Scarab Letras Disc - Chianti not-so Classico

[tepextate]

Hubba hubba, that is amazing! Love the paint job and the aesthetics of the bike.

[livesadventure]

Somehow between my new hardtail and Xc skiing I went two months without riding this beauty.


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[livesadventure]

Road bike playing gravel bike duty . New handlebar bay by SF based Tunitas Carryall is fantastic


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[coffeecherrypie]

Great looking bike. Love especially the classically proportioned head tube!

[livesadventure]

Cleaned her up for a photo shoot today. Low am light pops on the paint so nicely


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[BryanE]

Great paint.
What colors?
Reminds me of the old Michigan Panthers football team color of champagne and plum.
I'm sure it rides even better than it looks.

[herb5998]

Really cool paint, how was the process with Scarab?

[Jad]

I hadn't seen this; it's really nice. The paint is of course, which looks like it's got an organic feel. As an object, the whole thing works so well with the Ritchey fork.

Has your smaller frame fitting continued to work well?

[livesadventure]

Originally Posted by BryanE

Great paint.
What colors?
Reminds me of the old Michigan Panthers football team color of champagne and plum.
I'm sure it rides even better than it looks.

The colors are Chianti and Soft Golden. I actually wanted champagne but the gold was the closest of their 50 or so “stock colors” that come at no extra charge and I wasn’t that picky. The ride is a dream, I always ride a lot of road in the spring and it’s been such a joy to get out on


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[livesadventure]

Originally Posted by herb5998

Really cool paint, how was the process with Scarab?

They were great - Got the bike built through a friend at Scarab USA. Covid delayed it all a bit but it was still much quicker than many custom queues...


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[livesadventure]

Originally Posted by Jad

I hadn't seen this; it's really nice. The paint is of course, which looks like it's got an organic feel. As an object, the whole thing works so well with the Ritchey fork.

Has your smaller frame fitting continued to work well?

Thank you ! As steel road disc bikes become more and more standard, the small tubes and Ritchey fork really help make this model unique amongst the flock of custom frames.

The size change has been great - all of my elbow soreness and lower back pain has diminished thanks to not stretching out the same great lengths as my older bikes


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[livesadventure]

A new saddle and clean drivetrain and the bike feels new again. Been on this specialized power mirror and it is fantastic


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[livesadventure]

Had this bike two years now, luckily it survived a near sale earlier this summer. After my biggest road week in months, and looking at the bar curve, I’ll be getting a touch up fit soon


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[livesadventure]

Will post a better photo soon, but this bike has seen a lot of riding and some major changes recently. A recent fit brought my saddle forward and lower a bit, and I’ll be swapping to 40cm bars.

I bought a set of Roval Alpinist ii wheels and popped on some Vittoria Corsa Next 32 tires. A pretty sweet combo that dropped ~1.5 pounds off the build. It was a good opportunity to replace chain, cassette, rotors and pads after a very wet winter here in SF. Stoked to ride this bike with new vigor.




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