Blame the whiskey: Seaboard CR05

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After a glass or two of Teeling, I ordered a Seaboard CR05 today. In comparing geometry to my current bikes, I decided size 56 would be the best fit. It’ll take 3-4 weeks to arrive, so that will give me plenty of time to decide what mechanical shifting hydraulic brake groupset I want to try out. Since I’m starting with a heavy-ish frame, I want to try and keep the components pretty light. I’m open to any suggestions.



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https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=321055

[offspring_fan]

If ever there was a frame to hang a load of purple anodized parts off, that is it 

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If ever there was a frame to hang a load of purple anodized parts off, that is it 

Red anodized is more my taste, but it does seem as though purple is a little more common on AE.

[abedfo]

I ordered one during the black friday sales. With a PayPal discount it cost me a grand total of £253. Amazing value regardless of its quality. I ordered it in blue.

Last week I got a WhatsApp from the seller saying the factory are making some changes to the design and would i ne happy to wait a little while longer. I was like sure, who knows what bike it is coming but ill let you guys know.

I'm going to build it up using parts left over from other projects

Groupset will be a 10 speed unholy mix of tiagra brifters and calipers. 11 speed dura ace FD and 11 speed ultegra rear derailleur (the cable pulls between the tiagra 4700 and later 11 speed match)

Kalloy uno stem, deda zero 100 bar

Elite one seatpost and clamp, 3d printed carbon saddle (all ali)

Got some 50mm elite wheels  where I will try squeeze a 32mm tyre in (trace velo video suggests its possible)

Last but not least will be a riro redhawk carbon crankset.

[User_Name_Is_Taken]

I ordered one during the black friday sales. With a PayPal discount it cost me a grand total of £253. Amazing value regardless of its quality. I ordered it in blue.

Last week I got a WhatsApp from the seller saying the factory are making some changes to the design and would i ne happy to wait a little while longer. I was like sure, who knows what bike it is coming but ill let you guys know.

I'm going to build it up using parts left over from other projects

Groupset will be a 10 speed unholy mix of tiagra brifters and calipers. 11 speed dura ace FD and 11 speed ultegra rear derailleur (the cable pulls between the tiagra 4700 and later 11 speed match)

Kalloy uno stem, deda zero 100 bar

Elite one seatpost and clamp, 3d printed carbon saddle (all ali)

Got some 50mm elite wheels  where I will try squeeze a 32mm tyre in (trace velo video suggests its possible)

Last but not least will be a riro redhawk carbon crankset.

I’m not sure how far along you are in your build, but mine didn’t have clearance for 32 tires. Plenty of clearance on the fork and chain stays, but too tight on the seat stay. I wound up getting 28 tires, which is fine for the type of riding I’ll do with this bike.

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Turned out okay.

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I’ve been riding it a little over the past 3 months, although it’s been relegated to backup duty since I finished the Lynskey R500 build. I was having loads of issues getting the rear derailleur properly indexed on the Seaboard. On the stand, it seemed to be shifting fine, but shifting under load wasn’t smooth, and the chain skipped around on the larger cogs. I was beginning to think that L-Twoo was a bad choice, but I didn’t want to give up just yet. So I ordered a Shimano 105 11-34 12 speed cassette from a local shop and threw it on. The difference was amazing. Turns out the problem was just that the Goldix cassette was garbage. It’s now shifting just as smoothly as my 105-equipped bikes. So yeah, problem solved, and I think I’ll stick with Shimano cassettes for the foreseeable future.

[CycOps]

Congrats that's a nice looking bike. Really sticks out the crowd among all these carbon frames.