maaan no attention!

Whaddya want, a Blue Peter badge?

(you deserve one cos thats proper nice)

Is that snow on the wall??

Ewe.

whats going on with the tape on the tops?

Looks nice – wharrrist?

Needs a silver headset spacer.

Echo the question about the bar tape on the tops

needs mud guards for all year use! I likey 😀

the silver spacers are in teh shed. The tape is deda and has a silver “deda” at 10cmish intervals

Better?

mattOAA – Raleigh clubman frame and fork off here, Wheels built by a bloke off bike radar (105 hubs on mavic rims), mix of toagra and sora components so nowt fancy, stem off ton, bars off my old bike, brown deda tape and brown charge spoon. Total build cost = no outlay 🙂

Thats very nice that. I do like a skinny tyred and tubed road bike with a bit of old school about it.

Nice bike, list the parts please?

Properly nice. I’ve been after a frame like that for ages.

Very nice, elegant even.

Looks ace that Rob..

*approves*

Very nice, parts list?

that taping looks a bit sparse!!

very nice

Sparse taping in what way?

Eeek! Mountain bikers admire road bike, shock!

Parts list as requested

Raleigh clubman frame
Stock headset and seatpost
90mm stem off ton
Cannondale c4 bars (off my caad)
Sora rear mech and shifters
Tiagra front mech and HT2 cranks (compact 34/50)
Shimano R540 pedals
Mavic CXP22 rims on Shimano 105 hubs (hand built)
Sram 11-25 cassette
Stock brake calipers
Vittoria Zaffiro tyres
Deda bar tape
Charge spoon saddle
Elite bottle cage

in that the wraps aren’t particularly close together!

very nice indeed………….steel is, as those in the know know, the way to go. 8)

mathewshotbolt – Member
in that the wraps aren’t particularly close together!

it wasn’t long enough to do it any closer 🙁

is it not the “done thing” to wrap another layer over it?

oh i see! some tapes can be a bit like that eh?

The silver looks great.

You’ll find a lot of riders in Paris-Roubaix will double wrap tape.

I did when I did it.

That’s one of the nicest lo-cost builds I have seen in a long time.

Well done 🙂

Cheers all

The tape is fine, it just looks gappy in the top photo ‘cos of the silver writing.

Cool

pretty bike. good one.

(though the flags are cracked and you need some conduit)

wrong on both counts – no cracked flags and its oil feed pipe so no need for conduit – but thanks any how

Here she is! 136 miles in 48 hours – feels spot on!