Love it.

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Cervelo R3, Campagnolo Chorus/Record mix... pastatrails.blogspot.com
And you can call me Macktastik Honey Pete Kicks, thank you.

Amazing.... fu..kng amazing

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Rychtarski CX - Columbus Spirit
Rychtarski Road - Columbus MAX

Hope you're kidding.
Nice build.

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Bikes: Raceur, Beateur

I am not

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Orbea Orca Gold 6430gr, Orbea Aqua, Tommasini Tecno, FM-066SL 6480gr, Kinesis RaceLight T2, Trek Superfly 100, Trek Session 88, KTM EXC-250

I think there's some sort of weather law that it always rains on the first ride of a new bike. That's what it feels like to me anyway so if you felt your bike was too new to get wet I fully understand.

The kids are sleeping, so now its a good time to share the story, from the idea to the bike...

I actually had really no taste on steel bikes, until last April. I was reading the Cycling Plus mag during the Easter vac, when I run to this add. The name was Tommasini, never heard before.

I am relatively new to cycling without a past. This full page add demoing part of a blue steel frame with a visible internal rear brake routing draw my full attention. Days went on and on, and every time I was keeping this mag on my hands the page always stopped there. I started searching the internet to get more information and possibly a local dealer, then I decided to email the factory directly.

a got a response very soon, price was logical, lead time were about two months. I could actually pick up the color and paint scheme of choice, could also have them paint my name on the TT!

Kept running my 6,4Kg carbon bike but my mind was already fantasizing the build list. Sent my order, now had to wait for two months...

It was early September when I received this email that my frame was ready to ship! Didnt take more than two days before I see this picture next to my desk at the office!







Couldn't wait to take it home, so I teared the box apart right there next to my desk!








a couple hours later at home, the frame spent the night on the couch, and that was not the only night. Took some time to my wife to convince (threat) me to take it to the garage


















Headset was the first parts to order. Although the Record headset would seem the first choice to come to mind, I decided to take an alt road and order a set of Chris King NoThreadSet in silver with a sotto voce logo with a Thomson 1" to 1 1/8" sleeve converter. Down the road, I changed the build direction I did a complementary order for a 1 1/8" stem cup and a bearing cup, in silver as well.












To be continued...

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Orbea Orca Gold 6430gr, Orbea Aqua, Tommasini Tecno, FM-066SL 6480gr, Kinesis RaceLight T2, Trek Superfly 100, Trek Session 88, KTM EXC-250

Excellent account so far, loving it. Everything a new bike purchase should be imo. great stuff!

Thanks giant man!

OK, kids are sleeping again, time to type episode II

A slow, easy, happy building progress was on mind, so i decided to take my time, browsing and carefully selecting the parts just like the Jack Daniels commercial

Initially, I was thinking of building a steel WW but soon changed my mind by cutting the budget down significantly. So no carbon parts, no Super Record, no carbon tubulars... I figured out that the bordeaux painted frame would prefer some shiny parts to lighten things up.

A steel frame cento per cento fatto in Italia would perfectly fit with Italian parts like Deda, Campagnolo, Selle San Marco, Veloflex etc. but I would not limit my options there.

I found this seat post on the internet and immediately considered it as a number one option! So here it was, a Deda RS01 aluminium post!











Next thing on the list was a shiny aluminium stem to match the Deda post! Tool quite some to locate this one, laso coming from Deda, an 120mm long 1 1/8 inch Deda Quatro!



























I located a problem with the stem though, didnt like the reverse logo on it, so had to strip it off!

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Orbea Orca Gold 6430gr, Orbea Aqua, Tommasini Tecno, FM-066SL 6480gr, Kinesis RaceLight T2, Trek Superfly 100, Trek Session 88, KTM EXC-250

Some shots taken by a friend after a race in Athens (Acropolis to Sounion Poseidon Temple)

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Orbea Orca Gold 6430gr, Orbea Aqua, Tommasini Tecno, FM-066SL 6480gr, Kinesis RaceLight T2, Trek Superfly 100, Trek Session 88, KTM EXC-250