White frame....Black and Silver accents....

DG must be rolling around on his back kicking his feet in the air..:D

On the truck, schedualed delivery 12/21.

White frame....Black and Silver accents....

DG must be rolling around on his back kicking his feet in the air..:D

On the truck, schedualed delivery 12/21.

The color combination sounds classy! Can't wait to see the pictures.

who's the builder?

White frame....Black and Silver accents....

DG must be rolling around on his back kicking his feet in the air..:D

On the truck, schedualed delivery 12/21.

I'm verklempt! :D

who's the builder?

I would guess the builder will be a guy who goes by the handle maddmaxx.

I think it would be inappropriate for MaddMaxx to ride white.

Somehow the tune just doesn't work with, "I'm dreaming of a carbon fiber Christmas."

OTOH, I kinda like "I'm dreaming of a bike Christmas."

OTOH, I kinda like "I'm dreaming of a bike Christmas."

Me, too.

Thread is useless without pics. Just sayin'.

Me, too.

Thread is useless without pics. Just sayin'.

Hate to say it but My new frame will be C.F? have some white on it but that can always be sprayed over, and will arrive just before Christmas.

Hate to say it but My new frame will be C.F? have some white on it but that can always be sprayed over, and will arrive just before Christmas.

:eek::D:eek:

Et Tu Stapfam?

I'm verklempt! :D

"Hi, I'm Neil. Nice to meet you, Verklempt."

Hate to say it but My new frame will be C.F? have some white on it but that can always be sprayed over, and will arrive just before Christmas.

New road bike so soon? Is this one intended to replace the gold bike or is it for a different type or riding?

New road bike so soon? Is this one intended to replace the gold bike or is it for a different type or riding?

Please do not get me wrong but the TCR C is to replace the OCR3 that is now not up to the type of riding I want to do. Plus the fact that The TCR is at a special price and the sale of the OCR is at a good price.

Boreas will still be the main bike- but The TCR will probably be set up slightly differently for those rides that do not involve hills- or rather- steep hills. Comes to that case of not just being a "Fair Weather" rider. Boreas is too good a bike to use for the Midweek evening rides on the rough roads that I use, so the TCR will be a cheaper bike to hack around and not be too worried about.

New road bike so soon?

This should have been written as ...

New road bike so soon!!! Way to go Stapfam!

Its like an avalanche.....Curtis orders a frame..BD posts pictures of a build..................and their off. Suddenly the prices seem a little better...maybe there is some redeaming value to winter after all. :beer:

Please do not get me wrong but the TCR C is to replace the OCR3 that is now not up to the type of riding I want to do. Plus the fact that The TCR is at a special price and the sale of the OCR is at a good price.

Boreas will still be the main bike- but The TCR will probably be set up slightly differently for those rides that do not involve hills- or rather- steep hills. Comes to that case of not just being a "Fair Weather" rider. Boreas is too good a bike to use for the Midweek evening rides on the rough roads that I use, so the TCR will be a cheaper bike to hack around and not be too worried about.

That makes sense. I always try to make my new bikes fit a new niche or improve on a an existing bike. I try to avoid duplicates, so the replaced bike either gets sold off or (more likely) gets converted to a different purpose.

And despite what the ram-headed one said, the way I asked the question got the answer I was after. :p

Now you guys are getting into the Christmas spirt, good going.

Now you guys are getting into the Christmas spirt, good going.

Make mine a 20 year old Cognac.



Now we are onto the real spirit of Christmas- I can recommend a British Ale that even I think is superb. It is called Spitfire and was named after the plane of that name. It is brewed by Shepherd and Neame- an old Kentish brewer. Ridiculous thing is that I cannot find it very often in the UK. I have to go to France to get it- but I will be thinking of you all on Christmas day when I tuck into the couple of cases I have got.

http://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/acatalog/Beers_of_Europe__Shepherd_Neame_21.html

Scroll down the page to find it.

White frame....Black and Silver accents....
On the truck, schedualed delivery 12/21.

My new frameset was mailed today, from some place called Ohio. It is shown below. Basically red (that's a Christmas color) and black (that's not). I am enjoying the build up to the, er, build up.

My new frameset was mailed today, from some place called Ohio. It is shown below. Basically red (that's a Christmas color) and black (that's not). I am enjoying the build up to the, er, build up.

Well. Yours and mine are schedualled to arrive on the same day. Now...........what do we need to go with it................Cables (always need new cables)...............hmmmmm.

Well. Yours and mine are schedualled to arrive on the same day. Now...........what do we need to go with it................Cables (always need new cables)...............hmmmmm.

I have the handlebar (Deda), stem (Ritchey), crankset and bottom bracket (Shimano Ultegra compact double/Hollowtech II), and seatpost (Easton EC70), 12-27 cassette, Dura Ace chain and . . . is that it? A seat?

And CABLES, darn, I knew I needed cables. Maybe brakes too. Probably a good idea. Man, this is going to be fun!

What's your estimated build time? And Stepfam, how about you?

Build time would be about 4 hours if I had all of the parts I was going to use. However, as always happens, I might like to replace a couple of the parts I could use but want better. (a new fork for example)(a brake cable "splitter" so I can have a 3rd brake lever)

Now that I've broken tha bank I might have to gather my breath for a couple of weeks.