PVD Road Bike

The Drama

A new road bike for me. My first new road bike in about 12 years. I wanted the bike to be modern, perform, and look fantastic. It looks fast standing still!

Sadly, two dramatic events went into the slow and painful course of this build. Firstly, I broke the first rev on the alignment table. Second, and more importantly, my wife decided to divorce me during this time. It was hard to focus on much and added a bunch of time to the build. Gladly, we are both still friends.

Tubes

Initial Build

Down Tube - HOXPLAT07, 31.8mm, 620mm, 7/4/7
Top Tube - HOXPLAT02, 25.4mm, 580mm, 7/4/7
Seat Tube - NOVA External Butt Seat Tube, 28.6/30.0 X 520 $15.25
Chain Stay, Drive - Dedacciai CRMO Road 24mm Chainstay, 16/30 OVAL, Straight, $15.92ea, Bent 7.5 Degrees.
Chain Stay, Non-drive - Dedacciai CRMO Road 24mm Chainstay, 16/30 OVAL, Straight, $15.92ea, Bent 7.5 Degrees.
Seat Stay - TT1-SSX1C, 16mm to 11.25mm ST, 600mm, 0.6mm wall

Bottom Bracket - PVD Hollowtech II Shell, Road, 86.5mm wide x 1.75" Ø
Dropouts - 58 deg. Paragon Road
Braze-ons - Paragon

Problems

Broke the frame on the alignment table. This was due to drilling the waterbottle holes before aligning. I would not have done this, but I was killing some time while dealing with a different issue.

2nd, Revised Build

Down Tube - Dedacciai DED-AMDT-969, 31.8mm, 650mm, 9/6/9, $16.85
Top Tube - Nova NOV-CRTT-858, 25.4mm, 600mm, 8/5/8, $10.70
Seat Stay - TT1-SSX1C, 16mm to 10.5mm, 560mm, 0.7mm wall, $15.25
Chain Stay, Drive - Dedacciai CRMO Road 24mm Chainstay, 16/30 OVAL, Straight, $15.92ea, Bent 7.0 Degrees.
Chain Stay, Non-drive - Dedacciai CRMO Road 24mm Chainstay, 16/30 OVAL, Straight, $15.92ea, Bent 7.0 Degrees.