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Yes! Reading @TM's thread reminded me I needed to update and I took the opportunity of a bit of sun this morning to take some very average photos.
Very happy with the colour in the end, its bright enough but not too bright and it looks good with the tan walls of the tyres I think.
I put some knackered old shimano pedals on it I had going spare, but I kind of like how the silver picks up the silver from the cranks, derailleur and calipers. Got some stainless steel cages from planetx but I may have a go at plasti-dipping them because I think they would look better in black. I think I will leave the spacers underneath the stem but I need the steerer cutting down a bit again. Was considering maybe getting some green spacers and a green seatpost collar to go with the green 853 sticker, also considered orange but not sure yet.
I rode it to St Albans for its debut ride, it pissed it down for about an hour at the beginner which put a bit of a dampener on it, both literally and metaphorically but the bike was great, felt fast, comfy and I even took it off road a bit. First time I have ridden something made out of 853 tubing and it felt very stiff.