizard Skins.

I've used both, but I haven't used this on road bars before.

That looks gash, otherwise the tacky fizik one is quite nice.

I have it on two other bikes. I like the way it looks.

Fight!

Fight Me IRL?
I did used to have it on my leader though...

I'm not travelling to London. It's too cold. Even now.

Too late - I've booked a venue

Shit.

Picked up one of these at lunch.

Considered those for my build but had a stainless elite lying around so went with that. Let me know how you like it!

that mash tape is a bugger to wrap

As I said, I've used the MASH tape on two other builds (on bullhorns and Priest bars), I've just never used it on road bars with levers. I found it fine to wrap, no harder to wrap than Lizard Skins.

Here's it on the bullhorns.

Bar, stem and adapter arrived in the post today. Hopefully the frame will arrive back next week and I can start mocking it up.

Went on a bit of an (online) shopping spree last night.

Wipperman 9 speed chain, Shimano 9 speed cassette (11x32), Shimano Sora 9 speed rear derailleur (medium cage), Black Lizard Skins DSP bar tape, Campagnolo shifter and brake cable set, JTek ShiftMate (#4 to run pre-2001 Campy shifters with Shimano), Park Campy BB tool and a Shimano cassette tool.

Only things I need now are tyres and tubes. Haven't figured out what I want to use yet.

Now we play the waiting game.

Also, because I'm a (music) nerd, I want to get a decal of this made up for the frame.

The band New Brutalism use this as a logo of sorts. They also make aluminium instruments (and other cool stuff) under the name Obstructures.

Got these stickers in the mail today. So good.

EDIT: I got about 10 of these in the post, not just one.

Is the shot blasting going to get it mirror-shiny?

Great looking project.

I'm also curious about your sand ( or shot?) blasting. I've got my eye on an alu frame which I plan on stripping, and as I've read about others just using paint stripper , I was just going to do that.

My friend has a sand blaster which I could use though, if you think it gives better results?

Is the shot blasting going to get it mirror-shiny?

No. It will be dull. I'm not sure if I can be bothered polishing it to make it shiny. I don't really want it to look polished anyway.

Great looking project.

I'm also curious about your sand ( or shot?) blasting. I've got my eye on an alu frame which I plan on stripping, and as I've read about others just using paint stripper , I was just going to do that.

My friend has a sand blaster which I could use though, if you think it gives better results?

I went with shot / sand blasting because it is quicker and I couldn't be bothered stripping the paint off myself. In saying that, I'm not 100% sure what it is going to look like.

This is a Vigorelli that has been blasted.

I might give it a light sand, but I don't want it polished.

Just made my final purchase....

Two of these in 700x25c.

Thanks for the response, keen to see how it turns out.

Also, great choice with the Veloflex! I love mine- really grippy and fast, just be prepared for the rear to wear down pretty quick.

I'll be picking up the frame tonight. Looking forward (and intrigued) to see what it's going to look like.

Whatever you do, don't sand blast an aluminium frame, you'll wreck the tubing. They need a softer media, like glass bead blasting.

^bit late now

Whatever you do, don't sand blast an aluminium frame, you'll wreck the tubing. They need a softer media, like glass bead blasting.

Well it seems fine. I got it done through a bike shop where he's had aluminium frames stripped (and then powder coated) before.

I don't actually know if it was sand blasted or media blasted though.