Here's my latest little project to hang a few parts onto! It might end up being a little small for me, but was too nice to turn down.
Some may have already seen this as it's been listed on here as both a complete bike and then frame. It's passed through a couple of hands and by good fortune ended up with me, courtesy of a certain Rod_Saetan
There's already a bit of history about these in other threads and a couple of very nice examples already on here. This one is a little different as it has top tube cable routing and a more traditional rear end which to me seems more of a nod to M Steels being involved in the build.
Anyway, here is is as it stands so far, it's going to be pretty much M73* XT all round with little a bit of DX/MT-60 thrown in. The thumb shifters I had planned to use aren't as good as I would like for this build, so I'm taking a chance on some XT STI's for a change (gulp). In an ideal world I would like black chainrings also, but I'm trying to sweep up the parts off the floor instead of buying too much else :facepalm:
I've a couple of nice wheel options to add on, the ones pictured were just thrown on in order for me to move it around. I just need to decide what look best - more on those later...
Some may have already seen this as it's been listed on here as both a complete bike and then frame. It's passed through a couple of hands and by good fortune ended up with me, courtesy of a certain Rod_Saetan
There's already a bit of history about these in other threads and a couple of very nice examples already on here. This one is a little different as it has top tube cable routing and a more traditional rear end which to me seems more of a nod to M Steels being involved in the build.
Anyway, here is is as it stands so far, it's going to be pretty much M73* XT all round with little a bit of DX/MT-60 thrown in. The thumb shifters I had planned to use aren't as good as I would like for this build, so I'm taking a chance on some XT STI's for a change (gulp). In an ideal world I would like black chainrings also, but I'm trying to sweep up the parts off the floor instead of buying too much else :facepalm:
I've a couple of nice wheel options to add on, the ones pictured were just thrown on in order for me to move it around. I just need to decide what look best - more on those later...