I got this frame in a trade from another C&V member. It's a 62cm, Waterford built Paramount OS. Tru Temper OS main tubes and Columbus fork. When I received the frame it had rust issues and had already been repainted. The paint was nice (although an ugly pink/purple fade), but it obviously hadn't been prepped well as was evident by the rust on the dropouts, bottom bracket shell and top tube.

I had the frame set powder coated in RAL 1003 (signal yellow) to compliment the 6400 Tri Color group I had ready to hang on it. I decided to go ahead and move from 8 speed to 9 with this bike so I'll need to source some 9 speed STIs. I'll probably go with Tiagra or Microshift if new, but I may look for something used.

I laced the hubs (32 rear, 28 front) to new Velocity Aeroheads in Ti Grey with Sapim Race spokes. The tires are Michelin Pro Race 3 (25mm). I'm excited to get it finished and on the road.

I had a lot of help from BF members on the way to getting this one finished. Thanks to:

holiday76: frameset and 6500 headset
JunkYardBike: Nitto Cr-Mo stem
RobbieTunes: hubs, skewers and dustcaps
RogerM: brake calipers
23skidoo: front dérailleur