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Glad it worked out! Stem/bar combo looks awesome and will suit the frame really well
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If the stem is the chrome one you posted before then it looks like it's made of steel. You should be able to open up the bar hole with no risk of fatigue. One option (I think from Sheldon) is to reverse the bolt so it is screwing in from the back, put a coin across the hole so the bolt screws into the coin and use that pressure to ease the stem open a bit wider.
I think you can also do this with alloy stems but I personally wouldn't as I like my teeth as they are...
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Don't think all quartz movements require small hands - my CWC quartz diver has the same hands as the auto version (no counterweights either) and they're decently sized. Seems fine with the ETA quartz movement.
Seiko uses high torque movements in the 7C46 Tuna movements. The hands on my tunas are definitely pretty beefy so can see why they want extra torque there.
And there are some quartz movement with sweeping hands but the battery life goes way down. Of course if you want an auto that ticks once per second you need to pay big money!
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Plus that subdial looks very lost on that dial - movement doesn't really fit the bigger case. Totally lovely otherwise.
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The cranks remind me a little of Middleburns. Definitely have a high-end 90s CNC vibe going on!
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That’s basically what the Spa Cycles super compact chain set is, so sure it would work https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m8b0s109p3383/SPA-CYCLES-Super-Compact-Chainset-with-Zicral-Rings
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What kind of mountain experience do you have? I scrambled and ran the Snowden horseshoe a while ago - fantastic short day out and will avoid most of the crowds so you can go your own speed. But it’s exposed and quite long - I did it while pretty fit and climbing a lot.
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Such a gorgeous bike - nice to see it on Radavist
Think it's definitely a UK thing post Brexit. I'm in the EU and looking for a new bike. Cannondale SuperSix Evo is €3500 and comes with 105 and heavy wheels. Canyon Endurace at the same price comes with Ultegra DI2 and pretty decent DT Swiss wheels. Still seems like good value to me. Same bike in the UK is £3900 which doesn't look so appealing...