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Bought the Avian Store ultra light cages for my upcoming build and they just arrived (a week ahead of the estimated date).
I have the Carbonworks version of these cages (plastic coated) and, to be honest, there’s quite a bit of a difference to the quality of finish in favour of the Carbonworks BUT the weight comes in almost the same (the two Carbonworks cages with bolts totaled 18g vs. the ones I just received that total 17.3g with bolts).
I’ll keep the torque fairly low, but initial impressions are promising.
Thanks for the tip upthread.
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Thanks @Chopsicle and not to worry!
I presume there will be the standard pockets on the legs, too?
EDIT: You answered this question above. Must try harder. C-
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Any news on cargo bibs @Chopsicle?
Wanting some to start using from Spring and would rather get Albion than another brand.
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Will be sure to do so 👌🏻
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It may not be an interesting enough build for Tobias, but I’ll have a word!
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For anyone interested, I ended up ordering a Seka Exceed RDC and it’ll get some parts off another bike. Seems to be an 8 week turnaround.
Shall provide feedback for anyone interested, but basically my reason for going this route is that I wanted: (i) an aero frameset that wasn’t a boat anchor (no real use case for “full aero” in Japan as it’s too mountainous); (ii) threaded BB (this is T47); and (iii) clearance for 700 x 30 or over (there’s some races with some gravel here that better suit wider clearance).
Originally I’d wanted an SL7 or perhaps an Ostro, but both are mental prices and shite availability at present. Time will tell, but this doesn’t seem to be too far from those framesets.
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Thanks for the input. As I could’ve predicted, I dallied too long and the sale ended…
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What temperature are people wearing the ultralight insulated jacket down to and for what types of riding (training, endurance, etc.)?
Bit torn between that and the regular insulated jacket or gilet, but it seems the ultralight would suit more (including packability)!
Also, I’ve looked about sizing above, and seems same or similar to Rapha Pro Team. Is that about right?
Unfortunately had to abandon it!
All the lockdown-related issues in China and other problems meant my March ETA turned into “maybe May.” I have a race in June for which I need to get used to a new bike, so ended up getting an SL7 (a friend works for them so got a decent discount).
A shame as I was looking forward to trying it out and it looked really decent.
New bike below (it has the forum-approved ultralight bottle cages, so maybe it counts…).