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Freshly finished 650B / Gnarmac / Winter bike, née @Chak

that's a terrible photo of the Genesis :(

a) I'm having issues with the seatpost binder.

b) nah, I don't have any money and I built that Canyon on a budget. Need to at least ride it before I buy more shit for it.

Right so, where we at?

The Pinnacle is finished.
The Canyon is almost finished (seatbolt binder issues)
The Genesis is sans crankset, awaiting a Powermeter and a possible wheel upgrade.
The Giant is finished.

The Pinnacle really deserves hydro Di2 shifters.
The Canyon really deserves full 9170, and very soon a pair of bars that won't snap under pressure.
The Genesis really deserves some carbon wheels and a Superleggero seatpost.
The Giant needs some plastic pedals for pub-cruising.

I miss my track bike, and in the spirit of the increased recklessness of riding breakless track bikes in the city I've made inquiries about a steel Vigorelli. Will probably bang some bottle bosses in to it, strip it, and build it up with dickhead, fixie crit parts.

I've got a cross bike in the mind garage, but it requires money for Adeline at Mecredi to build it right. It is purple and has an integrated dropper post.

I'm about to go on holiday for two weeks and won't touch a bike the whole time, so here's where I'm at.

Nowhere near as frustrating are cabling in my cross bike. 4 cables, all fully outered, all internal.

I like Di2, it's fun, but it's no eTap

Thanks man.

I've built up two bikes with 6870 in a week and I have truly come to love eTap.

Can any Di2 group use Y Cables now? Could I fit out my 6870 groups with them?

Fewer wires make me happy.

Yes to both.

@r_mash I can't remember, some place near dartford? Details will be had in the paint porn thread I'm sure.

if you've got an alloy frame, just pay a place to particle blast it or acid dip it. £20 and a lot of saved time.

carbon or alloy?

carbon was just various grades of sand paper and a lot of time.

my giant I did with old (read: good) nitromors, razor blades, various grades of sand paper and a lot of time.

the pinnacle I just sprayed over the top of because I have spent too much time in my life stripping fucking bikes

Compression ring problem solved 😇

Otherwise ... in business. Been a good week for me and bikes.

I have a split ring for it, but it's about 20mm proud of the top of the bearing... no good for low stack. It's the only one Canyon have, hence saying I don't need one for this setup.

Nah - they have mechanics on staff in the UK, the guy I spoke to was at an event I was running, but no store or shop. Annoying.

Take it where though, Germany?

Yep - I've got the headset bung that works as normal, but 2 separate Canyon people told me you don't need a split ring. If you don't, then why does every internal headset I've got take one?!

Nope! They're fine. I sprayed them matte black.

The front derailleur alignment is a bit dicky, the seatpost binder bolt is still broken and the headset won't tighten up.

It's the headset that's annoying me the most. I got a low-stack headset cover from Canyon, who assured me that you don't need a split ring to preload the headset... I'm fucking convinced that you do, despite their tech team and one of their staff mechanics telling me otherwise.

Almost there.

Few teething issues but should ride it home tonight.

i am...... interested in what this bike looks like

Canyon should also get finished off today. I move quickly. Steerer will be chopped on the Pinnacle tomorrow.

Last thing I need is for my Cycle2Work to be approved so I can buy a powermeter and soforth for the Genesis, as I can't afford another half-decent GXP crankset for the Genesis, and then everything will be pretty much finished and rideable.

I've also started making enquiries on a steel Cinelli Vigorelli, as I miss my track bike...

Just got to do the final measuring and fiddle with saddle angle, then we chop the steerer and SHRED

BCD, colour, condition not important!

Whatcha got?!

Wouldn't do anyone else's bikes I don't think. It takes too long to do properly, and I wouldn't feel right charging for it so it just ain't worth it for me.

Almost there

Seems like a decent price tbh. I would be interested in your experience for some wheels for my Pinnacle.

They would be the same price for me.