This is what is so cool about this hobby, how differently we see things and how alike we see things.

For me most of the time I'm picking function over looks. This is a fast bike and I want to optimize that. I've had three different wheel/tire combo's and the ones on it now seem to be the best for giving me what I want out on the road with this one.

And the more I thought about it the more I think the black cockpit is going to make that frame pop. So that's where I'm taking in. At least that's how I feel right now.

But then I think the actual builder deserves his due. I pestered a lot of people on this one and have not found any connection to Ribble at all. Without a doubt it's a Eddy Martens made bike. Ribble did not make it or have it made, Ribble didn't even repaint it according to their records. And I have found no link of it being a Ribble team bike from years past. So I think it's cool to honor Eddy Martens by putting his name on it, maybe...... May just leave it as it because it looks pretty cool to me.

One thing strange I ran into with the Noodles Saturday was a fit issue with a brand new Deda Murex stem. For sure the Noodles are bigger in the clamp area than either the Soma's or the Cinelli Giro d' Italia bars I've paired with the Deda stems before. Need to break out the caliper and see what's going on there. I tried using them on the Wayne Evans bike as I built it back up.

Oh and I even considered grabbing a brand new black groupset to put on this to really go all black but told myself to quit thinking about spending more money, LOL!