2003 Giant TCR ONCE

. . . . turned up at work this week.

WP_20170107_17_23_56_Pro by Michael Murray, on Flickr

To most, it will be nothing special, but to me it takes me back to my racing days.

Edit;

My old one, on which I won lots of evening 10s, fastest club 10s, 25 champs and hill climb champs. Multiple times. As well as doing a couple of national champs, 25 and 50.

DSCF1476 by Michael Murray, on Flickr

My new arrival,

WP_20170107_17_21_21_Pro by Michael Murray, on Flickr

Fluorescent lighting and phone camera really don't show it at it's best, but you get the idea.

Mike

Ultegra 6500 build kit bonty racelite wheels perhaps

Funny you mention that, the yellow one was Ultegra. And so will this one be. At 1.4kg for the bare frame, it will be no heavyweight!

I did a quick mock up this afternoon, robbing one bike of it's wheels and bar/stem combination.

The other bike was a mix of 105 and Ultegra, both 9 speed. So I thought I'd make that one 105 throughout, with this one Ultegra.

OI! Wake up at the back!

Took a few more photos just now.

Loving the - lack of - clearance!

WP_20170107_17_18_18_Pro by Michael Murray, on Flickr

WP_20170107_17_12_25_Pro by Michael Murray, on Flickr

Found a suitable saddle on here,

WP_20170107_17_13_39_Pro by Michael Murray, on Flickr

The stem is a bit pale, I may have to do something about that

WP_20170107_17_12_45_Pro by Michael Murray, on Flickr

But here it is now, just mocked up.

WP_20170107_17_09_20_Pro by Michael Murray, on Flickr

Need to grease the headset and polish the frame, with only a couple of small blemishes on it, before I assemble it properly.
Not set the stem yet, so may end up a bit higher. Looks a bit of a weapon though, eh?

Mike

Nice black yellow theme going on there but saddle to bar height difference looks huge.

Thanks,

It's only mocked up for now, have plenty of steerer to play with, when I start measurements

Had black or grey bar tape suggested, but I like the white tbh

Mike

Nice to see a TCR project on the go. Get stuck in with the ultegra, the frame deserves it.

cool saddle btw

was going to mention the saddle height too, have you grown considerably since your TT days?

No, must be an optical illusion, maybe as this one is black? I will double check though

That's looking fab.

Yellow bar tape all the way.

Knowing Mike it will be white