wow wild, that looks nice, I usually dont like the white, but that looks great.
I would REALLY like to get mine up and going!

I am digging the Basic Black reminds me of Johnny Cash.

awesome!!! that is pretty much exactly how i want mine to look...you know. if i had money and all.

great job!!

glad i could help out!!

A nice big box of parts came on the ups truck today.. pictured here, with my frame
I can't wait until tonight to dig into this thing.

I am waiting on my wheels and tires to show up. UPS says Wednesday! Three weeks feels like a long time to wait for my wheels to be built.

dmotoguy whered you get the wheels?

dmotoguy - our bikes are going to be pretty similar all-black DV wheelset and brooks buddy. But then again that frame just kind of asks for a stealth bomber build.

Am I the only person who built his IRO with the cheapest **** he could find?

I thought about it, but then my wife convince me I should get decent parts. I still haven't told her what I spent. I think she has a pretty good idea, after I told her that we don't have any savings after I paid for my grad classes and her undergraduate classes. She knew how much that was and things weren't adding up. She doesn't seem to be too happy.

WIN!

^^^^^ i agree for the win!

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blue and white is superclassy.

it's so cool to see how everyone's building these up.

im getting so excited... check it...


I originally planned to do a really nice polish job on the stem and cranks but I might hold off on that for a while..

looks awesome!

for some reason i don't like brooks, but that's probably just because i've never sat on one.

the whole stealth F/A 117 theme gets kinda broke by the war chariot saddle. but again, that's just me.

tangent, i saw that workstand today in performance for like thirty bucks. maybe when i have a house.

so that's what my Brooks is gonna look like!??

seems like the people with the nicest stuff took their time.

A Brooks with that much drop looks painful to the nads.

dmotoguy - What stem are you using? Nice bike!

More nice builds!

My wheels are coming along nicely. The rear is complete and I just need to do a final tension & true on the front.

I am getting anxious; wheels are near! Once I have my wheelset (hopefully today or tomorrow) I am posting pics.

+1. A B17 with that kind of drop may not be all that comfortable.

I am amazed at the amount of money that people are putting into these bikes. I guess maybe its cause I have never ridden a $120 headset or a $50 chain that I dont get it. I just can't imagine riding at $50 chain and saying "man, this is totally 6 times better than my $8 PC-1."

I'm not trying to get people all excited, I think these bikes are awesome, I just still dont fully understand the amount of money people spend....

I decided to spend more, because of how long the parts will last. A Chris King headset and Phil Woods are essentially bomb proof. That is where a good portion of my money went. The Brooks B17 was only $80; my road saddle cost $50 more and is wearing out. I wanted a stick and strong crank set, that had a classic look to it, so I got the Sugino 75. A crank set for $200 isn't that much compared to a road crank set. Just one chain ring for my road crank set was over $80. I looked at it this way; I could get cheap parts and brake them, then replace them or spend a bit more money and not worry about it.

I will most certainly upgrade my frame, because I think the workmanship on this IRO frame was crap. The welds are junk, but I will ride it for a while until I finally decide on a new frame.

Oh yeah; bikes, my wife, and going out with my wife is what I spend my money on, not necessarily in that order. We all have priorities, choose what makes you happy.