 But needs more gears!
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 That frame is very impressive, it looks rather chunky, and 3.1lbs is very respectable. If you could analyse the stresses and take unnecessary material out you could probably make that bloody light!
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 take unnecessary material out
Is leaving an entire tube's worth of unnecessary material not enough for you? ;-)
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Great looking machine.
Its good to be different.
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 I am very impressed. I take it Carbon fibre production moulding? is part of you dya job? Looks like there is very little mud clearence by the bottom bracket.
I would love to truly build my own bike.
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 That's amazing. My old man works with carbon fibre from his garage/workshop and I've often thought what his reaction would be if I asked him to make me a bike frame. Suppose its a bit short notice for a Xmas pressie. Maybe next year though :¬)
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I'm more than a little tempted to make a carbon front end for my cracked Mountain Cycle Moho. The back end's fine ;-)
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 So can you just walk into a B&Q and buy this stuff over the counter?
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My Dad's supplier is in Germany.
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 That's really impressive - congrats!
I'm not a science person, but I thought CF had to be 'cooked' in an autoclave? Is it just like laying up fibreglass, then?
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 not convinced on the looks, but bloody impressive none the less. i' also want a bit more tyre clearance, but anyway...
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 Doesn't the seat tube do more than provide somewhere to put the derailluer and seatpost though? I'd have thought it was quite important structurally as well- you don't see many 'hollow' bikes and I'm guessing there's a reason for it...?
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 The seat tube is critically important to the structure of most bike frames. The chances are the frame could be built lighter with a seat tube, but that's not the point of the bike. It's a completely custom work of art that appears to be strong enough to do it's job and light enough to be competitive.
I'd have put an eccentric BB in to to avoid needing the chain tensioner though - chain tensioners take from the clean look of singlespeeds.
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 Kestrel used to make roadie things like that. Triathletes used them but real roadies wanted a seat tube. 10/10 for doing it with commonly available tools.
How about lending it to Saint Mike to test for a week Shane.
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'is leaving an entire tube's worth of unnecessary material not enough for you?' you know what I mean Mike, look at those seat stays and the dropouts, they look like they could go on a bit of a diet!
I'm really impressed it looks so nice too, the finish is excellent!
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Take a look at Damon Rinard's road bike that inspired Shane's project - not only does it not have a seat tube, it doesn't have any seatstays either ;-)
/looks at cracked Moho again, strokes chin
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 "How about lending it to Saint Mike to test for a week Shane."
i'd find out how well a freeride bike holds up before i try anything less hardcore
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 I saw said bike at said merida... he was parked near us and I had a chat to the chap. As i recall, he's not a slight fella, so if it's still going strong, it's a testment to the strength of the thing :)
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 So I am alone in thinking that is hideous then?
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 Oh no Mr P-ness, I think it's a fugly as Jade Goody. It is however an impressive feat of good old British have-a-go spirit and worthy of praise.
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