Goodbye Kona. Goodbye Overbury's. Hello again muddy fox

Still playing around with fit , colours before I cable up
50mm stem and a flite alpes

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Is that the fabled 1" threadless Project 2 fork??

It is, I found it on eBay (us).
Couldn’t find one for a while

Building up this too. Shimano zee 1 x 10

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Do you not fancy a saddle a bit more comfortable for non-road activities.

I vote for white saddle and bartape to match the pedals (on the Overbury).

I really like the overbury's but there is something about it which messes with my head. Its either camera distortion or bike, I can't quite decide. It's either really long, or actually quite short and tall? You can mentally 'fit' most bikes from a picture but not this. Looking forward to seeing it finished.

If it feels a bit twitchy at the front, you may need a 90 mm stem rather than the 50 mm one with those drop bars.

Feels fine with a 50mm stem- the 90/100 too stretched out

I think I’m turning into “Richtheroadie” ...
Just sold the Overbury’s and the kona framesets and am building back up the muddy fox courier!!!???

Hi John, what ever happened to this? You teased us with a comment about the fox coming out again, any progress?

Aha!
Well life got in the way in a good way...
Pulled out the Winsley bungalow (overpriced/asbestos ++) - we've just completed a couple of weeks ago on a bungalow in Southleigh (hooray we made it to BOA!) and we moved our stuff in yesterday.
The bikes have all been stored in a friend's shed and no further progress apart from it having the campag triple group / drop bars / pizza rack "mocked up".
It's on a long list of projects for the forthcoming months interspersed with house/garden projects.
I now have enough projects to see me through to retirement at least..!

Great news, welcome to the town! Sounds like you dodged a bullet in Winsley. Also sounds like you've got your work cut out which I can totally sympathise with. We'll have to meet up for a drink and/or ride when you're settled in and it warms up a bit.