Cougar - Columbus Fluted Tubing

[jackosbournesnr]

Re:

I just did something really stoopid... :facepalm:

 

[jackosbournesnr]

Thought about this...and did a u-turn on the 11 speed groupset.

Stayed modern, but went 10 speed centaur. Front wheel is borrowed from another bike as I still need to build the matching 32-spoker

 

[jackosbournesnr]

Was going to leave it like that until Sunday, but the after-dinner TV was garbage...

 

[zerogravitas]

Gorgeous! Stunning paint. :mrgreen:

 

[jackosbournesnr]

So... first ride.

Just a 30 mile shakedown, but really fun. Hard going into a strong headwind on the way out and then absolutely flew back. Need to tweak the setup a little to be comfortable on longer rides... but she's definitely a keeper!

The Cinelli Giro d'Italia bars that she was fitted with are a bit weird.... very little room on the bottom of the drops so I assume they were designed for hauling on the bends. Theres barely enough room for my less than enormous hands, Ill swap them out when the bar tape gets dirty.

 

[foz]

Very nice! The bars look like they've been cut down, which would explain why you don't have a lot of room on the drops

 

[jackosbournesnr]

Very nice! The bars look like they've been cut down, which would explain why you don't have a lot of room on the drops

I did wonder about that being the case.

So many things about this bike are/were clearly down to it being a high end custom build.

I'd have to laugh if they cut the drops to save weight... this ain't the worlds lightest frameset!