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Ahh nice! Glad it’s still on the island.

I don’t know that much other than the shop is in drogheda now, ran by the son or grandson of the framebuilder. Haven’t made the trip yet but I must before it’s too late

Do you know where i could get the geo for this model omnium?

Finished work and passed by this a while ago, never seen a fork break like that before!

Cheers guys!

Yes the gearing is very optimistic, but grand for the moment.

Love the look of the Caad with modern dura ace, actually just love the shape of those shifters in general!

Yeah I think I’ll go deda zero for the compacts for the moment, cheap and cheerful!

Managed to pick up a Caad 5 saeco on the weekend, this thing is near mint!!!

Need to dial in the fit now. What’s the go to budget compact bar?

Other than that it’s hard to decide what to do with it, I think I’ll ride it to death and decide in spring if it needs upgrades.

Wow what a find! That’s a rapparee, Hand made in Ireland.

The last old school frame builder in Ireland!!

Anymore frame detail pics? What size is it?

this will forever be a perfect bike.

what are you doing with the old samson?

If you really like the steel frame, Id say keep it/store it and build up a lightweight bike.

In my experience I always come crawling back to steel but it is nice to try different setups.

Weightwise I never really notice that much, its the modern bikes handling/position and the different gear ratios that I notice the most.

any pics of this built up as a roadie?

What’s the tire clearance like on this?

Hmmm what’s the top tube length?

Found a nice pair of carbon tubs for sale and there wrapped in continental competition 22mm tubs.

Anybody used these for fair weather cycling? Or do you wreckin it would be puncture city?

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Or these for 60?

I used to use an old Sugino crank that was 155 or around that many moons ago. Someone told me it was a Sugino junior crank?

Worked fine for fixed brakeless

Wait for next visit and bring it with you. Think a bike on a plane is 50 quid instead of 100+

Long love juice bikes I say!

Plenty of these bikes will be flipped, on insta or other platforms. It’s happened on here ever since iv been on it.

Surprised your man miclo bikes hasn’t bought all of these to strip and flip

Very tempted to finish this off with the full dura ace group.

But then when does this become too nice for winter/pub duties

Thank you! Will look for this!

Going to hopefully repaint it too eventually

Curious, how did you find the Sensah groupset?

Have a steel frame with a small dent I’m looking to fill.

Anybody done this at home in good DIY spirit??

Advice appreciated!

Beautiful! Always wanted a Samson

I’d say completely depends on your riding.
In my case I’m very militant about watching for glass, avoiding certain roads that I know are filled with late night bars (glass) and staying more on the road then cycle lane, I find there’s a a lot more puncturey debris the closer you get the the sidewalk.

Tires wise I use Schwable duranos which I’d rate.

Nice kit!

Only things I would add are a bit of duct tape wrapped around centre of pump and a pair of marigold rubber gloves.

These were initially boorrowed from my hiking/climbing tool kit! Duct tape fixes you up in a lot of situations and the rubber gloves squeeze over lightweight gloves in a pitch and stops fingers freezing over