Strip and Build of Medium Frame

Stripped Medium Frame

BB Area

It's just about possible to see the top tube profile here.  The Large frame has a round top tube, the medium frame has a round top, but a U shaped lower half

Cockpit installed

Rear Hope Mono Mini caliper

Details are important!

BB installed - Shimano Octalink.  Old inner tube initially fitted to protect chainstay from chain slap damage.  Later in the build this was replaced by a LizardSkins protector - more expensive, but a much smarter result

Ready to roll - first time out was the next day at Llandegla

Very happy with the resulting look

Shimano LX triple chainset

Shimano XTR rear mech

Pace RC39 carbon forks. Hope Mono Mini disk brake, Mavic X317 rims. Panaracer Fire XC Pro 2.1 tyres

Cockpit looks complicated - the Hope brakes are provided with very long hoses, which you have to tidily route best as possible

Cockpit

Strip down of the components took about 90 mins.  However, the importers had fitted some low rent www.bianchibikes.co.uk stickers down the seat stays and they took a painfully slow 2.5 hours to remove.  Grrr.
All the components off the large frame needed a thorough clean down before they could be fitted to this frame - I think it was about 90 mins.
Assembly was under 60 minutes - I must be getting quicker with the practice.
Only new part was the chainstay protector from LizardSkins.
Adjustment of the gears took about 20 mins and everything went perfectly well on the first test up and down the street - except I didn't have the handlebars perfectly aligned, but a couple of mins with the 5mm allen key had that sorted quickly.
First ride at Llandegla the next day.