"maximillious" (maximillious)
02/26/2014 at 12:12 • Filed to: None
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"maximillious" (maximillious)
02/26/2014 at 12:12 • Filed to: None | 3
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Hey Oppo's today I am going to share something that is long overdue. The following photos are from my dream bike build that I did earlier this summer. The bike is a Milwaukee Cream City frame which was custom painted and badged. I was working for the shop that exclusively sells these frames so I was able to significantly reduce the costs of this beautiful ride as well as have some work done that otherwise would not be considered. Let us begin.
Brooks Swallow Saddle Mounted on a:
Nitto 83 seatpost clamped down by a:
Phil Wood seatpost clamp (already a little light scarring) riding on:
H Plus Son Archetype rear rim laced to:
Phil Wood High Flange 32 hole track hub with Phil Wood Cog with Izumi track chain driven by:
A Sugino Zen Racing chainring with Sugino 75 crankarms that attach to my feet with:
MKS Sylvan Track Pedals with MKS Dual strap toe clips with Toshi black leather double straps.
The Front wheel is another H Plus Son Archetype laced to a:
Phil Wood high flange track hub which is all controlled by:
A Nitto Jaguar drop stem mounted into a:
Hatta Swan Super Delux threaded headset and controlled by:
Nitto B123 35cm track drops wrapped in Toshi lace up bar wrapped and plugged with Nitto bar ends.
The bicycle is custom painted to match the blue used by Nitto in a matte finish and has customer beer mug badging as well as:
As well as a Wisconsin state badge. An for the best part of the bike I had these added:
These are S&S couplers which allow the bike frame to be unscrewed from itself and broken in half for packing in a standard suitcase. This makes this an ideal bike for air travel as I will not have to pay airline fees for transporting it. (and they looking fucking sweet on the bike) The couplers were added pre-paint by the guy who builds Ellis Bikes (he is an amazingly skilled frame builder)
And there it is. My custom built dream bike. I spent a few years planning this build, and several weeks getting everything sourced and painted and built. It turned out better than I had hoped and is a pure joy to ride. All together the bike would have ran just shy of $5k however, having worked for the company I was able to work out a much better price. This is the only one on earth, completely custom to me and my style, and I plan to hand this down to my kid should I ever have my own.
Hope you enjoyed the build
HammerheadFistpunch
> maximillious
02/26/2014 at 12:19 |
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I like it, though its a bit wilfully retro for my tastes. Phil wood hubs for the win though. The s&s couplers are great too.
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maximillious
> HammerheadFistpunch
02/26/2014 at 12:25 |
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Haha willfully retro is absolutely correct. I wanted to get it back to the bare bones Kierin days, when there was just classic looking bikes flying around a track. I have your typical fixie winter beater with bright green deep V's and riser bars, but I wanted something that I felt I could ride up to a wedding wearing a tuxedo on and it would outclass the limo's.
Anon
> maximillious
02/26/2014 at 12:49 |
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That's a beutiful bike! Too rich for my tastes. my 16ish pound road bike cost me about $1700 with tax and me doing the labor myself. Though I'm a bit speculative on the weight though. I actually haven't gotten the frame in yet (yay for Specialized making such a popular frame that they can't keep up with demand to such a degree that you have to be put on a 2 month waiting list to buy one) but the weight of everything added together is 16.2 pounds and then I added 300 grams to account for fibbing in the weight, cords, bolts, washers, and screws.
Anyways, didn't mean to get off on a tangent. But I can see where the money would of been spent and everything looks immaculately crafted! I hope that it gives you many years of great riding!
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maximillious
> Anon
02/26/2014 at 12:56 |
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Thank you very much! I love the bike, the parts are all so solid and completely reliable. I am very happy i didnt have to put in the 5k it would have been. I got it at about 55% off.
As for your bike. I am going to make a shot in the dark here and say you bought a Specialized Roubaix? The price would indicate that you are right around the Sport or Elite models, which would run about that much if you got the model going out or perhaps even the base model. sport and elite run just over 19lbs fully built while the base model I think just breaks 20lbs. If it is the Roubaix you are in for a real treat. I love those bikes and they were what I sold the most of when I was working for the shop. My next road bike will likely be a Roubaix, although I am very partial to the Tarmac which is great for hill climbs and fast descents, which is my favorite thing to do in rides.
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Anon
> maximillious
02/26/2014 at 13:14 |
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Eh, you were close. I'm getting the aluminum version of the Tarmac, the E5 Allez Smartweld (in murder black). It has the feel of a mid level tarmac with a little rougher ride, though for aluminum it's extremely smooth! I'm building it up with full campy veloce (with a centaur crank because it looks much better than the Veloce's and only cost me $30 more), Campy Kashim wheels (I'm pretty sure that's how you spell it, they're basically Fulcrum Racing 7s with campy logoing and were on sale for $20 cheaper than the 7s), deda RHM02 bars, fizik white preformance tape (it's supposedly the easiest to clean white tape out there), Deda Zero2 stem, cane creek integrated headset, continental gp4000s tires, tifosi carbon seat post, and I'm pretty sure I'm getting a white Specialized Evo gel Romin saddle.
However one of my friends owns a Roubaix and he loves it! Dude did a century and a half on it and told me he never felt uncomfortable on it!
SkarTisu
> maximillious
02/26/2014 at 14:10 |
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Very nice. Bikes don't get a whole lot cleaner than this one.
Just grab a wheel dish gauge and check the front wheel once again.
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maximillious
> SkarTisu
02/26/2014 at 15:25 |
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yeah the front wheel wasnt tightened down when I took the pictures last night thats why its off. I realized after the photos but was just too lazy to reshoot.
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maximillious
> SkarTisu
02/26/2014 at 15:25 |
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And thank you very much... clean was exactly what I was going for