Cheap frame off of Merlin cycles and some cheap carbon bits from our Chinese cousins and jobs a good’un. A hair under 7KG. 😀

Now that’s a slammed forward saddle, inline post and pushed all the way forward!
Do you find you’re working your quads, mine hurt like hell if I’m too far forward

I have the body of a six ft man and the legs of a midget. Works for me.

I have the body of a six ft man and the legs of a midget

It’s not just me then 😆

My road bike seatpost/saddle set up is exactly the same

I have the body of a six ft man and the legs of a midget

Surely if you have a long body and short legs, you’d have a small frame and the seat all the way back, not a big frame with the saddle forward? That’s women’s geometry! 🙂

Nice bike though, I like it a lot.

*like*

how do you find the fsa gear, we all know its knock-off but i’ve never tried it?

The quality is excellent. Can’t fault it. The microshift arsis groupet is amazing for the money as well.

PeterPoddy +1, just my thoughts 😕

PeterPoddy +1, just my thoughts

Dropped it on the turbo trainer earlier to get the setup right. Swapped the 100mm stem for a 90, moved the seatpost down a cm or two and moved the saddle back. All is now good and after a quick blast up the street I can confirm it is goes like a stabbed rat. 😀

Got an old school reliability ride tomorrow to give it a good shakedown.

Ahh, OK. I thought that was the finished setup. My mistake 🙂

I take it you ran out of money and couldn’t afford to replace that rusty chain 😀

On what scales does that weigh under 7kg??

On what scales does that weigh under 7kg??

The very same scales that tell me I am now under 13st. So they must be right.

Build cost?

Around £750 without the wheels. The RS80’s were from last years build.

Microshift Arsis mini groupo.
Campag cranks
Gianni Motta frame from merlin.
Carbon stem, bars, forks and seatpost from our Asian friends for around £120 the lot.
Ultegra cassette.
KMC x10sl chain.
PlanetX CNC brakes.
A lot of the little bits I had knocking around.

Did the local reliability ride on it today and flew round. It is nowhere near as comfortable as my steel Charge Juicer but way more responsive and stiffer round the BB area. You could see the juicer flexing around when it was set up on the turbo.

And it’s more of a mud colour now. 😥