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Yes I did. I bought the bike as a frameset and one was zip tied to the drop out.

The Fuego in the medium frame with a large seat. The seat had slipped at the clamps a bit but it is pictured with the ride height on the bottom slot. Here is an earlier incarnation (different chainset) but a bit clearer.

The crankset is a 10 spd Tiagra. 30/39/50. 170 mm cranks. The rest is all XT but I could not get an XT Chainset in the ring / crank sizes I wanted. The bike is to be used on this years European tour so it is geared for that. The rear mech might struggle with the chain wrap but my plan is to substitu...

In the past twelve months Ive ridden only uprights. Due to a knee injury I did very little riding for the last six months of last year. However, after quite a few delays and a change of configuration I finally got a proper ride in today. I've bult it as a 3 x 10 gearing but with 11-36 cassette. At t...

I cut steerers freehand. Use some masking tape and mark all round where the cut is to be. I then make up to three cuts at different points on the circumference. Once the cuts meet up any minor discrepancies can be filed out. Just make sure you measure twice / thrice and cut once!

Have used an upright tourer along with my 'bents for several years. Certainly on hillier routes it works well. Last year though I found myself without a bent and turned back to uprights for all my riding. However I did miss the bent, especially for touring. Apart from the comfort I missed the view y...

Your welcome to come and have a seat on my Fuego. As others have said seats do vary.

Well after setting the bike up with superman type bars I've reverted to tiller. I didn't feel as comfortable as I expected with the superman bars. I think this is because the grips are almost level with my shoulders. Looking at images from my gaucho days the bars were set a little lower (or the seat...

I've always used tiller on the Fuego, but I have a set of superman bars on a Performer stem in the shed. After reading the experiences of a few of you I may give them a try.

My first ever 'bent was a Fuego. I found it a bit too 'twitchy' for me and moved on to a succession of high racers. Then David at Laid-back loaned me his demo bike. What a difference. The accumulated experience of bent riding had ironed out that twitchiness and now it felt as stable as a stable thin...

My yellow 2016 Equilibrium disc is on Ebay at the moment. Less than 100 miles and like new. :wink: At the asking price you could quickly and cheaply lower the gearing and still be cheaper than a discounted new bike. My other Equilibrium is also 105 and I've lowered the gearing on it to 50/34 and 11 ...

Have a look at the Rapide range. Tall stack height and carbon.

When I built my son a bike earlier this year ( CdF with 105 11 speed gearing) the technology was no different to when I Built my first good bike in the 60's. I followed the instructions and had 20 perfectly indexed gears with no problems. Just tolerances are a bit closer. You lost 2 gears somewhere...

I've been following and enjoying this thread over the last couple of days. Most of it comes down to personal preference. To my mind there haven't been many technological changes just better design. Pedals are the only fundamental change I can think of. When I built my son a bike earlier this year ( ...

I kinda agree with most of the last reply. I started serious cycling aged 15 in 1964. Ron Kitchings everything cycling and the ads in cycling weekly were pored over. We eat slept and breathed campagnolo hubs and fiamme rims! Nothing's changed except the market has grown to match our rising incomes. ...