Let's have blow-up of the above built up prior to sale of the frame set.
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To me it looks almost racey fast, would climb fast, but that front end geometry says potentially a little bit too sleepy but well within range.
Failed RB valve position standard, but passed the alignment test. No accident. Passed the the "get it in big gear" test to show all that triple glory.
As for build kit and finishing kit, just look at it. Look how tight it all is. No floppy shit mudguards half arse installed. It's there but like with any work of art it's got it's imperfections - just where did that pedal dust cap disappear to under the workshop bench or the man-cave mini-bar?
The saddle whilst most likely period correct is still a proper perch. Those TA bottle cages are I think fairly period correct, but it is so so so sad to see the plastic fantastic edge it's way in this build with such premium metal around them. Personally I would need a shrink after many toing-and-froing and arguments to convince me it's OK to have a bottle cage dimensionally centred but not bolted centrally.
Totally feel a bike like this would gel only as long as it was kept strictly how it was intended to be ridden and maintained.
Oh .... and let's not forget. And you also get an insight to the builder here.
Any bike builder who simply doesn't fcuk about with a bike stand for a photo shoot demands maximum respect in my books. That's me though.
