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Thanks a million guys, means a lot!

Almost forgot. The previous owner kept all the documentation. Countless bits from hope, middleburn and others but, most importantly, all the F1 stuff. He even gave me photos of the bike from the 90s. One kindred spirt to another

Thanks a million, hope you like the forks!

All F1 ride!

Is that a mini burner? Nice!

35 years later and that’s still my go to, although the waist on the jeans might be a little bigger

You’re too kind, but exactly the same straight back at you!

Actually, not bad. The bars flex way too much to give any feeling of safety, the frame makes a ‘whooosh, whoooosh’ noise when you pedal hard and, if you stamp too hard you can get the rear tyre to rub the front mech. It’s a real ‘head down, arse up’ riding position, but then it was a race bike...

Frame: Formula 1 DPS composites #22 Fork: Pace RC30 Headset: Mavic 305 Stem: Pace Stem/Steerer Handlebar: Donnay Carbon Grips: Odi Tomac Attack Barends: LP Composite Brakes: FRO Brake Pads:Mathauser Superpads Brake Cables: Clarks Cantilever cable hangers: Microdots Brake Levers: Techlite, gen...

Big thanks to every one on here who helped out, I’ve tried to make sure I mentioned everyone, but biggest thanks to @uno-speedo , @elite504 and @August Bicycles . Their expert assistance is so obvious in the final build quality! It’s another big tick as far as the bikes the teenage me wanted but...

Every bolt was replaced, every thread was retaped, every part was as NOSish and age correct as I possibly could. This was a joint Retrobike build so I had to do you proud and do it right!

Saddle is a 1992 perforated flite courtesy of @Tomianson , seatpost is the original Formula 1 carbon, the rear mech is Mavic thanks to a good friend in Germany, freewheel is a Maillard from the spares box, skewers are Ringle because, why not!

Home stretch now. Italian FRO brakes with hard anodizing matches parts of the Mavic group and are age perfect. They’ve been sat in a box for far too long. Married up with Mathauser superpads and some funky, tiny hangers that I picked up years ago: At the back, the FRO cantis (which are end...

So. Bullseyes and Mavic rings from my collection and a rather nice chap in Germany, the Mavic front mech bolted together out of a few in my boxes, Frankenstein style and a NOS set of DX spuds like the first set I ever owned fresh from eBay and a nicevNOS sedismchain to compliment the black and...

Oh man, that’s purdy!

The bike needs parts. The headset, rims and bottom bracket are Mavic so I’m wanted to continue that theme. Only downside is that the front mech is a direct mount bandless affair like the ones used on Alpinestar, Kirk and others and that would either mean using a shimano front mech, which would...

Now to get this project rolling. Needs wheels. The frame uses a Formula 1 carbon seatpost, that seatpost uses an American Classic head so it felt right to continue that theme with American Classic hubs. This was also driven by the fact that the frame was 130mm spaced and AM hubs can be adjusted...

Where was I? Ah yes, stem… so the issue with the bike is it was designed for cantilevers but the original owner has clipped off the cantilever hanger when converting it to v-brakes, and the Pace stem steerer hasn’t got a hanger either as it was designed for Maguras. Then we have the issue of the...

This is it. What’s the quote - “It takes a village to raise a child”? Well let change that as children aren’t as good as bikes - “It takes a forum to build a bike”