After putting in a bunch of miles on our Sprint Prototype I finally decided it was time to build myself one. I had one painted in sky blue metallic and I am really happy with how it turned out. The metallic flake is very understated but when the sun hits it, it really shines! I decided on black components to offset the light hue of the frame and I think the contrast really works, and it helps the gum wall tires pop. I have been commuting on it a few days now and I am super stoked with it. I went with some larger than average tires because of the number of horrible roads on my commute and the stiff frame and larger tires really work well to give an efficient buy comfortable ride. To fit the larger tires I used the standard brake hole fork, but had it plugged before it was painted. Well here is the components breakdown.
Frame: Superb Sprint Size L
Rims: Velocity Aero
Hubs: Superb
Spokes: Dt Swiss
Tires: Panaracer Pasala Tourguard 32c
Crank: Sram Omnium
Chainring: Superb Prototype
Cog: Profile
Lockring: All City
Chain: Izumi
Headset: Vintage Chris King
Stem: Gran Compe
Handlebar: Euro Asia Imports Cobra
Grips: Oury
Saddle: Superb Prototype
Just finished another Superb Sprint build. This one is for Jamal, a local bostonian who wanted to be able to ride fixed and free. Tom built up the wheelset yesterday utilizing the braking ready H+son SL42′s. Then we finished the build out with Sram Omniums, Cinelli handlebar, stem and post, TRP Brake levers, Campagnolo Veloce Brakes, White Industries Freewheel, EAI Cog, and some super durable Vittoria Randonneur Tires.
There was a meeting of the Sprints at the shop. Cool to see them all in use and built up in different ways! We still have a decent stock of matte black and silver sprints in stock so give us a call or email if you are interested in one!
Jill is a Road, Cyclocross, and Track racer with Pedal Power Solutions and just built up a Superb Sprint to race this season at the New England Velodrome. All of her bikes are black and she continued the theme with her Sprint going with all black parts on the Matte Black Frameset.
Sprint size M Matte Black
Mavic Ellipse Wheelset
Sram Omnium Crankset
Chris King Headset
Cinelli Vai Stem and Seatpost
Fizik Arione Saddle
Izumi Chain
EAI Cog
Cinelli Pista Handlebars
Fizik Bar tape
Continental Gatorskin Tires
We are starting on a Superb Sprint Custom build for Jesse from Portland, OR. This one is looking pretty good so far! Stay tuned for some post build shots coming up soon!
