Ed Westrop's Specialized Tarmac Expert

Ed Westrop’s Specialized Tarmac Expert

FRAME

An ivory paint job gives the skip-salvaged frame an understated finish-offset by octane blue saddle and bar tape

GROUP SET

Campag Centaur is sound entry-level componentry that offers up enough gearing for long-distance touring

WHEELS

Hunt Four-Seasons do much as the blurb on the tin might suggest – again specced with ultradistance riding in mind

Video editor Ed Westrop tells us all about his JogLe attempt Tarmac, ‘Blanche’

Contrary to the running theme of this series, my ‘long-termer has only been with me in the short term. I rescued the frame from a skip last year, a fate which seemed rather strange given that there was absolutely nothing wrong with it, or any of the components which it hosted.

Being relatively new to cycling and not yet owning a bike of my own I set out to renovate this abandoned and unloved Specialized Tarmac, which I’ve christened ‘Blanche’, into a long-termer fit for my JogLe attempt later this year.

The frame