Sell my Crabon, build a steel road bike.

That is a great first ever wrap!

New pa...nvm

Lol!

Thanks buddy. There is a slight cock up under the left hood, inside the bend, where the tape crosses across the shifter. Mehcakes.

Looks great in general. Top work! Hope it rides as nice as it should.

It was great around the block. I'm hoping for at least one nice day over Christmas to give it a proper road test.

Noice!

The frame really sings without any er... distractions. :)

Of course you photographed it with the chain on the little ring, for which you will find a special place in hell. :(

Now that you have a Nitto post you should also go for a Nitto stem (and bars).
Turned out great!

Shit dawg. Looking very good. This build has had its ups and downs but the finished article is great. You should be chuffed with yo'self.

And @Scilly.Suffolk makes a good point it should be sur la plaque for photos.

I have switched to the big ring and am awaiting good light for pictures.

Valves will be at the bottoms. Cranks will be level. Big ring will be engaged. What have I missed?

Big ring, little cog.

Long stem.

I have a 135mm NOS ITM you can have for £20

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I have a 120mm Murex on the way, in case I want to switch. TBH, the 100mm felt pretty comfy last night.

To reiterate, I like the looks of the Murex and it's switchability is a good thing.

Tyre logos lined up with valve (front wheel is not).

Location, location and location. Top of a mountain pass, perhaps some morning mist/dew. Just so we can understand just how epic the ride was.

I personally think cages on with one water bottle on the down tube. But that's just me.

Ask amey or Neil for tips on photoing Bikes.

(looks good)

I like this bike.
Please de-sticker the rims.
Align valves with tyre logo.
And get that stem from Dov.
Whats with the long ferrules on rear brake cable?!

Cranks not level.
Cranks must continue the line of the chainstay or be in the 2 oclock "ready" position.

Yes to taking stickers off the rims.

No to the ITM stem. Suck my Murex bitches.

Valves will get better aligned the next time the tyres come off. I'm a busy man.

Thanks is for the crank info.

The brake cable ferrules are something I wondered about too. The internal routing ports are not wide enough for the brake cable outers to fit into so I have a stepped ferrule on entry and a normal one (I ran out of stepped) on exit. I felt that having bare outer up against that port lip would be bad. Should I have done something different?

Ha, I thought I had aligned the valve and the logo on the front. I aligned it with the wrong sticker. What a knob

Align valves with tyre logo.

I told you someone would lose their shit over this.

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I am chuffed to bits with it.

Come on spring.

Oh. Does anyone want to buy a Crabon Wilier?

Good work, Matt.

That is really nice. Just need a couple of Elite bottle cages.
Oh and maybe consider some frame protection on the gear cables by the headtube?