Giro Factor LTD, Rapha Edition Road Shoes

We scored just a few pairs of these Limited Edition, Rapha-inspired, Giro Factor road shoes.  Made for the Rapha-Condor-Sharp Road Team, Giro saw the demand and created only 600 pairs of these shoes total.

This pair is #245 of 600, is new in the box, and has the Rapha key chain also labelled as #245.

Size 44, $350.

Beautiful and comfortable, the Factor is in my opinion the best Giro road shoe.  While the Prolight SLX may be lighter, the Factor gets you the EC90 sole and a buckle instead of a strap.

EC90 sole provides unparalleled stiffness, extremely low stack height, and unmatched durability.  The EC90 sole on the Factor LTD has pink accents to match the upper and Rapha-Condor-Sharp team kits.  This is a limited edition colorway that you won't see again.

These shoes come delivered with a Giro/Rapha leather keychain with matching serial number and a Rapha-Condor-Sharp booklet.

Lynskey Cooper - XS with SRAM Force/Rival mix

Here's a sweet "little" build.  An x-small Lynskey Cooper with a nice SRAM mix of components, HED Bastogne wheels, Vittoria EVO CX clinchers, and a Salsa cockpit.

This one was built up for a rider at roughly 5' even, with the intent of beginning the journey into road riding.

Titanium frame, Alpha-Q carbon fork, 700c wheels on this x-small.  Normally on a bike this size we'd really lean toward a 650c, but if you already have wheels and want to make it work, we can.

Beautiful decals are easy to replace.  One of the great aspects of Ti and Lysnkey's finish specifically is that we can take care of it in-house.  We have a few tricks to handle scratches, though you'd really need to do some damage to leave a mark on your Ti frame.  We can also order replacement decal kits in a number of colors to customize the frame.

Lynskey uses a beautiful head badge on all of their bikes.  It's also available as a key chain, a nice touch for the cyclist in your life who has "everything".

SRAM Force, a bit of an unsung hero of the SRAM lineup.  The vast majority of the performance of Red at a much more affordable price.

Independent Fabrication SSR - Rapha-inspired

Does it get any classier?  IF SSR, black/pink/raw Rapha-inspired paint, Lightweight wheels, SR11.  Grabbed this one from 34x18 blog.