Here's my bike. I hope this works.

You lucky lucky b*stard!!!! ;-)

Nicely proportioned with appropriate amounts of seat pillar & spacers etc.

Looks like you still got a lot of factory grease on that chain though, some would advise cleaning it off & using plenty of regular chain lube instead, as it can be a dirt magnet otherwise. All v small print, it's a great bike.

That's a great looking bike. Congratulations!

Brilliant build! But then I'm somewhat biased as it appears we have similar taste. :p (see my post) Give us some ride impressions after you've put some time in.

Brilliant build! But then I'm somewhat biased as it appears we have similar taste. :p (see my post) Give us some ride impressions after you've put some time in.

I've had this bike a year now and I like it.............a lot. The rear mech picture was when I first built it. Note how clean the cassette/chain is. That's why it has that new chain gunge on it. I posted some time ago wanting to change the frame to a smaller one. I still do at the back of my mind, but I have a shorter 110mm stem on now to make it fit. This is a 56 c/c. I would want a 54 c/c. Ride wise I can't complain - it handles very well on fast decents as I would expect for a Look and is very comfortable on dodgy roads and on long rides. It climbs fairly well too. I think that's down to me though :D One thing I did notice when I used the bike on the turbo trainer once (I have to use the turbo a lot in this country) is that there is a fair amount of flex in the frame - mainly around the BB area when I pedal. I guess you don't notice these things while out riding normally.

Your bike IS very similar to mine Peterpen. Probably like you I wanted a Look and I wanted Campag so..........tadaa!

SB

PS Thanks for the feedback!

Lovely. The nice thing about the 381/481 (perhaps like the C40/50) is that they (a) have stacks of racing history and (b) are bona-fide classic frames, unlike whatever happens to be the 'latest cool frame to have' each year...

I think Jaja's 481 from 2002 (with Lightweights, DA9 and a Turbomatic) is one of my fave bikes of all time.

CC