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Deda Superleggero seatpost and stem would lose 70g but the £/g savings would be awful

You can get original mavic freehubs but they only work with mavic cassettes. Not interchangeable with shimano or campag. The cassettes themselves are seriously expensive too, owing to how rare they are. Not worth it at all unless its a restoration wall hanger that wont get ridden

Buy a threaded fork with way more steerer than you need and cut off the threaded section?

Spotted on kings road. On here?

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Smooth welds

Spot the steerer extender

Pedalroom here

Very few parts exist solely for track bikes. If they do they are very expensive or very impractical. I cant see mtbers using road pedals and straps like they do on track...

Dont paint. It looks like the kind of spray art you see on the side of vans in 80s movies

New wheels isnt just for the vanity weight. Rear wheel is dished off to the left slightly as well as being built kinda poorly by me. Bearings in the front wheel are crunchy as hell. Both rims are getting worn out and have 13mm internal>>>>>

New wheels would be lighter, stiffer, fresh bearings and fashionably wide<<<<<

I have photos on scales of almost every part. Wheels would be the best £ per gram. Then bars, then tyres/tubes

Absolutely no need at all for a light bike. Biggest race this will see is Richmond Park 3 Lap challenge :)

Weight is more for fun than anything else. Hasnt actually cost that much this far and could probably lose 700 grams with about 400 quid.

New wheels could lose as much as 500g alone. Cutting steerer and seatpost could save around 50/60g. New bars would save 100g. A few Ti bolts, latex tubes and new rear tyre should be sub 7kg

Riding this with a loose headset and poorly set up ultegra front brake (no rear) made me fall out of love with it slightly. It was handling weird and i was scared to take it up to proper speeds incase of an emergency stop.

Matching Force 22 calipers arrived today so I had a chance to build it up properly. Headset sorted as well so I took it for a spin. All second thoughts are gone and it is by far and away the best bike I have ever owned. Handles and corners perfectly and rapid on both uphills and downhills.

Full weight without cages is 7680g. Looking forward to getting this sub 7. I'll try and get some proper photos this weekend

Haha i get your point. Although super light framesets are generally going tapered now. And I generally think paint matched forks look better, however the shape of the Time ones is rather challenging...

Thought I was in the dale thread for a second.

Did they ever make them with 1 1/8th external headset? Im gonna have some spare woundups soon

Could it be that supple tyres stretch more and come up wider? Pretty sure Open Corsas come up a size big as well

Some Fundas would be lovely but I'm reluctant to spend a lot of money on parts that couldnt be transferred to another frame when this one cracks (touch wood). Maybe if a pair come up cheap.

I still think 7kg is doable with new bars, wheelset and hacksaw action

I think its more tyre choice than rim width. My gators come up true to size on 15 and 18 internal. 25 cGp4000sii's come up as 28s on TB14's

Beware tyre clearance though

Because wide rim? Wouldn't be using more than 25's F+R

Anyone used the Arc22 Ultrawide rim? Seem a good lightweight option for a wide rim @ 430g? It says tubeless ready so I'm not sure if there'd be issues installing tyres using tubes

If classy then black finishing and rims but silver hubs/spokes/cranks/ring/chain

If slave then black errything, double trispokes and woundups.

Great frame btw dibs if you sell :)

Headtube would be about 95 degrees?

Current wheelset (aksium rear and some fulcrum front) is 1820g. Planned wheelset could come in at sub 1350g depending on which rims I go with.

In the meantime some proper Force 22 brakes have been ordered so I can cable this up properly and stick some Lizard Skins on for a full weight.

Any ideas on how to get the Enve decals off the seatpost? Nail polish remover didnt work (worked on the stem though). Would pure acetone work better? Sand them off with fine grade wet and dry?

Im far too short for it but can you post some more pics of the Somec? Looks incredible

Had these and they work well. Can also be picked up in Halfords (dont ask why I know this)

Want to sell me all of the finishing kit? And how is it so light?

Fork weighs same as cranks; 525g. Still a decent £/g ratio. Can they be trusted though?