De Salvo Steel Frame

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  1. Pain Freak

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    Damn, how can I get so excited and it's not even my bike!
     
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  2. MTBMaven

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    Great article thanks!
     
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  3. MTBMaven

    MTBMaven This is Shangri La

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    The frame is done!!! And should be shipped today!!!

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    MTBMaven, Aug 8, 2008
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    nice, the lettering turned out hot
     
    Burner, Aug 8, 2008
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  5. MTBMaven

    MTBMaven This is Shangri La

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    I really like the details around the water bottle mounts and the fork lugs.
     
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    can't see the fork lugs.

    I have those same "stars" around the bottle mounts and removable cable stops on my Vulture.
     
    Burner, Aug 8, 2008
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  7. Pain Freak

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    Come on already! It's 08-10 and still no pics?
     
    Pain Freak, Aug 10, 2008
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  8. Burner

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    Brian... did you see Cannondale's new lettering for 09?
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    J_Sims tattooed scumbag !!!

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    I hear lawsuit. I've already discussed the situation with my lawyer and he is preparing our position. More latter.
     
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  11. MTBMaven

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    Not that I'm sitting on the edge of my chair waiting in excitement or anything...

    Aug 13, 2008 3:50 AM


    On FedEx vehicle for delivery


    SUN VALLEY, CA
     
    MTBMaven, Aug 13, 2008
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    can't wait to see her. she's gonna be purty!
     
    speckledtrout, Aug 13, 2008
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    Hour after hour went by today. I checked the FedEx Ground tracking site several times an hour after 4 wondering if by some chance they failed to deliver my new frame. The lady who works the front desk leaves at 5:30 and FedEx arrived at like 5:25.

    I opened the box like a giddy little school girl. WOW!!! After 5 months of waiting my frame was in my hands. A beautiful red and white machine. I called Steve at Open Road to see if he was available to install my headset so I could start my build. Of all weeks for him to have power problems. The message says he's been closed since the weekend. I'm not sure I trust anyone else to install my headset around here. Push comes to shove by Friday I will hit up Velo Pasadena.

    After a long dinner of killer Thai food with my wife we headed home to tear down my LeMond and start building the DeSalvo. The tear down was a breeze. Wow that frame and fork are SO LIGHT. Crazy light. That's going to be missed. Next I got through as much as I could tonight.

    QUESTION: My plans were to wrap the bars with a light brown elk skin cover and eventually get a brown leather AnAtomica saddle. However looking at the bike with the black saddle and black tires, I'm thinking staying with the back saddle and getting black elk skin bar covers. What ya'll think?

    Now on with the photos... Enjoy!
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    The fork, which I think turned out beautifully!
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    Sorry these photos turned out terribly
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    And for the build so far...
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  14. MTBMaven

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    Finally the build is basically complete. Photo quality kinda sucks, poor lighting.
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    I found this bottle of beer with a perfect top for my new build. The colors match almost perfectly. The beer is actually killer double Belgian Ale too!
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    MTBMaven, Aug 17, 2008
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    lookin' good! i think you made the right choice with the black seat/tape. if the red was more maroon, i'd have said that the brown would look sharper, but with a blood red, the black definitely rocks!
     
    speckledtrout, Aug 17, 2008
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    Kind of hard to say without seeing it but I already had a picture in my mind of how it'd look and now it just doesn't seem to be wheat I imagined.


    Anyways it turned out great and better then I thought. Now I want a custom bike to go along with my next new bike.
     
    Pain Freak, Aug 17, 2008
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    Turned out very nice Brian... looking forward to hearing how she rides.
     
    Burner, Aug 18, 2008
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