I'd posted a pic of this frame in my imp thread and I decided to share it here because I'm so happy with the result.
I have been fancying a posh road bike for some time now after selling on my 853 Fetch road bike a few years ago (Fetches were a very limited run of custom build road frames from the 90s by some fella called Andy who build some commonwealth bikes?)
Since moving back to NZ after 10 years spannering on bikes in Oxford shops I have mainly been using my 2009 Genesis Croix de fer cyclocross bike as my roadie. Suits me due to the abundance of gravel roads and suitable singletrack where we live.
But I wanted something lighter and stiffer for pure road rides. So I have been watching the various sites online. This CR1 pro frameset popped up on trademe for $80nzd buy now - cheap because it had a loose BB shell insert.
I bought it and had a friend bring it south when visiting for a classic car meet.
Pretty much my size and in otherwise fine condition.
I managed to free off the two BB insert halves spinning loose in the frame and clean them up in the lathe. Then I epoxied them back in place with my favourite JB weld, clamping them with a spare set of tiagra cranks so making sure the cups were aligned.
While this took place I kept a look out for a cheap road bike I could get all the parts from. Then I struck gold! A fella who lived about 60km from me was selling a smaller framed Scott Addict, the higher end one with the intergrated seatpost and complete with almost full Dura-ace groupset, Ultegra chainset, TRP calipers with Ti bolts, nice Sram wheels and some nice Orbea carbon bars. All for $500nzd start bid. I expected to be outbid but I think that a combination of his location plus a fairly basic advert meant no one else was interested. Bingo! I had my parts plus a posh frame I could sell on.
I stripped it down and sold the frameset on for $300. Then I began the painting of my CR1 frameset. I chose a colour not to dissimilar to my spare Hillman Imp car. A nice pastel green. I had a look in mind. Painted it with 2 pac paint and it went well- I was expecting the usual flies to land somewhere and get stuck but I was lucky this time.
I let the paint harden properly for a few days and in that time a nice carbon seatpost arrived in the mail from Ali-land. (the one thing I was missing since the addict had a integrated seatpost)
Now I had everything I needed I could start the build. Its been raining all day here today so this afternoon was spent in the comfort of the workshop, music blaring, as I tinkered away - taking my time to enjoy the process of building a minty fresh frameset.
Its turned out great and really looks spot on I think. I very happy with it...
Not a bad weight either!... (16lb in old money)
I added up the costs.
$80 frame
$500 Scott Addict bike,
$62 carbon seatpost,
$30 paint
Then sold Addict frameset for $300
Total bill comes to $372 for a top quality carbon frameset with an almost full Dura-ace groupset plus carbon bars/post/nice wheels. Bargain!
Next thing to sort is some stickers and bottle cages. I'm probably going to go for a suitable older style font similar to what the lemonds had.
Hopefully the weather clears tomorrow so I can head out for a hoon - maybe knock out a few hillclimb PBs on Strava ! Its a decent amount lighter than the steel CDF and a fair bit more stiffer/direct!
Plus it'll look sweet next to the last bike I built - my singlespeed cyclocross bike - built from an old Jamis exile singlespeed mtb frame, with added singlespeed specific TRP hydraulic road disc brakes and painted in suitable retro colours. I actually spent far too much on this build (the brakes alone were pretty spendy) but I just love riding it!!!
The model name is a curse word take of a statement from a friend, who only rides modern big wheeled bouncy bikes, who kept telling us that Hannah and I shouldn't ride such unsuitable singlespeeds offroad
Alex
I have been fancying a posh road bike for some time now after selling on my 853 Fetch road bike a few years ago (Fetches were a very limited run of custom build road frames from the 90s by some fella called Andy who build some commonwealth bikes?)
Since moving back to NZ after 10 years spannering on bikes in Oxford shops I have mainly been using my 2009 Genesis Croix de fer cyclocross bike as my roadie. Suits me due to the abundance of gravel roads and suitable singletrack where we live.
But I wanted something lighter and stiffer for pure road rides. So I have been watching the various sites online. This CR1 pro frameset popped up on trademe for $80nzd buy now - cheap because it had a loose BB shell insert.
I bought it and had a friend bring it south when visiting for a classic car meet.
Pretty much my size and in otherwise fine condition.
I managed to free off the two BB insert halves spinning loose in the frame and clean them up in the lathe. Then I epoxied them back in place with my favourite JB weld, clamping them with a spare set of tiagra cranks so making sure the cups were aligned.
While this took place I kept a look out for a cheap road bike I could get all the parts from. Then I struck gold! A fella who lived about 60km from me was selling a smaller framed Scott Addict, the higher end one with the intergrated seatpost and complete with almost full Dura-ace groupset, Ultegra chainset, TRP calipers with Ti bolts, nice Sram wheels and some nice Orbea carbon bars. All for $500nzd start bid. I expected to be outbid but I think that a combination of his location plus a fairly basic advert meant no one else was interested. Bingo! I had my parts plus a posh frame I could sell on.
I stripped it down and sold the frameset on for $300. Then I began the painting of my CR1 frameset. I chose a colour not to dissimilar to my spare Hillman Imp car. A nice pastel green. I had a look in mind. Painted it with 2 pac paint and it went well- I was expecting the usual flies to land somewhere and get stuck but I was lucky this time.
I let the paint harden properly for a few days and in that time a nice carbon seatpost arrived in the mail from Ali-land. (the one thing I was missing since the addict had a integrated seatpost)
Now I had everything I needed I could start the build. Its been raining all day here today so this afternoon was spent in the comfort of the workshop, music blaring, as I tinkered away - taking my time to enjoy the process of building a minty fresh frameset.
Its turned out great and really looks spot on I think. I very happy with it...
Not a bad weight either!... (16lb in old money)
I added up the costs.
$80 frame
$500 Scott Addict bike,
$62 carbon seatpost,
$30 paint
Then sold Addict frameset for $300
Total bill comes to $372 for a top quality carbon frameset with an almost full Dura-ace groupset plus carbon bars/post/nice wheels. Bargain!
Next thing to sort is some stickers and bottle cages. I'm probably going to go for a suitable older style font similar to what the lemonds had.
Hopefully the weather clears tomorrow so I can head out for a hoon - maybe knock out a few hillclimb PBs on Strava ! Its a decent amount lighter than the steel CDF and a fair bit more stiffer/direct!
Plus it'll look sweet next to the last bike I built - my singlespeed cyclocross bike - built from an old Jamis exile singlespeed mtb frame, with added singlespeed specific TRP hydraulic road disc brakes and painted in suitable retro colours. I actually spent far too much on this build (the brakes alone were pretty spendy) but I just love riding it!!!
The model name is a curse word take of a statement from a friend, who only rides modern big wheeled bouncy bikes, who kept telling us that Hannah and I shouldn't ride such unsuitable singlespeeds offroad
Alex
