Velo Vie, my first carbon build, rare ?

ascurrell

Here's my Velo Vie, I bought the frameset off a guy on bikeradar. In the process of building it but as I had the camera out thought I would post a pic of current state.
Does anyone know of any other Velo Vies in the UK ? They are from Arizona in the States, well probably from far east originally?
Costs are looking good so far with some decent kit and I will post other pics / details [if you want them] as I go along

Matthewfalle

Tilt 'bars down dude.

Price_jg

Nice. How much has it cost you so far?

tim_wand

Proprietary mould stuff, looks just like my Planet X pro carbon, no bad thing but pretty generic.

ascurrell

Matthewfalle wrote:

Tilt 'bars down dude.

At the moment the bars are like that because in the last three years I've had artificial [two off] discs replaced in my neck, two operations for frozen shoulder and one for impingement of shoulder. Plus I suffer from spondylolisthesis so unfortunately I due struggle to stretch and get position. But I haven't even fitted a seatpost yet so final positions will change.
I only took pics on spur of moment.

ascurrell

Price_jg wrote:

Nice. How much has it cost you so far?

Thanks, cost so far is £754, that's with all the parts inclusive of any postage. Parts include

Frame and fork new condition [never built up before]

Fulcrum Racing 5.5 with Vittoria Diamate pro light tyres, new condition removed from new Cervelo [new USE skewers]

Zipp SLC2 TB full carbon bars
leather bar tape

FSA Team Issue carbon chainset
FSA OS99 full carbon stem [new and genuine]
FSA sl-k full carbon seatpost [genuine] or may fit a Look ergo carbon post

Specialized Toupe Expert [new]

STI levers and front and rear mechs and cassette 5700 series [all new from new bike]

plus other bits, got some good deals on the way I think

ascurrell

tim wand wrote:

Proprietary mould stuff, looks just like my Planet X pro carbon, no bad thing but pretty generic.

Appreciate your comment but the rarity I was referring to was the fact it was a Velo Vie branded bike. The frame although never used is a few years old, it was brought over by someone thinking about starting a franchise up for the brand.

Yellow Peril

Well you don't see one of those every day. Looks like you've built up a well spec'd bike for not a lot of cash. Enjoy!

ascurrell

Yellow Peril wrote:

Well you don't see one of those every day. Looks like you've built up a well spec'd bike for not a lot of cash. Enjoy!

Thanks for the comment, I think I've sourced some good deals, because of health problems [so in no hurry] I've been able to take my time, for example the full carbon Zipp bars [light use] £17 posted

tim_wand

ascurrell wrote:

tim wand wrote:

Proprietary mould stuff, looks just like my Planet X pro carbon, no bad thing but pretty generic.

Appreciate your comment but the rarity I was referring to was the fact it was a Velo Vie branded bike. The frame although never used is a few years old, it was brought over by someone thinking about starting a franchise up for the brand.

Wasn't being critical, I love my PX great frames for the money and you appear to have added some real decent componentry to your build at great value, Your right I ve never seen one of these before, but the lay up and tubeset do remind me of my Px Pro Carbon.

Enjoy, Nothing improves the health more on a physical and mental level then getting out on the bike

ascurrell

tim wand wrote:

ascurrell wrote:

tim wand wrote:

Proprietary mould stuff, looks just like my Planet X pro carbon, no bad thing but pretty generic.

Appreciate your comment but the rarity I was referring to was the fact it was a Velo Vie branded bike. The frame although never used is a few years old, it was brought over by someone thinking about starting a franchise up for the brand.

Wasn't being critical, I love my PX great frames for the money and you appear to have added some real decent componentry to your build at great value, Your right I ve never seen one of these before, but the lay up and tubeset do remind me of my Px Pro Carbon.

Enjoy, Nothing improves the health more on a physical and mental level then getting out on the bike

Thanks for comments Tim, PX are certainly great value. All we need is some decent weather now, I've got 3 inches of water laying outside the back door !!!

djhermer

Looks good. Love it

ascurrell

djhermer wrote:

Looks good. Love it

thanks appreciate that, took my time but getting there lol

RideOnTime

super...