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28s on lead, 47s Quintana lead at first split. Too easy #armchairDS-ery to say Froome must have come out too spritely?! Either way it's game on...

Foots Cray...Oooof! Damn that's more food for thought, and goes on the list.

So it's...

Foots Cray - epseically that RMB model - need to confirm specs, and whether I'll be able to get a frame fit that will abide my pretty upright normal posture. The dream frame is Ti due to its bombproofness, so if not Ti, would Alu be better than Crabon?

One One Bish Bash Bosh - Tbh it's so cheap £610 (and fits the spec so damn perfectly), though the colours decals are a bit of an acquired taste...I might buy it and instantly respray it - was thinking Camo or Snow Camo

Mason Bokeh - Release date issues?

Open UP, and that 3T thing (FFS!) - Disregarded tbh through expense vs not being perfect fit in specs)

Trail Donket 2.0 - looks damn fine, though if I was going to spend that much I might as well go full Ti?... http://www.rodeo-labs.com/td2/

(Specs - will do a full build thread if CBA, though most of the info gathering sits better in this thread at the mo...)

Bomb proof road bike (that's less a tank wrt to weight/handling) and can have 3 wheelsets - 700/28mm wets (with mudguards), 700/35 (or even 40 mm) Schwalebe G-Ones, 650b/2.1 Racing Ralphs, for Paris Roubaix sportive, towpaths, and the odd off road adventure.

Internal everything cabling (even forks). Will be running Ultegra Di2 (I appreciate these aren't typical specs for a bike demanding bombproofness, though, well, I want it!).

27.2 round seatpost so I can put a Ergon CF3 in it (obvs it's not armageddon to have 31.8 and use a shim, though Aero seatposts can >>>>>)

I think that's pretty much it for the must-haves?!

Not sure the Stigmata will take up to 650b/2.1

Are there any OTP frames/bikes (other than the Open UP) that take a 650b/2.1 wheel?

I'm in the scoping phase of one of these - 36mm G-Ones tyres on 700 rims, and 2.1's Racing Ralph (or whatever I can) on 650b.

Going 'all in' would be a titanium frame (as I had one stolen last year :( ) with Wishbones and other trickery to allow or the tyre size.

If I was feeling slightly less flush, I was going to go for the Open UP thing, though just seen the One One Bish Bash Bosh, which is pretty similar, but ridiculously cheaper (and I can get it in monochrome!)

Its felt a bit all-or-nothing (mostly nothing). Pretty anonymous sprint stages (that are hard to get excited about as the sprint field is pretty second tier) followed by 20% brutalathons that look like people are trackstanding up a mountain.

As it's been a period of Froome being a bit immortal, it's been great to see him a bit human (not a comment on his doping program!). And to add the description of 'plucky' to Bertie is a novelty. Oh, and it was pretty textbook Froome vs Contador Hare/Tortoise bit yesterday. Still think it's Froomes to lose, though good to see him looking at week 2/3 needing to attack (unless he's not giving a fuck knowing he's got a 2 min head start on the TT).

And here http://www.bikeshd.co.uk/

A bit closer than my pants would have liked, though what a race!

Fuck Yeah!

Cracking finish on the cards...Wouldn't mind seeing it on TV if they could sort the video!?

Lol

I have always wondered - do organisers specifically aim for Queen/mountainous stages to be on the weekends? They should do (and nice to see Vuelta on board with such a notion...)!

Yup, for the record, I heard the the same (definitely Roubaix) a raised a chuckle.

Geraint kills it with the (on seeing a video of Crash running) "Well he us from Kenya, he should be good at it"

Froome off on his toes is proper awesome. It's like "What would Petr do" has infecting the new 2.0 firmware Froome update.

Lol

(HELLO Nike cycling shoes.../swoon)

Same here tbh.

What a time to defeat Kittel (first time in head to head, innit? Or is that just in a GT).

One of those "just when you thought I was out..." sportsman. Chapeau!

GETTHEFUCKIN!

Well...It's finally here and photographed. Admittedly not the most engaging of "My build..." threads though it's been quite a journey this end!

Overjoyed at the result, and Matthew (and everyone at Saffron) was awesome to work with and believe in the dream!

http://www.saffronframeworks.com/build/daniels-concept-road-bike/

Also made it to be included at the GCN coverage of the Bespoked cycle show...#prouddad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdG6xEowmis&feature=youtu.be&t=39

Well in Aru!

Heart in mouth there after the peloton cranked up after the Flamme Rouge.

Anything you(r blood bag) can do Nibbles...

Odd u turn so close to the end - estimated 1 in 4 riders have gone off around the course. Was there fir eroica a few years back - when it rains, you're practically swimming.

New Enve logos?!

The new 'Ma-Endo' model has it's first roll out

I hope she finds her perfect love of her life, with whom she has never known such contentment and joy.

And then finds out he claps on plane landings.