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Wildabeast
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I'll toss in Tsunami as a good aluminum builder. I had this frame built in 2010 after I cracked my Carl Strong aluminum frame. Still going. There are a few people on here with Tsunamis. All custom, and reasonably priced as well. So far is been a better riding, faster, and better handling frame than a Litespeed Vortex (loved the ride quality of the frame, but it was slow as hell) Cervelo Soloist Team (Top tube is an inch too small in diameter creating a wet noodle of a frame. It was scary to descend technical roads on. The bike was all over the place. I had issues flexing the bottom braket are so muc that I'd toss the chain in a sprint.) I just built a Klein Aura frame up, seems 100% stiffer than the Cervelo, but I'm not sure it will touch the Tsunami due to its low bottom bracket height (pedal strikes are unacceptable. I'll take a wet noodle frame with a tall bottom bracket over a solid frame with a bottom bracket that causes me to strike pedals in a corner.) I'll know if it passes muster as soon as I get a dry day to go for a ride.
http://tsunamibikes.com/

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Spooky Mulholland- best Alu frame I have ever ridden- kills CAADs and other boring, mass produced frames

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@Wookski... Gorgeous bike. How is the frame finished? Is it raw, polished, painted?
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SPOOKYs :unbelievable:

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:lol: @Wookski. :beerchug:

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by mac567

No one mentioned NOS Principia alu frames, very good indeed!

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boysa wrote:@Wookski... Gorgeous bike. How is the frame finished? Is it raw, polished, painted?

The frame is a raw anodized finish- really industrial looking and quite cool

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Boysa it's pretty much finished the same as this

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Hahahahahah. Spookey shopping trolley.
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Wookski
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sugarkane wrote:Boysa it's pretty much finished the same as this

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Hahaha we all call it the shopping trolley!

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That purple one is missing some handlebar streamers

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My birthday is only s few weeks away @wookski maybe you can buy me some ;)

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De Rosa scandium, a lot of these custom companies aren't too forth coming on their tube specs so I'm a little uneasy spending so much and not knowing what I'm riding. At least with the scandium I know exactly what I'd be getting and sure the finish is an obvious rip off of Klein's but no one else is doing anything like it.

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LionelB wrote:This threads needs a picture or two

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Goddam that's gorgeous!


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My Klein in a new build

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