Argonaut Spacebike

[phips]

Frame has arrived. Now just got to build it up.

Here are some taster pictures...





One of the things I love about it is the clear lacquer over carbon - when the sun shines on it the finish looks stunning. Reminds me a lot of my first Parlee.

There are some more pictures on Flickr.

[burglarboycie]

Beautiful! Although, it's not the best font and size choice for the lettering on the downtube in my opinion.
Still a stunning frame

[phips]

Typeface is Hobson's Choice - that's the Argonaut brand. Size wise I chose something smaller because I don't like the massive logo which takes up the entire downtube

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and all that

[burglarboycie]

Totally agree. Please don't think I was criticising! It's a beautiful frame. Sorry if that's how it came across.

[bomber]

Awesome.. Looking forward to seeing it built up!

[phips]

No offence taken @burglarboycie, don't worry

Thanks @bomber, me too. Probably be the end of the month before I get the rest of the bits together for it.

Just in time for winter then! Hmmm.

[AZK]

One of the things I love about it is the clear lacquer over carbon - when the sun shines on it the finish looks stunning. Reminds me a lot of my first Parlee.

The clear lacquer over carbon is indeed a beautiful fininsh really brings out the 3 dimensional texture of the carbon. Looking forward to the build

[coppercook62]

cant wait to see this built up

[corky]

Excellent choice of brakes .....

[phips]

Thanks @corky. I am a fan of the EEs - I run them on the Parlee too. These are the updated V3s.

[corky]

Thanks @corky. I am a fan of the EEs - I run them on the Parlee too. These are the updated V3s.

Me too......although I have V1s.....that have never let me down, contemplating some more for another bike

[phips]

*Almost* ready to ride (finally!) …



More pics on Flickr

[RichTheRoadie]

Bloody lovely.

[phips]

Bloody lovely.

Thanks Rich!

So far I've only ridden around in circles outside the house, in my slippers But even then it displayed traits of being a very, very special ride.

[kgt]

In terms of aesthetics I would prefer a Campagnolo crankset. Other than that it came out really nice!