Southwestslacker1
Retro Guru
Not been too active on the building front recently, managed to get in a lot of riding in the spring but the new job has left me very little spare time. Enough about me, I put together a pub bike for another feed but this one is more interesting (far cooler).
I was approached by a good friend (I sprayed an outrageous black and gold Peugeot for him) who wanted me to source a bike for his dads 70th. He was thinking hybrid and safe, his dad got wind of it an had other ideas, I chucked my oar in and said steel.
I’d had this frame in my watch list for a while, a 54cm ‘Steve Thornhill of Birmingham’ in Columbus SLX for £110, it was too small for me, so it just needed a destination.
I don’t know anything about the builder but a handbuilt frame in SLX in good condition was bound to create a pretty nifty whip.
He wanted integrated shifters as he’s a fairly novice rider so I had a brief and a budget.
A bit of trawling and some digging round the garage found a suitable saddle, seatpost, stem, hollowtech BB and wheels. It’s getting some Deda Piega bars, one of the few available with a modern bend and a 26mm clamp size, and a Shimano Sora R3000 groupset. Not the high end but has been taken off an new bike so in excellent condition, but crucially has all internal cabling on the brifters, compact cranks and a 11-34 cassette.
I’m just waiting for everything to arrive before I assemble it but here’s a couple of pics of the frame before I get into it.
Also if anyone knows anything about the builder it would be good to know.
I was approached by a good friend (I sprayed an outrageous black and gold Peugeot for him) who wanted me to source a bike for his dads 70th. He was thinking hybrid and safe, his dad got wind of it an had other ideas, I chucked my oar in and said steel.
I’d had this frame in my watch list for a while, a 54cm ‘Steve Thornhill of Birmingham’ in Columbus SLX for £110, it was too small for me, so it just needed a destination.
I don’t know anything about the builder but a handbuilt frame in SLX in good condition was bound to create a pretty nifty whip.
He wanted integrated shifters as he’s a fairly novice rider so I had a brief and a budget.
A bit of trawling and some digging round the garage found a suitable saddle, seatpost, stem, hollowtech BB and wheels. It’s getting some Deda Piega bars, one of the few available with a modern bend and a 26mm clamp size, and a Shimano Sora R3000 groupset. Not the high end but has been taken off an new bike so in excellent condition, but crucially has all internal cabling on the brifters, compact cranks and a 11-34 cassette.
I’m just waiting for everything to arrive before I assemble it but here’s a couple of pics of the frame before I get into it.
Also if anyone knows anything about the builder it would be good to know.
