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Yea not sure about the CX1 actually. It was a real pain to get working nicely and th very solid gear changes I like with my Red group set just feel annoying when riding cross.

On the flip side it's pretty bling and light which the macho man definitely needs.

Work as well as my SRAM red road callipers in the dry. To be honest not really had it in really muddy conditions

Unfortunately not something came up.

Heard that Nick and his boy won. They live on my street.

It doesn't need line saddle or tyres. She's not a slut!

However I have banged it

Lime speedplays.

Shit!

I'll redo the picture tomorrow, you're definitely right.

To be fair the go pro has spent approximately 2% of the bikes life attached

Appreciating the feedback

Shit! You weren't supposed to see the go pro. I was making a sufferfest type video.

Thanks for feedback though

Thanks! Should I go back to black on the tape?

Bracing myself for severe dislike

Thanks for the feedback, glad you guys like it.

The frame will take mudguards but not racks. I haven't weighed the bike but I'd take a guess at around 10kg (which probably means its a little more)

I bought a 42t chaining but they do tons of different sizes.

Pretty happy with the build overall, fits well and is very comfortable to ride.

Finished!
Went for a fizik arione vs and took a gamble with purple bar tape. May swap for black if it starts to annoy me.

55cm

im 6ft 2in

Tt length is pretty long and I'm quite stretches out but I like that feeling.

Trying to decide on a saddle. Any thoughts?

Might go San marco rolls in black or something modern like an arione. What do you guys think?

Oh yeah definitely!! They're the tyres I use for my road bike.

Made some decent progress today but now I'm in Mexico for 2 weeks so stuff will stop.

Progress and some exciting new parts. Annoyingly I have everything but the front cable hanger that CRC forgot to put in the box.

The force cx1 derailleur is a beast!

Which reminds me - Avid shorty ultimates arrived today

Yea, I'll be the one at the back riding the canary

Aye, heckling welcome :-)

http://www.macclesfieldwheelers.org.uk/cyclocross.php

Saddle doesn't look too bad actually

Cheers- yea I think the frame looks pretty cool. Hoping to have it all finished for the 28th Dec so I can enter the Macclesfield supacross.

Goodies!

Couldn't wait for the head set to arrive so I installed the BB and the force cx1 cranks that arrived this morning.

Tempted to just go to LBS and buy another CK headset than wait for this one.

Definitely the wrong choice saddle and bar tape but it's all I had in my parts bin.

CX1 chainset ordered along with avid short ultimates.

Just need CX1 brifters and rear derailleur which I'll order over the weekend. Wish the damned CK headset would arrive so I can start!

Thanks. I was just looking through other solutions and it seems I might have put force cx1 on the cards. I like the idea of having a 1x11 set up but I'm just concerned about the transfer-ability of the group once I get bored of the frame.

Thoughts?

Thanks, didn't know I needed a top pull specifically.

TBH I'm not sure what I'm going to use it for other than thrashing the life out of it. Probably going to use it for CTC next year though as its mainly cycle/tow paths.

Pictures

Just waiting on head set before I get going.
Also not ordered the group set yet just in case there are any decent deals on Black Friday (whatever that means)

At the weekend I pulled the trigger on an All City Macho Man frameset from Triton Cycles. It's due to be delivered today at about 15:30. I'm delirious with excitement.

It's my first build from scratch so I thought I'd document it here and ask for suggests and critique on component selections. The idea is to build it using as many parts from my parts bin and upgrade over time. With my parts bin being fairly thin on the ground at the minute, I'll end up buying a lot of the stuff upfront anyway.

So here's the plan:

All city macho man - 58cm
Chris King head set - black
SRAM Rival 22 groupset (I could potentially afford to go to force 22. Anyone think it's worth it or have other groupset suggestions?)
Planet X Strado Compact handlebar 44cm (parts bin)
Cannondale C2 stem 110m (parts bin)
Cannondale C2 seat post (parts bin)
Brooks B17 saddle dark brown (parts bin)
Brooks dark brown leather bar tape (parts bin)
Avid juicy ultimate cantilever brakes (totally not sold on this so open to suggestions)
H Plus Son laced to Tune Mig/Mag hubs (parts bin, kind of)
Tyres - absolutely no idea but looking for 32 or 35's I think
Jagwire cabling (parts bin)
Shimano XT trail pedals (parts bin)

I think that covers anything. I'll post some pictures tomorrow once the frame arrives.

Anyone have any comments or suggestions for the build so far?

Ta
Chris