Saturday, October 19, 2024

Full build- steel road frame with GRX/Ultegra


 Yes- every once in awhile I build a full bike and this one is for a son of a customer who had bought a frame from me in the late '80's. The son is in his early '30's so I guess that gives you an idea how long I have been at this craft.

The build:  The drive train is Shimano GRX-810 as the customer wanted mechanical shifting and 11 speeds on the cassette. Since it is a road bike the crankset had to be Ultegra to get road-size chainrings. The wheels are also GRX, a medium depth carbon rim.. The bars are Enve aero with internal cabling but not internal in the stem or the frame-this made sense with the mechanical drive train. It is still a very clean look. 

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