Originally Posted by mikemowbz

Thanks, Aaron! It's hard to beat in the paint-and-design department, and I love the history of the marque.

I believe Mr. Mulholland was, among other things, a certified coach and a one-time cyclocross champion...after taking up cycling seriously at 32 or so.

I'll be interested to see how it rides, as reports/examples seem to vary a bit (randyjawa seems rather pleased with his, at least).

This one is *shockingly* tight in the rear triangle, with a crimped seat tube for wheel clearance and no chainstay bridge...as there would not have been room. I suspect not a long-distance bike, but could be a lot of fun for fast and short runs - which is often what I can find the time for at the end of the day.

True Temper RC tubing; specs similar to SL, not the heat-treated RCX stuff that had problems. In doing a little research, I noted a forum post elsewhere in which none other than Richard Sachs suggested that RC was among the best steel tube sets ever produced...so a good start with the materials.



Yes! And the seller was right in my neighbourhood - and very reasonable in negotiating a final price and partial trade.

Funnily enough, this was my 3rd go at this bike - passed on sale of the complete bike by a guy down in Ladner in November 2013, then went for it 6 months later when the same seller posted with a more reasonable price. I emailed the day the seller of this frame set went to pick it up, albeit two weeks after the ad was posted (I hadn't seen it). The most recent seller is more comfortable on a touring bike on-road...or a modern MTB barrelling down a hill. Good for me.

The above story is oddly similar to how I ended up with my Proctor, except that the originally seller there was in Tsawassen rather than Ladner, I passed for different reasons the first time around, and I got the frame in the end as a result of a WTB I posted rather than the Proctor being listed by the person who bought originally instead of me. There may be 3 million people in the Lower Mainland, but it's a small world sometimes...