building my bike

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here is the final bike without the white bottle cage. I have a non-descript aluminum cage.

Seat has been replaced with Specialized Toupe with red trim. I was bit worried about the minimalist design of the seat but it turns out to be pretty comfortable. It has lot of flex and give. I've been out on about half a dozen very short rides like 10miles each time. Worried about my back

I've been getting lots of comment about this bike. Since I am building another one up with exact same frame, wheel, tire, Dura Ace groupo instead of SRAM (for sale in e-bay) I think I should carry some business cards telling them how they can buy one from me

Lots of positive response and drooling eyes. I was hoping to have the second bike built up by today but mail snafu so no frame yet. Have tires, wheel, Dura Ace cables but no frame, nor groupo

Well my Orbea dama race is on e-bay. Still bit sad about it but...

Anyway, this bike handles exceptionally well. And once my back gets better, I think it will climb really well too.


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