I think your bike is standing a little close to the heater, because it’s melting! 
But seriosly - congratulation of the purchase!
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Factor Ostro VAM
Specs:
- 54cm frame (chrome)
- Full Dura-Ace (including pedals and 11-34 cassette) with power2max NG-SL power meter and Rotor Aldhu 24mm cranks
- Enve SES 4.5 with DT Swiss 180 hubs hand built by r2-bike (Germany)
- Black Inc Aero Bar/Stem 400x110 mm
- Specialized Power Pro Saddle (I am using a Cadex Amp saddle now)
- Darimo Seatpost L350mm
Total weight including finishing kit: 7.3 kg
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At the weekend the weather was so shitty in Germany, that I’ve started the assembling.
After my TR session of course
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Nice build Congrats. It was a close one for me between the Dogma and the Ostro. I think my Dogma is getting heavier than your bike.
What a stunner! Love that colourway 
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Just looking at this thread … I wonder if we could start a trivia game. I feel like I could guess with 80% accuracy where people live (country or region) by the picture bike.
Anyone else feel like this? 
Seeing the beautiful Dogma above made me think I should post my replacement Dogma. This was the replacement for my F10 that was identical in terms of parts, just a little older. My F10 died when I was hit by a truck earlier this summer. Long live the Dogma F 
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Really, why do you think I’m from Germany? Which detail in my pictures gives you a hint of the country? 
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Nice one have fun and stay safe. 
Fun fact I’ve tested the F10 back in 2018, felt directly in love, but at that time I’ve bought a Sworks Tarmac SL6. Three weeks after my purchase I’ve tested the Dogma F10. Than I knew I need a Dogma in my live
My give away was all that awesome Jan Ullrich swag and I “think” the Ullrich paint job??
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The All-City color fades are soooo good.
After 6 years on my 2015 Orbea Orca I finally got a new ride. The Gen7 SL7 Madone. Love it so far. I always snobbed at disc brakes, but they are actually really nice. The extra cog in the back is pretty nice too. Also upgraded from a Stages LR crank to the Wahoo Powrlink pedals.
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New bike day! Yea, it’s rim brake.
2022 Giant TCR Advanced Pro 2, size small
As a 2022 left-over, I picked it up under $2k new and upgraded some bits, as listed below.
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105 Mechanical
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52/36 and 11x30
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Carbon Thompson bar
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LOOK carbon Ti pedals
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Selle Titanium MAX Gel Flite saddle
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King titanium cages
- HED Ardennes RA black wheels
- Conti 5000 AS TR at 65psi
Weighs in at 16.9 without bar tape and Garmin mount & speed/cadence sensor
Rides like a dream. Did a shake-down ride to adjust saddle, bars, and shifters. The seatpost is slammed as far as it will go and I may need about a 1/4" more drop. Might have to cut a bit off the post -we’ll see.
I will cut the steerer tube down once I get some miles on it.
Will be my main ride for the Boone Gran Fondo in August.
May need 50/34 and 11/34 for the climbing in Boone. We’ll see how the training and weight loss goes this spring.
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A friend and I have been on the lookout for a vintage steel roadie for them for a few months. Have had a couple slip through our grasp, but I picked this one up today. I’ll be doing a full resto on it and swapping a few of the modern parts out. I’m very excited.
The 88 Schwin Premis was a one-year model, which I believe was the last year they made in the US. It’s effectively a Schwin Prelude. Mid range road bike at a ‘svelte’ 22lb.
For reference, here’s a completed bike that’s very close to what I’m aiming to build (From Schwinn Premis – Ben’s Cycles Denver (benscycles-denver.com)
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Just in time for winter, I snagged a Fuji Wendigo fatbike.
The build is very low spec but the price was too good. I plan to swap in my old SLX brakes, some ESI grips, and have a fun snowy season with it!
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I still need to do a bit of tuning (and rotate the bars down a bit), but this one almost has a bow on it!
Nearly everything but the wheels and frame are new. Primary, a move much closer to originality with a Shimano tricolor group, DA crank, 
cob cassette, Brooks Swallow, and Nitto bar/stem combo.
Full restoration vid here:
Bridgestone RB-1 Full Restoration: A vintage icon - YouTube
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my first road bike was a schwinn prelude in 1989. mine was yellow but had those same accents. i loved the paramount of that era with the 24kt gold forks and have looked for one on and off through the years. why did you pick this schwinn to restore. i have to believe you might be the first.
I know that Prelude! I think the Premis was effectively identical as a one-year model. That 89 50th Paramount is a beauty.
We didn’t set out to find a Premis. Essentially, my friend gave me carte blanch to find him a semi-vintage road frame. I settled on that late 80s/early 90s time frame because I I feel like that was sort of the peak of that ‘era’ of bikes. Put another way, first gen brifters aren’t better than the outgoing DTs, imo. I also have a love of the very classic horizontal top tube, full height stay geo. We found a few options along the way (Bianchi, Panasonic, and another Schwinn) but they didn’t pan out. We jumped on this one for $150. He’s already got vintage white suede saddle on order. It’s extremely dirty but I don’t see anything that needs replacement.
Interestingly, there are no RB1 or Premis rebuilds on YouTube that I’ve found either.