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Thanks for a very smooth transaction Peter. La Cycliste hasn't seen the bike yet, but I'm sure she'll be very pleased with it.

P.S. @voila - Cycliste is a lady. Either that, or I've been living a lie for the last few years... ;)

Yes, fell over on my first clipless ride (Onza clipless pedals with elastomer springs, if anyone remembers them). Somewhat annoyingly I was halfway across riding through a river ford at the time. Squelchy. But only on my left hand side.

^^^^ but then what's the rational for having high tensions on a set of low profile 32h wheels?

Because I want strong wheels for that particular bike, which is why I went for 32h. Spoke tension has no effect on wheel stiffness but keeping the spoke tension high will mean that the spokes don't become unloaded on big hits, which means the wheels are stronger.

Just don't do a Chris Anker Sorensen and decide to play with the spokes as you're riding along...

The set of wheels I've just finished making have 32 hole rims (Mavic Open Pros) and I've used CX-Rays. Although the aero properties are pretty much irrelevant by the time you're up to 32 spokes, they're light and strong, which is good. But the real reason why I like using CX-Rays is because it's so easy to avoid spoke wind-up when using high spoke tensions by using a spoke holding tool at the same time as a spoke key. YMMV, but in my book the extra cost is justified by the ease of use.

I also think they look nice...

It's a better result than 27th. Stuey was always a long shot to get a medal from that group, but at least he had a chance and you never know how the finale is going to play out - there's a certain lottery element to where you are in the line when the definitive move goes, and he had as much chance as anybody else if two or three went off the front of the group in the last couple of kilometres. Against Greipel, Boonen, Cavendish, Farrar and Sagan, was Goss going to do any better if it had come back together?

In a normal race, maybe, but in the Olympics? There's three medal places, and then there's everyone else. If I was Greipel, Boonen or Farrar then that race would tell me everything I needed to know about my team-mates' views of my ability to beat Cavendish. Makes me wonder why you'd pick a team featuring sprinters like those three if you're not going to ride for them.

Hi,
Is this still available - can't send PMs yet as I'm still in the Nursery, but I'm definitely interested in buying it.
Cheers
Dan