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[jogler]

I suspect your HB frame is immortal.The whole thing looks ace

[clarion]

Love that bike.

[LEE]

Next steps:

Pedals (supplied with M520)
Road tyres (Marathon 25mm I think)
Brooks B17 (waiting in my garage)
Mudguards (SKS)
Higher gearing

It looks stunning, much nicer blue than photo depicts.  I finally got my "Pompino" in the colour I love and with Disc Brakes.
=== UPDATE ===
Nearly there now.

SKS Guards fitted (some considered bending of stays required to get around the disc calipers)
Brooks B17 fitted
Chainring and Freewheel swapped over from my Pinarello (to get my preferred 43x17 ratio)

All that's left is to ride the thing...this evening looks set for dry so I may see if the bike is suited to riding to a Stockbridge pub.

[Paul]

I finally got my "Pompino" in the colour I love and with Disc Brakes.

Cor - that looks very tempting.

What are the braze-ons under the down tube for?

[MattH]

Nice bike 
It's interesting that you haven't gone for the stoker bars like the ones on your very nice and up for sale Pinarello. Will you change them or are you going back to drops?

[Riggers]

Stunning wooden floor too Paulers.

Lovely colour blue as you say, and looking at the straight forks, I'm sure there's enough rake in them, but do you imagine if this will dictate whether you receive a harder ride or not. Not sure how much effect rake has with comfort, but the forks do look jolly straight!

I bet you can't wait to jump on for a ride.

[Riggers]

So many questions, eh? So many. That's your afternoon taken care of answering them.

[Paul]

...the forks do look jolly straight!

Which is about my only niggle/reservation. I'm not realy into straight forks.

[Oaky]

I finally got my "Pompino" in the colour I love and with Disc Brakes.

Cor - that looks very tempting.

What are the braze-ons under the down tube for?

I'm guessing it's a cable guide for running with a hub gear - they also sell an Alfine equipped Day One.

[billplumtree]

What are the braze-ons under the down tube for?

Crud catcher.

[Oaky]

It looks stunning, much nicer blue than photo depicts.  I finally got my "Pompino" in the colour I love and with Disc Brakes.

That looks great.  I've been thinking about getting one of these for a while now.

I think my credit card might be in danger right now...

(BTW - Where did you order from in the end?)

[tiermat]

What are the braze-ons under the down tube for?

Crud catcher.

I was just going to say that.  Right place and right spacing.

[Oaky]

What are the braze-ons under the down tube for?

Crud catcher.

Of course. Silly me - I didn't look hard enough to see there were a pair of them!

[LEE]

It looks stunning, much nicer blue than photo depicts.  I finally got my "Pompino" in the colour I love and with Disc Brakes.

That looks great.  I've been thinking about getting one of these for a while now.

I think my credit card might be in danger right now...

(BTW - Where did you order from in the end?)

I got it from REAL CYCLES in Northern Ireland (£594 & free P&P !!!).  That's £200 under RRP, had to act fast because £699 was lowest I could find elsewhere.

I'll ride it a while with drops then decide whether to salvage the Stoker bars (as they are very, very, comfy) although I'd like to keep the setup between bikes as similar as possible.  Riding the stoker/bull-horns exclusively for 4 months made my other main bike feel a bit awkward when I jumped back on that.  I want to avoid that.

Yes, it has CRUD Guard fittings and what I suspect are Alfine cable guide fittings on the right Chain stay.

It has eyelets for mudguards and rack..basically it's very well equipped in that respect.  It's my last day on anti-biotics today (I swore I would stop cycling while ill because I just couldn't shake it off)  so that will give me time to sort out the gearing and fit tyres/guards.  It's raining off and on so there's no way I'm taking it out without mudguards on those Cross tyres.

Anyone want to buy some never-used Conti Cross Race tyres?

Trust me..the photo doesn't do it justice.

PS.  the floor is 1" French oak, T&G, in assorted widths.  Laid it myself.

[billplumtree]

what I suspect are Alfine cable guide fittings on the right Chain stay.

That sounds plausible - I expect it's exactly the same frame as the Alfine-geared version of the Day One.  Which I tried once and thought would make a great fixed or off-road singlespeed.

Not that I'm following this with any interest at all  Nope, not me, most definitely not.

[LEE]

Ride report later in the week

[Oaky]

PS.  the floor is 1" French oak, T&G, in assorted widths.  Laid it myself.

Floor?  There was a floor in the picture?

[LEE]

PS.  the floor is 1" French oak, T&G, in assorted widths.  Laid it myself.

Floor?  There was a floor in the picture?

Yes.  Riggers loves a nice floor as much as a nice bike it seems.

[Jurek]

Very nice, Paul. And a bargain to boot!
I am very much liking the straight fork look.
To those who question the rake of such thing - look at the angle where the fork crown exits the bottom of the head tube - that's where you get your rake.

[Cudzoziemiec]

A well laid floor complemented by very tasteful furniture. Pretty flowers (peonies?) too.

Nice bike as well.  Though IMO crud catchers would spoil it - proper guards will look much better.

[Feline]

Nice bike Lee 
This reminds me that my Alfine Pometamine could easily become a fixie with a fixed rear wheel on it. I've not got around to building one for it yet but it could be an interesting experiment for training rides and give me something that looks a bit like yours only in stealth black!

[Riggers]

Very nice, Paul. And a bargain to boot!
I am very much liking the straight fork look.
To those who question the rake of such thing - look at the angle where the fork crown exits the bottom of the head tube - that's where you get your rake.

Yes, Jurers, as you say, if one continues the datum line of the headset angle, then there is plenty of rake. It's that 'visual' look of  a straight fork that sets one's mind going bonkers.

Enough of that. 1" French oak!!! You lucky lucky bugger.

[Oscar's dad]

Enough of that. 1" French oak!!! You lucky lucky bugger.

Shouldn't French oak be measured in metric units?

[LEE]

Next steps:

Pedals (supplied with M520)
Road tyres (Marathon 25mm I think)
Brooks B17 (waiting in my garage)
Mudguards (SKS)
Higher gearing

It looks stunning, much nicer blue than photo depicts.  I finally got my "Pompino" in the colour I love and with Disc Brakes.

=== UPDATE ===
Nearly there now.

SKS Guards fitted (some considered bending of stays required to get around the disc calipers)
Brooks B17 fitted
Chainring and Freewheel swapped over from my Pinarello (to get my preferred 43x17 ratio)
Marathon 25mm fitted

All that's left is to ride the thing...this evening looks set for dry so I may see if the bike is suited to riding to a Stockbridge pub.





Note.  Nicked a pair of SKS front mudguard "quick release" blocks from another bike.  This allows me to pop mudguard out to remove rear wheel.  Bloody rear-facing sliding dropouts are a pain.  I tried leaving a gap at the back but it looks so damn ugly I opted for this instead.

[DrMekon]

That looks really nice. If I broke my Singlecross, something just like that would be a lovely replacement.