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Based on aesthetics there is a lot I would like to do, but we cant alwasy have our cake and eat it, Im constantly stunned when I see people with top end bikes (lots of them) all fitted with top end stuff but lucky them. I guess Im getting ratty cos I agree with you lol.

im more than aware its an mtb crank but its the only one i had a pic of in my photobucket. Yes many people make nice chainsets but whats the point when i have a full groupset to use, I would like modern campag but thats going to eat into my Baum fund.

Lol

I could have put one of these on and thats so ugly its mum wouldnt even love it.

Colnago 50th anniversary Ultegra everything. Its all colnago stamped its ment to be on a colnago, it was made for colnago.

to many of my other bikes dont run f brake continental so thats a bad idea, Personal opinion on the length of cable ends, but thank you for your ideas on that, yes the cable rub on top tube may prove to be an issue I have seen some cable holders on other bikes that stop this or I may just use rubber sleeves, O and the down tube does not allow cables to be crossed it having a big old bulged section in it.

just of lodge causway

Yep my 50th group didnt sell so decided to keep it for now.

Only done 10 miles on it so far, feels allot like the standard one I have on my Tarmac but will no more soon (when I put some miles in)

Stuff on bike

King headset Black
Specialized S Works stem
Specialized short shallow alloy bars (just for now)
Fizik Cyrano seatpost (alloy)
Fizik Curve saddle
Cinelli bar tape
Full Shimano Ultegra groupset (Colnago 50th anniversary)
H Plus Son rims, spain cx ray spokes on basic hubs.
Enve QR's
Speedplay Ti pedals

going to try and find out what the paint code is

speedplay ti are on Colnago 50th anniversary groupset, rare and works well. Would love Campy but budget will not go that far yet.

this is her after picking her back up from Tim the paint man. If your in the Bristol area and you need paint he the man http://www.tjcdesign.com/

He has repainted the drop outs and chainstays as the ends of the black areas had been badly chipped and he kindly repainted logos on bb shell and drop outs.

and now the build so far.............

cool

I like that alot

Cheaper frames have more resin in than more costly ones, hence the tarmac at £1300 even though its an SL4 frame is heavier than the Tarmac sl4 at £3000 frame. They are made by having a bag inside that when the frame is formed he bag is removed, to do this there is a sacrificial layer on the inside that gets shagged when bag is removed so individual frames can have slight weight discrepancy. The McLaren tarmac uses a very special frame production that does not need the sacrificial layer so lighter and more consistent weight. The De Rosa costs more as it has less resin and a more complex carbon lay up. But you have a budget and wheels are an important element of any bike, I personally would have gone for the tarmac used the wheels that are on it as unimpressive as they are then chose some nice ones to save for.

yep

But as i said lets hope they have improved.

The ribble does use the same mould as the de rosa but is a totally different bike, carbon layup if different its about 300g heavier in the small models I have put on the scales, I say models as our customers frame failed 3 times always with the front mech mount. So I do hope they have improved things.

Headset does not look fitted correctly, how was it fitted?

I find specialized finishing kit is nice and a good price or deda Or go fizik if you want posh.

Talk to Tim http://www.tjcdesign.com/ he does a very nice job from simple 1 colour to full on custom jobs. Tell him Chris from terrys gave you his details, Check out the forks he did for me and the cranks and seat post on my sexy tecnos thread in current projects.

lots of polish lots of wax lots of pictures

Ok personal opinion again but 404's are a bit deep I really like 202 or some nice H plus sons on good hubs but it you already have them go for it, but more pics please.

yep modern campag is nice, im still stuck on the fence on if I should use new or old.

nice and nice just sold my Dream hp d stay but I have just got a tecnos and a Olympic master, have to say im not a big fan of rabobank or mapei pant

Its a personal thing.

the master has extended lugs so it is a bit bigger but only 5mm longer.

Not planning on keeping it going to get paint sorted then will sell it.