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History: After successfully building my own time trial bike earlier this year, I decided it was time that I was only racing on my own reations, and thus time to retire my faithful Trek after 11 seasons of service. The aim was to build the lighest frame I could using steel tubing. I was pleased with how the TT bike turned out, so I decided to use a similar style front triangle, albeit with different geometry, and similar internal cable routing. The tubing is a mixture of True Temper (S3 and Platinum) and standard 4130 - some of which I butted myself. I also made the BB30 bottom bracket shell and cable guides. Most of the parts came from the Trek, with the edition of a few more special parts, such as the carbon downtube shifter from Germany. I am starting up with some wheelbuilding again, and so I have some very light Edge rimmed wheels too. Purpose: This is designed purely for road racing - minimalist, light and stiff. Also designed purely for me, with non-adjustable saddle height. With the current build the all up weight is a superlight 12.5lbs; I will get this a bit lower when I upgrade the stem, cassette, fork and cranks - then bring it back up a bit with the addition of rather more durable tyres.....       
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