It has been at leat 7 years since he last bought himself a bike, his Gios a90, which had become a bit of a frankenstein with many DIY repars throughout its life, was in desperate need for replacement.
With his next bike probably needing a similar lifespan, he wanted something a bit special, with some "wow factor", and equiped with Sram red, and top shelf Easton components, as well as having an integrated seatpost neat cable routing and an impressive carbon weave on the tubing/forks the Arctec was just the bike.
Like a kid at his first christmas, Dad went straight to the shed to start the build when we got home from picking it up and proceeded to assemble it at an incredibly slow rate. Not due to difficulty but due to the time spent starring/admiring the craftmanship and attention to detail, and maybe a little due to our limited experience in assembling bikes from scratch.
"Arctec Frame Ready to be Built Up"
It was decided that the local sunday morning ride would be its maiden voyage, and to make the shock of him actually buying himself a new bike greater, 50mm carbon tubs would be used.
"The Finished Product"
With the special attention the new toy was getting, our dog Tess was feeling left out and insited that she would be in all the remaining photo's
"Tess Checking out the carbon seat rails"
"Tess checkinh out the Internal Brake Cable"
"Tess Checking out the Carbon Forks"
"Tess Tired From all the excitement"
Nice bike there "Old Man" Henry but just remember the bike represents only 10% and the legs, heart and mind make up the other 90%!!!!!!
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