Look what we built week-Tarmac SL4 Di2 Saxo Bank
What a joy it is to work in the bike industry when you get to help clients build up their dream bikes and you are having as much fun and enjoyment about the whole process as they are.
This Saxo Bank Build kicked off a couple of weeks ago with a phone call and a simple question asking when are they available?
Well the when was answered so we got to work. The client had a set of wheels in his soon to be posession for this build, the rest of it was still up for some discussion and recommendations.
We talked through the groupsets, crank options, pretty quick decisions here. Di2 and those popular S-Works Carbon cranks.
Bar and stem moved from Zipp Contour to Vuka Sprint, Speed stem and SL145 to the Specialized S-Works shallow and S-Works stem.
Saddle was easy - S-Works Toupe Carbon in white.
A little more bling was needed so the choice to add in some Ceramicspeed jockey wheels in the oh so out of colour Red and the White cable outer and anodized red Brake cable ends. White Bar tape just finished it off nicely.
Pretty sure this is Tim's Favourite build this year.
The paint details on this frame is quite something, its pretty simple from some angles but intricate from others.
This machine weighed in at 6.4kg with pedals and cages in a 56cm with the Zipp 404 Tubs on it. Cant wait to see where it ends up with those Lightweights? The lighter wheels, saddle, chainrings, jockey wheels all add up to be a S#%t hot looking bike. Different enough to stand out, but not to the level that in 1-2 years it looks out of date. He was almost convinced to get the Enve 45's as well until his other wheels showed up.Cant wait to hear how she rides













