Isen workshop: adventures in batch production (or not...)

I am leaning towards mechanical group set. Mostly given shimano apparent inability to get the r8070 group out anytime soon.

Might treat myself to a power meter instead

I don't know, I am very short and I need to take into consideration those of a more gravitationally unadvantageous when designing health and safety infrastructure. As they always say "safety first, fun last!"

Managed to catch up with all three of the protagonists behind Isen this evening.

For a moment the draw bar was uncovered

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Sinister.

@coldharbour will the brake mounts and BB be faced?

And head tube reamed and faced before headset is installed?

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BB chased and faced, headtube reamed and faced, brake mounts masked.

Jorj that is amazing.

Jesus, as if the thread couldn't get even more derailed....

You have no one to blame but yourself

And maybe Weatherspoons

Almost done! Quick test ride down the road to check saddle / bar height. Still waiting on a rear caliper, and deciding on bottle cages. Harriet is super excited to get out on it now, but unfortunately leaving for a week tomorrow.

FYI, clearances are pretty tight on the fork and frame for 160 rotors, already scraped a bit of the lacquer off.

So much fun to build, and gonna be even funner to get out and ride! Sitting at 9.8kg at the moment missing rear caliper and bottle cages but uncut steerer and seatpost. Not bad considering the carbon Avail it replaces was 9.3kg.

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Thanks.

I guessed they would be, but am trying to justify new tools.

@coldharbour

Can mine be painted like this. My wife is *always right * and this looks stunning.

Goddamit sweet candy fadez are my thing....

Srsly, yes this is (within reason, these are painted by hand remember) what they will all look like.

Oh you should have said.

I won't do anything to them and you should buy new everything. Will be sending box of unmitred tubes.

Big thumbs up!

We should probably stop and just thank @BareNecessities for allowing us to use his Talbot as inspiration. Turns out it also works on normal size bikes!

A penny from every Isen sold goes towards a charity of my choosing, right?

What was that amazing cat sanctuary website you sent to me, the one that nearly brought my epilepsy out of retirement? If it's that one, then yes.

cat sanctuary

Wait. That's BN's house.

That gold-plated swimming pool will make all the difference to me them.

amazing build, it looks sooo much better than I had in mind! And I like the fact you kept it all white, it makes the paintwork stands out nicely. What size frame is this? And what size tyres are they?

Haha, i guess you mean black? It's a size 53, with 28mm pro ones. I'd say with the 53 you probably won't get much more than a 28 in there with guards, definitely 32, maybe 35 without guards.

Harriet has gone with steel bottle cages to keep this simple, elites didn't really seem right on this frame! She also tried the Fizik Luce saddle, but it was a much lighter grey than expected and didn't look right at all.

Current build is:
Hope 20Five straight pull CL wheels
28mm Pro Ones Tubeless
Tiagra 4700
Spyre calipers
Deda RHM01 38cm w/ Fizik tape
Fizik R5 stem 80mm
BBB seatpost (surprisingly difficult to find a plain black inline seatpost)
Fabric Scoop Ti saddle
King cage steel cages

Ha yes meant black...! Very good job. I wonder how my GF's one will turn out in 49 and 650c