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A few tweaks needed, but we're up and riding.

^ That Lee Cooper. Jeez.

looks tiny!

Looking big!

What a difference a paintjob makes!

Nice... T rex club?

Forum talk translation? If you mean it looks a bit short in the top tube department, then consider there'll be a layback seatpost and 120-130mm stem involved too.

You getting any Decals on?

Keeping things as minimal as possible. There's a few bits on the decal sheet I like, and I have a few small self-produced pieces to put on. Not running with the giant 14R block logo though, no.

Getting closer. Building on Saturday.

59cm IIRC

Very roughly compared to the photo of the 54cm one further up the page it looks ok (using a scoble-esque background measurement). Should be coming in about 63cm C-T. We'll see when it arrives, I guess!

It's coming.

^^ Dakin,you selling it already? Got something new lined up?

Just got the call from John at 14 that the frame is built, heading to Armourtex early next week to be sprayed.

Managed to get my hands on some Rotor cranks at a good price, so the Omniums are likely to be up for grabs (Tp88 has advance dibs, I believe) soon.

Otherwise, everything is pretty much as listed before. Should have a set of wheels ready for it by arrival date, too. Exciting!

^ J'approve

Running a few days behind, here, but dat green Dale from a few pages back? Damn, son.

...and whilst I'm here talking about 14R, how about some non-fluoro action:

We are making a 62cm seat tubed (center - center) one for a customer at the moment... it should be ready real soon. That is the biggest we can make.

Soon to be this reader's wife. Cannae wait.

If you email sales@14bikeco.com they can forward you over a drawing. Tell them I sent you ;)

Based on conversations with John over the weekend, the C-C will actually be a wee bit smaller than the drawing I initially received, as the seat mast adds a good few cm. Functionally I'm guessing it'll end up as a 64-65 C-T.

^^ Noice!

Managed to get ahold of some 170mm Omniums. Was really hoping to go Sugino, but that's not looking likely at this rate, so SRAM it is!

Postage to the UK? Dibs if reasonable!

Bit of a setback today - having ordered a set of black 170mm Suginos, it turns out they weren't actually in stock (webstore error), and nowhere else seems to have any available either. Same story with 170mm Omniums. What do, LFGSS?!

That purple frame is so nice man - are you getting the forks matched to it, or just plain black?

Turns out Lee got held up last week, so it's hitting the workshop today instead - just signed off the measurements last night. We're looking at 63cm c-t in the end, and making up the difference with the seatpost. (All about that saddle to bar drop!)

Cannot wait to see this!
Love the 14r and I love big bikes, gonna be a great build :)

Thanks man, I'm excited too - I have a niggling fear I'll eff up the build somehow, but I'm accountable to all of you lot now, haha!

Looks like its going to be a nice build. Getting my 14r frame very soon. !

Nice one man - what colour, and track or lopro? I saw a few at 14 HQ last week, some real beauties there.

this is going to be freaking awesome.

I sincerely hope so!

I expect you to get 88mm Carbon Wheels for this Giles ; )

I'd happily take that HED off your hands pal.

Just to give you an idea of the time that i waited though, i ordered mine sometime around end of March/ April last year and got it end of August after many phone calls. 14 is a decent company but because theyre small with limited staff its hard to keep on top of whats going on. My advice is call for regular updates because they dont always offer the information up.

What colour have you gone for by the way?

Yeah, I was aware there have been delays in the past. As far as my knowledge goes, Lee started the build last week. I'm trying to keep in touch with John on a weekly basis (or thereabouts), to keep things ticking over. We'll see!

As far as colourway goes, I've gone for the stock matt black. I had visions of a sparkle midnight blue (like one of Ted's frames I saw ages ago), but I'd rather put the extra cash into other components really. This whole thing is a huge treat/extravagance already, so I had to rein myself in here and there, so as not to completely blow my projected budget.

Everyone who's received their 14R seems to love it so far - really glad to hear you do too!

Ftfy :-)

In all seriousness, good luck with the build.

Yep, aware that history might not be on my side with this one, but I'm in fairly regular contact with team 14, so I remain optimistic!

Having been thrashing around a (broadly) OTP Fuji Track Classic for the last two years or so, I'm about to embark on my first from-scratch build.

Having seen a bunch of 14Rs from 14 Bike Co in the flesh over the last few years, and having fallen in love with them, I settled on building up a frame which I can look after properly (read: fair weather rides, not locking it to some ghetto railings on a quick shop run, etc), and which will hopefully last me a good long time. I want to keep the Fuji for day-to-day beatings, and this new fella for longer rides and more "intentional" riding.

As far as I understand, the 14 guys haven't made a 14R in my size (~65cm c-t) before, so there's certainly an element of the unexpected in having ordered a frame from them, but I'm excited to see what it becomes. Speaking with John at 14, Andy Ellis, and after a fair amount of helpful advice from fellow giant Jammy at TFG, I think we're pretty well sorted for making it right for me.

In terms of the build, there's some components already sorted and bought, and a few bits still to be worked out. I've intentionally been putting aside some money for the last six months or so to make this a reality, but even so, this thing ain't coming cheap. That said, I want to make this as complete a build as possible from the outset - I'd rather wait and buy good components straight away rather than buy twice just for the sake of initial build speed.

So the current plan:

14 Bike Co 14R Track frame
Alpina fork (drilled, for maximum anti-HHSB cred)
170mm Sugino 75 Cranks
49T chainring (either a 75 or a Zen, depending on how this group buy goes: http://www.lfgss.com/thread101701.html)
110mm Thomson Elite stem
Cinelli Mash Bullhorns
Thomson Layback seatpost
Fizik Arione Vs saddle
Dia Compe brake setup
Restrap'd pedals of some sort

All that remains (as far as I can tell) is to sort a BB and some wheels. Initially I'm going to pop my current Halo Aerorage/Aerotrack wheelset from the Fuji onto the new build. Ultimately I'd like to switch up to something a bit nicer, maybe a pair of Archetypes or SL42s laced to whatever hubs I can afford by then (on which note, anyone have any love/hate/experience with Victoire splined hubs?).

And as far as possible, I want this to be totally blacked-out. Basically a sort of freakish giant cousin of Ty's build. (Here: http://www.thefootdown.co.uk/2013/01/28/riding-skating-adventuring-stretching/)

The frame was ordered in mid-Jan, so will hopefully be ready to go in a few weeks. From then, I want to build it up as soon as possible to make the most of whatever good weather we get to enjoy this year. Having it ready for Bespoked Bristol would be ace, but who knows.

1.Tp88, Black Zen 52T

1. roboto, Black Zen 49T
   
2. giloscope, Black Zen 49T
   

1. apollo, black 75 52t
   
2. Tp88, black Zen 52t
   
3. markairsy1, black Zen 49t
   
4. Roboto, black Zen 49t
   
5. Separ ation, black Zen 53t
   
6. plexarice, black Zen 47t
   
7. wiener, black Zen 53t
   
8. 1000aa silver Zen 47t
   
9. shinkuu kiss, black Zen 53t
   
10. giloscope, black Zen 49t
    

What colour is the Goldfinger? Willing to post it?