Carl Strong's work is top notch. This bike is beautiful in both design and the detail of execution (as is his communication, process, etc.). Flawless welds, plus a few unique items touches.
The strong head badge is all class. The pink Chris King headset matches the pink King bottom bracket.
See the brake cable routing? Nope, you can't really. Internal in top tube, exits through rear integrated seat mast. Very clean look - that's a great custom detail. Idea was to have the Ultegra Di2 battery pack in the seat mast above it with the Calfee kit, but the wiring harness is different from the Dura-ace version, so no-can-do just yet. Still very nice - the Ultegra shifting is flawless, and most of the wiring is internal, other than the battery pack. Cockpit is all Ritchey WCS - very nice stuff.
Note the Ritchey seat mast cap has been painted white... for style points to coordinate with the Terry Butterfly (and coincident pink logo again actually goes well).
Wide HED Ardennes SL wheels are impressively light and are shod with 25mm Continental GP4000 tires. Smooth as butter, and those tires have great life and low service needs - they're very puncture resistant.
Ultegra touring brakes, high clearance carbon fork, and more clearance in the rear allow for cyclo-cross tires.
Happy camper and big fan of Carl Strong's work. A very simple, yet very refined machine. Beautiful. Thanks Carl from both of us.
That bike is ridiculously nice... Can't wait to see it in person!
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