Frame has made my day.. [bikes]

Remember the raw metal finished frame from days ago.. turned out that my friend was the one who won it. Kidnapped the frame, brought it home, and made good good looovin like marvin,, heres some pictures of the night:

nice and precise thin lugs..




CHECK THAT ASS!


GIPIEMME dropouts.

Unmistakably a beautiful frame which is even more stunningly gorgeous from close. The frame is columbus tubing, its the first time i held a columbus tubed frame and it feels very rigid and surprisingly light! It looks as if the frame was painted before it was turned into this state. I can see strips of colours of blue on and around the frame and a bit of green on the fork. Seems like the frame has been sand blasted to get this certain look, then, the owner most likely got bored of cycling and bought a Audi R8 or something, hence the frame was picked up from west London. I dont know what is the make of the frame but definitely sure was something done with a lot of effort and would worth a lot of monies!

So yeah, man its all good. The frame is residing at my workshop for now as we are trying to figure out ways to build it. What is most definite is that friend is gonna hook up some Nitto RB-21 bullhorn bars on there. I got a 38cm one, so that should work fine with swerving through the tight traffic of London.

The dilemma is, friend already has a 52cm Peugeot frame, and he's thinking whether if he should build this bike from scratch and sell the Peugeot as a whole bike. OR use the old stuff hooked on the Peugeot on this particular frame and sell the Peugeot frame only. I recommended him to build from start so he has a full custom bike with reference to his likings. But obviously it would cost more money and more time.

and more pics here