5TH WHEEL TRAINING INSTITUTE

"Fabulous frame, highly communicative and very comfortable.
I bought this compact frame from Chas in? the summer (09) who built it up with Ultegra transmission, Campag Ergo and a range of simple alloy components seleted by him.

A major change was to swop over the steel 531 forks for carbon as a? slightly longer steerer was required.

It has just completed Lands End to Joh O'Groats, covering 992 miles in 10 days and 54000 ft of elevation. It felt more surefooted by the day, and lively on descents.

A year on, I've completed lots of sportives? on the Roberts Sportif, and a longer ride from Lowestoft to Dingle Way, 2 coast to coasts in a? week.

1" Carbon forks, Mavic SSC brakes, Ksyrium SL wheels, Easton and Pro Vibe contact points build up into a bike that tops out around 8kg and I really felt it this year, making light work of 20 percent hills in Pembrokeshire and around the Killarney hills.
Super-stable descents, even on very patchy tarmac top surfaces at 40 mph.

Above all, v. comfortable."

Sorry about the overload of photos of this thing.. I'm pretty psyched about it. More frames like this, I'm sure. I feel like seeing it with the wheels puts it in perspective a little.

Arleigh's going to race it this summer at SSWC.