This project started nearly a year ago in Apr last year with a conversation on what might be the ultimate steel bike. I finally pulled the trigger in Aug and the brief to Rob was to build a bike that would be the antithesis of the current trends in bikes - everything-oversized, carbon-everything bikes (hence the name of the bike and the title of the post). The bike would be as skinny and aero as much as possible given my small size and weight (all of 1.58m tall and 52kg in weight). I also got him to make me some interesting handlebars given that I don't use the drops that much and kept it simple with 1x10 gearing. Everything was fabricated from ground up as much as practicable and we weren't able to do some stuff because of the time need to test parts but I can say that 75% of the bike is Rob's handiwork.
Of course, given that design is about making a set of decisions and compromises fit for its purpose, the bike won't be for everybody and won't be to everybody's taste
but it will suit me fine... 
Rob, it's been a pleasure working with you and thanks for being very patient and understanding of the changes that I've made along the way and for the expert advice on every aspect of the build - looking forward to the next project already!!
So just to start out... a couple of tubes and a couple of holes...
