This is my current go-less-slow bike. It gets the nod on nice days and when I don’t need to carry stuff. While not a true racing bike, it doesn’t hold me back much.

I got it as a complete bike from eBay for cheap. The frame was beat up and the fork damaged in shipping so the seller replaced it with a new Tange one. I took it to the Bicycle Kitchen to align the dropouts, straighten out the derailleur hanger, and chase and face the bottom bracket. I built it up mostly from the parts bin, some local bike shop parts, and some online closeouts, hence the mixture of road and mountain from different eras.

I replaced the so-so Matrix wheelset with an eBay Ultegra/Open Pro set. The original derailleurs and chainrings were damaged when a cheap KMC chain broke after a descent, so I replaced them with nicer stuff. I got a new bottom bracket and swapped the original triple crankset with a decent double setup.

Lately I’ve toned down the colors by switching to 700Cx25 Continental Ultra Gatorskins.