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Not sure if irony 🤔

Maybe this is why 🤫

Edit: new page; detail photos on previous page

Needs ærœbarzZ!!11

Moar

Love the bottom DT decal near the BB

Some pics; gonna type stuff laterz

Very cool and interesting

What exactly did you modify? Drill those giant 7 slotted holes?

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Okay, I gathered some experience and they look fine but the rear runs still rough though

Put them up for sale anyway

Still loving the redwood

Also nice idea with the lock

Re SKS fron I chopped the weirdly shaped tip off which made it look much more pleasing

Little side project…

Got a free pair of DA 7600 NJS hubs and I had never serviced a hub without sealed bearings before so I thought this would be an appropriate opportunity.

First challenge was to get the cog off without the lever from a wheel/bike to I got the dremel out.

After that I disassembled the hubs themselves; removed a ton of old grease and a lit of rust, too. Further, I spent half an hour for a NEVR DULL (TM) wellness treatment and lastly replaced the most worn-out balls with better ones I had kicking about.

tonight I plan to re-assemble. Front looks much better than the rear but I will still rebuild both for the fun of it

Curious about the end result. Hoping that the front turns out pretty much fine and with the rear one I want to find out what kinda difference (partial) ball replacement makes

PS love the CHILL ZONE rust remover

I rest assured 💆🏻‍♂️

For the full v1be campag rebranded sram would be the icing

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After all these years still amazed by the effort that went into the paintjob on the „wrong“ frame

Still looks fkn FUN!!

You got you some hyperons, too?

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Looks fkn fast 🥵🥵🥵

I feel like full carbon rims would be a great improvement tho. The silver brake flanks somehow mismatch the greyish colorway. And/or maybe its the white decals, not entirely sure.

Pmed re

Some LOOK bits for a 496. Seems to be a plate for an ISP. Bolts and clamps. £free

What Jay said or I thought some knee/balls protection attempt?

In any case I can tell it does not dampen vibrations too well, because when I think of the finalised build, somethings vibrating in my pants…

Oops wrong forum 😇

Oh and many thanks @vpCogworks and @hollow__legs

In other news, after a prequel taking three or four months, I am fairly optimistic right now, that approx by the end of March I can give a little update on the - well, so far - peak of my back and forth trading and optimisation

Watch this space ☝🏼

PS re forks I suggest to look out for one of the caad 7 ones as attached. I think they fit (technically) and they should also match the frame (aesthetically) well

Maybe when they come with a damaged frame (had one in summer but sold em) or a cheap complete bike with shite colorway and components to resell

Since you do not need a long steerer, chances to find something should not be too bad

Wow great catch!

The steerer looks like you git it from factory.

I love this decent colorway with the little blue accents. Also love the little improvements a CAAD5 has over the previous models

Looking forward to your part swap

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Nothing against a playful slightly-too-short-bike for the city if you ask me…

Went the same route with my koga and chose a sz53 instead of a 56 and feels great

Smooth solution re the stem 💆🏻‍♂️

Love how the pump connects SP and the stem 💆🏻‍♂️

Many thanks for your appreciation yall

Yep I think I won‘t be selling this thing for a while. Can‘t vouch in case of unforeseeable events happening but generally really love it.

I think this frame is really a challenge to build up. Ive seen a few builds online with black parts but none of them attracted me. I think I found one build which was mostly pleasing but I think its very easy to fuck it up.

The colorway and also the geo (super short head tube, super fat dt, dr/front wheel clearance fairly wide) are the reasons for this imho.

Thats Why I really made up my mind to find a good balance in parts (25.4 bar instead of 31.8, low rims/high hubs etc). I think it worked out very well.

Re @Glws setback comment I am still unsure which is best but I will not decide thise before I find some money to buy a nitto post.

Double straps might be a slight upgrade some time in the future and real soyo grips. But as said initially I am about to keep it for a while so I am not in a rush to bring it from 92% to 100%

@Tijs thanks, too. I think with the black chain it looks even meaner than with the gold one. Plus aside from the saddle it was the inly part of the LOOK build which did not sell so I took that as a hint to build something around it.

For therapeutical reasons I went down the basement again today, starting to re-build my pump track bike:

• New narrow-wide ring (took two months from china

• New 8spd LX shifter/brake unit (took me almost a year to find a pair)

• New shimano random BB

• New Easton Cockpit

Still on the list:

• cables

• clean/mount rear brake calipers and RD

• maybe cut steerer🧐

My brother rides it on a 7700 crankset (i think square taper, not octalink iirc)

BUT he runs it 10 spd, ie with 7900 shifters and cassette (and 7700 RD) and works perfectly fine

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