TL;DR - Just another bike. I have problem.
I've primarily been on my Cannondale Evo and had decided that was my grail bike. Easily determined based on the lack of miles/hours on other frames. Ivan Basso's Liquigas Super Six was the first bike I've lusted over, which had me clawing back to the frameset one way or another.
Anyways, most can relate... "new bike days" are impromptu; spurred with the lack of self control. We spend an absurd amount of time scrolling on the internet: Reading about components or frame materials that you have yet to try - following with hopes of scoring a deal on something cool, before another internet nerd does. Then, the justification process begins: you figure out how much is in your bike fund; how many hours of it'll take to pay it off; or what you need to sell to break even. That's what most do (or what I keep telling myself).
So yeah same cycle as you. You think you're done. After spending countless hours building, fine tuning, and finally enjoying this cool new toy. Then the next cool trend rolls around, and the bike that was perfected becomes boring. Damnit.
The current road trend: Alloy
I've experienced aluminum (CAAD 10) for some time, and briefly assembled an older Bridgestone 700. So I figured, no point in another road bike since I was experimenting with another trend (dirt). Then....Adam told me he was selling his Independent Fabrication Crown Jewel. THE ONE ON THE RADAVIST. I just had to try it. IT LOOKED SO COOL (particularly the paint job). Since Adam and I have relatively the same dimensions, I figured why not.
I liked it, but couldn't love it. Ultimately, I wanted it to be a comfortable cruiser, since I assumed that's what the hype was all about. I still had the Evo and found minor differences between the two. Maybe the agressiveness outweighed the comfort level I had expected. Who knows, I have a list of excuses. It eventually ended up with Ryan (who lacked self control at the moment
) and opined the same, justifying some of my excuses. Maybe.But now I'm curious. Metal is the new black. Steel bikes popping up everywhere. Ryan's Litespeed blowing up this forum. The list goes on. I need to be cool.
Then eBay sends me a notification. A pre-owned Mosaic RT-1 being sold by proscloset. First thing that popped up in my head: Palicci's RT-1d built by Above Category for BWR. One of my favorite builds (albeit disc...) to date.
Initially held myself back, knowing it was a bit out of my price range. Fast forward a few weeks of thinking of how I'd replicate that build, I find out that proscloset have moved the frameset into their online store. I'm guessing with some bikes/framesets, they offer it on eBay first. If no luck, they'll post it on their online store, absent of additional eBay fees. PERFECT EXCUSE TO BUY IT, RIGHT!
Frame Weight: 1324g
