My English Cycles build

[Grill]

Quick tease...

[fa63]

Wow.

Just hang that on the wall as art.

But level the saddle first

[Jcgill]

Beautiful! That turned out excellent!

[Grill]

Saddle is level, camera is tilted (look at the floor).

[kakan]

Thats probably the nicest bike ive seen! Congrats!!

[Bondurant]

Fabulous job on that Grill

[BmanX]

I love Rob's bikes and love that I have one. I do wish that I had waited just a little longer on my build as I would have loved to have a carbon seat tube like this build and I would have gone with a BB mounted rear brake. I think with Rob's pencil thin seat stays, a BB mounted rear brake would look better.

[jekyll man]

Awesome Eric!!

[BeeBee30]

Awesome looking bike Eric

[skiezo]

That is a work of both art and beauty.
I love the thin wishbone seat stays. Are they as solid as a standard SS ? Just curious if they make the rear feel any different.
What is the diameter of the SS if you don't mind. And are they fashioned from a single piece of tubing all the way around?

[Grill]

It rides as good as it looks. It's surprisingly stiff. Stiffer than my WyndyMilla Massive Attack and feels on par with my old Foil and Storck Fascenario 0.6. Geometry is perfect (as well it should being custom and all) and it puts a smile on my face. The paint is amazing in person. Shame the pictures just don't do it justice. The Enve 4.5's are fine. Light and stiff, but they don't feel as fast as my Aero 72's (understandable). Easy to handle in crosswinds, but the Enve brake pads leave much to be desired (I'll be swapping them for Black Prince or Reynolds Cryo Blue). SRAM Red 22 cassette is nice, but a lot noisier than the DA9000.

Unfortunately the Ritchey Solostreems have been sent back as they cracked at the cable routing. They're one of the first pairs of the production line so could just be a freak occurrence, but it is a bit of a PIA as I'll need to have the replacements repainted. On the bright side, it's not like I'll be riding the English until the weather is nice so plenty of time to get it done.

Here's another (slightly better) picture.

[kgt]

love it!

[greentimgreen]

Congratulations! Fantastic bike.

[dak]

This is one of the best looking bikes I've seen in while! Bravo!

[JamieL]

I love Rob's bikes and love that I have one. I do wish that I had waited just a little longer on my build as I would have loved to have a carbon seat tube like this build and I would have gone with a BB mounted rear brake. I think with Rob's pencil thin seat stays, a BB mounted rear brake would look better.

I'm not convinced by the BB brake on mine - it is definitely the best place for it in terms of aesthetics though.

Carbon downtube looks sweet, as does the rest of the build, makes me wonder about getting mine repainted