Appreciate the bit of advice, thanks!

Here's where i'm currently at -- I have stripped all of the finish off the frame except for one little bit under the top headset which will be removed in the next few days. I wasnt planning on stripping the paint off the actual joints which are aluminum -- it just kinda happened when a huge thick piece of goop chipped off the lower BB area. After that it was game on and I'm glad I did! I think the raw carbon and polished aluminum are really going to make this bike pop.

Removing the finish initially started with just sanding but after some research using a razor blaze to scrape the goop/epoxy off worked incredibly well. I havent decided if Im going to get the repo decals but i'll figure that out later. Gonna grab my brothers dremel to finish off the polishing of the aluminum bits this weekend hopefully.





Due to the absence of the crown race for the fork for the S-Pro headset, I just decided to get a new Cane Creek 40's series and be done with it. Still not quite sure how the whole 1" compression plug and 1 1/8" stem/shim/spacers is going to pan out but i think it'll be ok. I have access to a lathe so i might just make some sort of an tapered shim adapter dealio but we'll see when the parts actually get here! Going with an FSA compression plug..

I can't wait to get this bike on the road!