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Yeah, just wanted to cool the jets a bit before everything gets too out of hand.

@wayaway congrats!

Balls. They seem to be still for sale here...

Also just found this Lynskey but seems to be out of stock everywhere.

No need to go all vigilante on his parents - they've done nothing wrong (except raise a moron). It'd be pretty frightening to receive a bunch of letters from strangers demanding cash. One letter explaining the situation in a non-threatening way would do the job I expect

I saw that one but at 900g and €150 it's a tough sale. Whisky a bit out of my price range.

Actually I just remembered the CdF carbon fork. Might try to get ahold of one of them.

One of these maybe? https://spotbrand.com/products/temp-component

Arkose levels of clearance?

Sweet. Hopefully the same model is cheap/still available. Edit: depending on clearance

Is it carbon? I'm considering a non-tapered-steerer carbon fork. Seems like there's only 1, a Kinesis CX fork or something like that. Maybe it was Ritchey/Ridley.

Okay, ignore that stuff about matching spoke lengths. Can someone eyeball this and tell me if it's stupid?

Front

Bitex BX106F	£49	125g
Pacenti TL28	£10	450g
Spokes	undecided	28 * 5g = 140g
Nipples	undecided	~20g
Front total	£59 + spokes and nipples	735g

Rear

Bitex BX106R	£100	230g
Pacenti TL28	£10	450g
Spokes	undecided	28 * 5g = 140g
Nipples	undecided	~20g
Rear total	£110 + spokes and nipples	840g
Total total	£169 + spokes and nipples	1575g

It'd for a gravel/road wheelset and I'm about 80kg. I'm not too worried about low spoke counts as I've been touring on 18-spoke wheels before and never had any problems - something to do with my riding style perhaps. I have a set of 36h, 600g-rim monsters for heavier duty stuff. I would build them myself but maybe have them checked over by LBS as I've only ever built one wheel before.

Can I do better OTP?

test test tesrt

col 1	col 2
	test	tests

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Right, but I suppose if you were forced to replace your 38mm CX/gravel tyres with a 28mm road tyre you wouldn't really have any knobbly bits to worry about anyway.

One minor point about the Pacenti rims that I can see is that they're 28h. 32h would be more practical. But for a tenner maybe it's worth it

Disc/geared. Yeah I suppose you're right, it's not a huge practical advantage. I just like the idea of buying/carrying one set of spokes rather than four sets that are going to get mixed up and cost more. The Marin 4 Corners has the wheels built with only one spoke length and it seemed like a good idea. If it requires expensive hubs that I can't get easily then I won't bother.

Say I wanted to build a wheelset with all spokes the same length so that I only need to take a couple of spares - what hubs/rims do I need? I'm guessing they have to be offset rims?

Hmm, alright. Wanted the option of a narrower tyre just in case I can't find a replacement 35mm tyre while I'm out on a tour or something. Maybe I'll build a 650b set then, as I'll never need to go below 35mm in that size

How narrow a tyre can you get on them though? It's a 23mm internal and the internet suggests anything below 37mm is a bad idea.

Edit, I mean for the 29er version.

Nice, progress. Sounds like you might get this resolved eventually.

My favourite bar tape is SRAM Supercork, is there anything similar but a bit cheaper?

Yeah, I agree with @TomvanHalen. Rack with a basket on top is a nice versatile setup.

Kaffenback currently £32 + £20 postage, 2 hours left.

Are you intending to sell one of them or something? If not why not build up the Equilibrium with "lightweight" stuff for fast road days and the CdF with chunkier stuff for touring and/or comfort?

Also interested in this. Was pondering building something myself.

The ~£16ish SJS cantilever rack is well-rated.

But do you want it to take a sleeping bag, tent, shopping and lager at the same time (in which case I doubt it's sturdy enough)? Or are they just examples of the sort of things you want on it?

Someone who isn't poor, get a 175mm stem made for a laugh

I dig it. Perfectly reasonable to adapt a frame that you know and love to do what you want rather than selling it and regretting it in 5 years!

Why is he called Goat?