Well, after years of alu and carbon race oriented road bikes, I’ve gone in a different direction….
I’m road riding all year round and have been feeling the need for mudguards with proper coverage, I really hanker after the ride quality of my old steel road bikes of years ago, I like to go reasonably quick (most rides are 17mph plus and 60-70 miles), compacts and triples not required here, and although I did my first road races for over 20 years last year, I’m not really planning to race again for a while…and whenever I’ve had two road bikes, I’ve always gravitated to one and the other is always left hanging in the garage, so purely in the interests of consolidating the collection a bit:
I’ve built this:
Enigma Ethos steel frame in Columbus Life tubing, stainless bits and pieces such as front and rear ends, cable guides and fork crown
Almost full Ultegra 6700 – RX100 brake callipers to give the extra reach necessary for the guards
Ksyrium Elite wheels with Michelin Pro4 tyres
Thomson post
Prologo Nago saddle
Dea bars, Cinelli Vai stem
and yes, some proper SKS guards
It rides beautifully & I’m well chuffed!
The only change I’ve got panned is to ditch the white stem – I’m on the lookout for a red Ritchey WCS in 110mm if anyone’s got one!? I also need to cut the steerer down….
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