'Rebuild' Onto A New Frame

[Richard A Thackeray]

Due to the imminent demise/failure of my CGR 'work-bike' I wanted another frame that would (at the very least) take '28' section tyres & mudguards
So, after a few readers offered suggestions, I had a trip to Harrogate yesterday, with my daughter

After careful consideration, between 2 frames, & influenced by the £110 difference between the pair........... I am a Yorkshireman..........

I bought a Spa Cycles ‘Aubisque’ frame/forks
I also purchased;
- a head-set (they faced the head-tube/pressed it in for me, as I went off to the local Co-Op, for a sandwich)
- new mudguards, as the present pair are split, & held together with cable-ties (& onto the stay-mounts too!)
- disc-brake adapters to allow for the difference in mounts


Everything else was transferred from the CGR, barring;
1. bottom-bracket (old one was seized into the CGR, bought another this morning, from 'Evans at Xscape')
2. front derailleur (‘borrowed’, from my 1994 Dyna-Tech 755Ti, that’s hung up in the garage, as the seat-tube is the same diameter as the Spa)
3. the STI ‘stops’/converters (also from the Dyna-Tech)

All that’s left to do now, is;
1. cut down the new mudguard-stays to an appropriate length
2. transfer all of my lights onto it
3. test-ride

The Elan 725, looked very nice indeed, in the metallic bronze, but it was £485
https://spacycles.co.uk/m11b0s143p4590/SPA-CYCLES-Elan-725-Frame-and-Forks

The Abisque was £375
https://spacycles.co.uk/m11b0s143p3874/SPA-CYCLES-Aubisque-Frameset

Like I wrote earlier................ Yorkshireman!!!

 

[jowwy]

nice looking machine that

 

[T4tomo]

Very smart and a good practical do it all bike..... but I'd have splashed the £110 extra for metallic copper, and I'm also a Yorkshireman.

I'd have also given it some new and not white bar tape.

 

[fossyant]

Nice colour

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Very smart and a good practical do it all bike..... but I'd have splashed the £110 extra for metallic copper, and I'm also a Yorkshireman.

I'd have also given it some new and not white bar tape.

I considered the tape. but after buying the extra bits, the budget for it has gone

Barring a new rear Marathon, that's on order

 

[Venod]

but I'd have splashed the £110 extra for metallic copper, and I'm also a Yorkshireman.

Also a Yorkshireman, went to look at the Elan 725 frame, and came out with an Elan Ti.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Also a Yorkshireman, went to look at the Elan 725 frame, and came out with an Elan Ti.

Oh!, don’t worry!
I did look longingly at the Ti frames, but as its primary function is as a ‘work bike’, l took the cheaper option

 

[Cycleops]

I DO like that colour

 

[ColinJ]

I like that bike too!

Are you going to trim and cap the mudguard stays now?

 

[GuyBoden]

Nice, almost like having a new bike.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I like that bike too!

Are you going to trim and cap the mudguard stays now?

Yes, after a 'trial-ride' (including some woodland)

‘Summer House’
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2091017

Toasting it
I drank it, didn’t smash it


It feels fine, an immediately comfortable riding position. despite just guessing what height to put the saddle, based on how far it came against my hips (about 1/4" adjusttment needed)

The Dremel & discs were used for an easier cut of the stays

 

[I like Skol]

Are you going to trim and cap the mudguard stays now?

Might consider cutting and putting a crimped ferrule on the rear gear cable too? Does't offend thy eye!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

but I'd have splashed the £110 extra for metallic copper

But then it’d just look like gas pipes

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Say that’s a nice bike as per Terminator 2

 

[wafter]

Nice work - looks great

Glad to see you got the correct frame material this time