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my master x lite - looks better in the flesh - but they all do

and this - mine are kysiriums as well

pro race light blue might look cool - and Michelin are French

nice looking bike

Have to disagree with previous posts - red looks cool with a white frame - here's mine

agree with the gumwalls and ----------- yellow bar tape ??????

Nice looker almost bought a Cougar some years ago

fitted white saddle - that's it now done :)

close up of chainset and cage - might go for a white Fizik Antares saddle

Been playing a bit with colour scheme amd listened to comments - finished article - this is how it will be - black Elite Ciussi cage , black tape with fizik logo (soft touch), black caps.

So pleased with the swiss stop pads as well - greens have much better modulation and stop better than Campag pads on the centaur brakes (skeletons)

Love my Nago master x lite still but this is just sooooooo good

Try put the point of a nail into one of the holes and hold the nail at an angle then tap the nailhead anticlockwise ??

Sometimes if you get a slightly oversize torx head and hammer it it will give ebnough purchase to get it out - failing that - drill and left handed easy out is the only option ??

a lot less - friend of ours had a mixed frame years ago and because there is no big top tube to tie the top in the frame flexes quite a bit when descending quickly - not A NICE FEELING as you can feel the flex ??

mixte frames pretty scary on downhills - sooooo much flex ???????

hope you're brave !

Tried a variation after comments above - still like the white bars but swopped out my black tape off my Nago - comments welcomed good or bad as I'm still not sure

still got my delta's - polished though - look sooooo cool in black - got me thinking

lovely build.

These guys made me a Nago master decal recently and has loads on his site

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fworldcycledecals.com%2F&ei=lpx8VL_uA8bKaJnWgLAB&usg=AFQjCNFX9SLLOpbx9DlWsaXO354244maVA&sig2=10S4vZG63DQgawqX1W0Dnw&bvm=bv.80642063,d.d2s

frame size mainly determined by leg length ? and I like to be over bike with a straight back and bent arms - almost like a TT position - suits me as I feel almost in the bike.

Thomson don't do a 30.4 - they do a 30 and a 30.6 or 30.8mm - already looked as like Thomson in line

Thanks multigrooves tried the black chainring bolts today and much improved methinks - seat slightly further back as well - now sorted - staying with the white bars

nope - the life tubing is slightly oversize so you need a 30.4 mm post and there aren't too many about that size and didn't want to shim it as the lug is not straight at the top it's got a point above the top tube so would look odd with the shim protruding.

Still playing with seat position and may need to take it back a bit so it will look better as well - quite like the look of a seat well forward ?

Yep - not sure on the red chainring bolts but it came with the centaur red package (rear mech has a red bolt and ergo's have red buttons as well) and thought the black headset offsets the polished lugs ??

Need to get an accurate weight but it is lighter than my Nago - although that's not particularly light compared to carbon but steel is repairable !!! - rough measurement has shown 7.4 kg

Yep - short stem 80mm - problem I have and that probably is why the bespoke is so comfortable is that I have short legs, a long torso but short arms so always seem to be over reaching on stock frame builds

Ordered my first custom frame last May and though I was told it would be 12 week build it took almost 25 to finish BUT it was well worth the wait. Currently ride a Colnago master x lite so the finished result needed to be good and Chaz (Roberts) didn't disappoint. He spent around 2 hours discussing my needs, how I would like the frame to be and what type of riding I will be doing. I am now 59 so racing days are over but still get out most days and do number of Sportives every year including on the continent so we went for steel throughout with a slightly sloping top tube (6 degrees) to keep the frame stiff.

We decided on Columbus tubing (life) with stainless lugs as I wanted some of them polished and I also specced straight and polished steel forks and as Chaz said that my weight (72kg) is around the limit for straight forks (according to tech specs from Columbus) he used Reynolds 953 for the fork design. Went for Chris King no threadset headset.

Went for a nice blue colour with white outlines under the roberts decals and bits picked out in black - loving the paint finish and the polished headtube lugs, rear dropouts, front mech hanger and front forks. Really pleased with the finish - the attention to detail on the polishing and the painting is spot on.

First job was to wax the frame - 3 coats of Meguirs carnuba wax and then 3 coats of Sonus polymer sealant finish.

Wanted to keep the weight as light as possible so went for new wheels (Campag Neutron) with a KCNC lightweight cassette. These are shod with Vittoria Open Corsa SC 700 x 23mm and latex tubes. Also, as I don't race anymore, have gone for a compact chainset with the running gear and brakes a mix of Campag centaur and chorus (black).

Chaz informed me that the life tubing is slightly oversize and he recommended the Fizik cyrano carbon seatpost which I agreed on and also fitted an Antares saddle and decided to fully match that with the cyrano stem and microlight bar tape (have used Fizik bar tape for years).

Finally decided to try Swisstop brake pads and I have say have been impressed so far - went for the green but mounted them on swisstop pad holders and they are working well with the chorus calipers.

All over soooo soooo happy with the result - anyone thinking whether to go for a bespoke frame and not sure - go for it - you won't be disappointed !!

That's exactly what my missus did last week - condor bike well locked they just took her bars, stem, ergo's and chorus brakes, record carbon stem and spech romin saddle - she was pretty angry - her pride and joy of twenty years

it wasn't like that when we went up... Visibility must have been 50m!

brilliant climb in the summer - but the midges :( :(

Just ordered a Roberts road frame as my De Rosa was trashed by some nice person who took a hammer to my top tube whilst parked up in HAMPSTEAD. First bespoke so should be interesting and have gone back to steel recently - forgot how lovely they ride (other bike is a Colnago master x lite)

Will put a thread together on the build

Just ordered a new road frame - really looking forward to the build as it will be my first bespoke. Currently riding a Colnago master which is lovely but just had my De Rosa trashed by some helpful twat who thought it was funny to take a hammer to the top tube whilst locked up outside a cafe in HAMPSTEAD.

well - after an age just got and have built up my Roberts frame, Was told by Chaz it would be a 12 week wait but finally took around 25 weeks BUT has been worth it. Chose the frame to be made from Columbus life tubing throughout - with stainless polished lugs and went for straight polished forks so had Reynolds 953 for them. Had a 6 degree slope put on the top tube to give a bit more stiffness - decked out with Fizik seatpost, saddle (antares) and stem, Campag Neutron wheelset and Centaur running gear

really pleased with finish and glad I went bespoke

changed colours a bit - put black bar tape on (fizik again) and black chainring bolts - looks better