Tom’s bikes: Brooklyn Gangsta, Mash AC-3, 3Rensho(s), Cannondale Track, SBDU Raleigh track, Edison, Affinity, John Spooner

Best shout ever. I especially liked the fact that I could get it back to Argos to sort. They were very happy to see the frame again as the original builder was there who made it in 1996.

Thanks, it is indeed. Super comfy but very fast and responsive :)

Bar tape covered in black electric tape. Works beautifully and cost approx £40 less than a Kashimax ;)

Is it one wrap of tape wide or two wide?

Pretty sure it was one wrap and then built up a bit with the leccy tape. Cheers

Thanks dude! Bike looks awesome.

No worries and cheers mate :)

Let's see the brooklyn already :)

That looks awesome!

What's the seatpost?!

Can't believe I've just seen these - that Argos is gorgeous

Cheers folks :)
Seatpost is a 3T Stylus 25 Ltd Team Carbon. Not the biggest fan of the seatclamp transition but it'll do for now.
@Thrasher it'll be a couple of weeks. Needs HS installed and stickered before built.

Spacers down. -10deg stem. Bar tape. Riding position is spot on now, stack was too high before. Obviously needs steerer chopped but shall wait until I get the baseplate machined. Think I'll call Argos tomorrow. Possibly de sticker wheels?

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I like the stickers. Keep them! Bike looks sick!!

Cheers mate. Aye think I may leave them for now seeing as there's pretty much nothing finalised so won't regret it late ;)

De sticker and get matching tyres ;)

I might be tempted to keep the pacenti logos but cut off the red and blue bits (and all the tech info).

or only keep one pacenti logo on each wheel.

Think I'm gonna leave the stickers for now, needs to get ridden properly first :)
I always get a good front tyre that lasts but skid through too many rears so they're always whatever I have to hand and almost never match ;)

Desticker.

12mm setback post. Bit of experimentation and feels better on the knees. May bash a Thomson layback on just to see. Otherwise have a cheap -12deg stem coming to see if it'll lie parallel w the TT. Slowly getting there!

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Argos looks so good Tom, really like what you've done with it.

Got some changes planned for mine now i've done a couple months of solid riding on it

Cheap stem but -12deg is where it's at.

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Cheers mate. Loving the colour of yours and those forks really go wel with it. What changes are on the cards?

More Neo retro, less mash up of random parts. It's been my main/only bike for the summer so needed to be a bit less flashy for locking outside. Now i'm building a beater/winter bike so i can get the Argos right.

12 degrees looks rad.

London cycle and beer. It's been too long!

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