Condor Fratello Disc Custom
bmxboy10
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I sold two bikes so I could build myself a nice steel disc bike that was good enough to ride all year round. It took a while to come together but I am really pleased with the result and the frame finish is excellent. Hope to have a long ride out at the weekend. May get some decent handbuilt wheels in the spring if I feel it is needed and if Ugo comes out of retirement! 
Frame - 55cm Condor Fratello Disc Rock Shox Blue Custom
Stem, Seatpost and Bars - 3T
Saddle - San Marco Regale Carbon
105 Groupset with RS685 hydraulic brakes and ICE rotors
Lizard Skins bar tape
Mavic Aksium DIsc Wheels
Conti 28mm Four Seasons Tyres
Frame - 55cm Condor Fratello Disc Rock Shox Blue Custom
Stem, Seatpost and Bars - 3T
Saddle - San Marco Regale Carbon
105 Groupset with RS685 hydraulic brakes and ICE rotors
Lizard Skins bar tape
Mavic Aksium DIsc Wheels
Conti 28mm Four Seasons Tyres
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Looks great and I love the colour- picking mine up tomorrow!RIP commute...
Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.0 -
Fantastic looking bike - and I agree about the colour. One quick question about the 3T bars you have on it, how do they compare with the Deda RHM 02 bars you had earlier?0
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Like!Trail fun - Transition Bandit
Road - Wilier Izoard Centaur/Cube Agree C62 Disc
Allround - Cotic Solaris0 -
Fantastic looking bike - and I agree about the colour. One quick question about the 3T bars you have on it, how do they compare with the Deda RHM 02 bars you had earlier?
I never fitted the Deda bars but they are similar to Ergonovas in terms of reach, shape etc. I did not fit the Deda bars as the bars and stem finish were different and that would drive me mad!
The 3t stuff was in the sale so I thought I would go for it - the Dedas are still for sale 0 -
Looks great and I love the colour- picking mine up tomorrow!
Photos then
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https://instagram.com/p/8mzgvtq-Bh/?taken-by=condorcycles
Condor liked it so much they instagrammed it!RIP commute...
Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.0 -
Condor liked it so much they instagrammed it!
Someone doesn't like your choice of tyres, what a philistine.0 -
To the op, how did you fit the hydraulics? Are the brakes already bled and just a case of bolting on (in which case how do you know the length will fit?) or do you cut the pipes to length and bleed the system?0
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[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19719767#p19719767]Arthur Scrimshaw[/url] wrote:
Condor liked it so much they instagrammed it!
Someone doesn't like your choice of tyres, what a philistine.
Agreed!RIP commute...
Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19719767#p19719767]Arthur Scrimshaw[/url] wrote:
Condor liked it so much they instagrammed it!
Someone doesn't like your choice of tyres, what a philistine.
Agreed!
I thought you were going for custom paint?0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19719767#p19719767]Arthur Scrimshaw[/url] wrote:
Condor liked it so much they instagrammed it!
Someone doesn't like your choice of tyres, what a philistine.
Agreed!
I thought you were going for custom paint?
No, I needed a bike this side of xmas! My wife is getting a custom 650c red one though!RIP commute...
Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.0 -
Stunner!0
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love it0
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May get some decent handbuilt wheels in the spring if I feel it is needed and if Ugo comes out of retirement!
Highly unlikely... I love my new job... :oops:
Nice bike though... just need some proper rubber to replace those ghastly Gatorskin
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Great choice of 'generic Ribble winter bike' blue
Nice bike.Insta: ATEnduranceCoaching
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May get some decent handbuilt wheels in the spring if I feel it is needed and if Ugo comes out of retirement!
Highly unlikely... I love my new job... :oops:
Nice bike though... just need some proper rubber to replace those ghastly Gatorskin
The slightly OTT strada bianca tyres were partly to avoid the bloody gatorskins!RIP commute...
Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.0 -
May get some decent handbuilt wheels in the spring if I feel it is needed and if Ugo comes out of retirement!
Highly unlikely... I love my new job... :oops:
Nice bike though... just need some proper rubber to replace those ghastly Gatorskin
The slightly OTT strada bianca tyres were partly to avoid the bloody gatorskins!
Those are nice...left the forum March 20230 -
Ahem.... four seasons UgoMay get some decent handbuilt wheels in the spring if I feel it is needed and if Ugo comes out of retirement!
Highly unlikely... I love my new job... :oops:
Nice bike though... just need some proper rubber to replace those ghastly Gatorskin
glad the job is going well but surely you still have time to do what you really love 0 -
glad the job is going well but surely you still have time to do what you really love
To be fair, building wheels is fairly trivial... done ten you can do a thousand without facing any further significant challenge. I've always said it... anyone can do it, there is no special talent involved. I strongly believe building frames is exactly the same... once you've mastered the measurements/calculations and the tricks of the trade, it's just the same job over and over.... only there are more tricks to learn.left the forum March 20230 -
I really like that - would definitely get a disc one if I did it again... Wasn't out when I got mine.
Like the colour. Couldn't take the wait for the custom colours myself!0 -
I decided that I wanted something different and the custom paint was one way of getting that. It was not cheap but was worth the cost and wait in my opinion. The bike rides really well and is every bit as good as the carbon Cinelli it replaced. In case anyone is thinking of buying a Fratello or a "do it all bike" I would really recommend one of these. Condor are great and the guys in the shop and the finished product is first class. Though this is no lightweight it really does offer the best of all worlds and in my view is much nicer than a CX bike (unless you are a CX racer etc).
Have to say I also feel the new 105 is all the groupset most people will ever need and I would not want to go back to calipers as the hydraulic brakes are great. I also think the 3.2mm Lizard skins bar tape is amazing, really grippy and comfortable.
Thanks for all the nice comments too.0 -
Looks fantastic other than the angle of the shifters.
Still if it is comfortable, then good job!0 -
Made a few changes
Brooks Cambium C17
Pro Lite Revo Wheels
3t Blue/Black Bartape
Speedplay Zeros
Cage and Headset Spacers I had laying around that match the colour very well!
Happy now...
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A nice frame, spoilt by a poor build unfortunately. I don't know why people seem to struggle with the little details.0
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solboy10 wrote:Thanks for the positive comments it's my bike and I'll do what I want. fool
As long as you're happy.
Personally, if I was building up a lovely steel frameset, I wouldn't then bodge it together. I mean that cabling is shocking; it's resting on the forks crown FFS. They all need at least 5cm trimming off them.
Then there's the seatpost.....when have 3T ever made a good seatpost?
Never.
Setback post with the saddle pushed right the way forward????? WTF
The coloured stem spacers. Good god, are you a fourteen year old? And why so many of them? Its not a shopping bike. Although judging by the single bottle cage, the shops is probably as far as it gets ridden.
I could go on, but I've run out of internet.0 -
run out of Internet! :roll:0
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Well as you think I'm only 14 guess we'll have to wait a while t w a t0
