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Went down to my brothers this evening and got the headset and bottom bracket fitted.. fork also arrived. took the 105 cranks from the planet X so will give them a quick paint tomorrow night (scuff marks) and then get most of the bike built up.. hopefully seatpost, clamp and tyres will come tomorrow..

Looks great, I will hopefully get my CDF built this week too..

Frame, headset came today.. gave the frame a good clean with APC then got a couple of coats of wax on it.. hopefully the forks will come tomorrow and I can get the headset in and start building..

Also went for 30mm Mavic tubeless tyres and SHimano CX-77 brakes

They sound good.. do they have adapters for the fork and rear stay? will PM you

I'm after a set of calipers for my genesis Croix de Fer build.. something like BB7, TRP Spyre etc.. must have dual pad adjustment..

Thanks

I got a Atran Velo Jumbo Cargo front rack ..

Awesome.. get it built

Although this is my brothers, it's still a nice Bob J.. This BJ3 in reynolds 653, shot blasted to bare metal, seat tube repair done, new steerer fitted to fork and painted in pearl white.

Ok, the only things I have in my procession are wheels and groupset.. Frame, fork and headset have been posted, so awaiting delivery..

Frame

Fork - SJS Carbon Evolution

Headset - 1 1/8 CNC Aluminium - Black - 29mm stack height, so should be fine when fitted to forks.

Actually just won one on ebay.. it's a SJS Evolution carbon disc fork

What fork have you gone for?

Good stuff, get a thread started..

my CdF frame has arrived in-store, let the build begin!!

the current one on the planet X is 50mm, I run a 60mm on the Day-one, it a 56cm frame, the CDF frame is 54cm, so many run a slightly more normal stem length!!

Picked up the wheels tonight, very very light.. front is 720g.. any suggestions for tubeless tyres? might as well as the rims are already setup for it..

I have a back like a curly wurly and can extend too far!! I have swapped the day one stem to a 60mm one too.. just never really ridden with long stems..

I hate long stems.. don't mess with the 50mm..

Good stuff, I like the spoon saddles and like matching saddles on both my bikes.. my brother has a Croix de Fer and has the BB7 on it, so I might just go with those.. what wheels you going for?

Diamant looks awesome... what brakes went on it in the end?

Been lurking here for a while and thought I would do a thread of my latest build, current bike setup is a genesis day one 2015 and a Planet X full Pro carbon, the planet X isn't getting the use it deserves as I mostly commute on my bikes (10 miles each way), so plan is to sell the carbon frame and wheels and build a disc steel commuter from the remaining bits..

The Genesis day one my brother bought me after me buying and messing about with old Peugeot single speed's. Only changes / upgrades it has are SKS Bluemel guards, 60mm stem, Atran Velo Jumbo Cargo front rack and charge spoon saddle. Might change the Canti's to V brakes in the future..

Christmas commuting spec.

I built the planet X up from 105 setup I had on a Carrera, then bought some american classic sprint 350's.. to make a nice light 8.0kg full carbon bike

Some pics of the previous bikes.

Anyway, this thread will be mostly my Genesis Croix de Fer build as below..Waiting for the frame to arrive and i'm getting the wheelset from my brother.. So will build it up over the next few weeks as I gather parts.. I will take the full 105 setup off the planet X before selling, so have the full drivetrain, bars, seat etc.. Hoping for a 10kg ish steel disc bike.. We will see!!

Plan as below:
2014 Genesis Croix de fer 54cm frame - black - waiting to arrive
Carbon Fork - not purchased yet
planet X bars, deda tape etc from other bike
Shimano 105 5700 10 speed - from other bike
BB7 Brake callipers or TRP Spyre callipers - any thoughts?
Charge spoon saddle - from other bike
Stans Alpha 340 rims on A2z hubs with helo skewers - from my brother :-)
tubeless tyres

Giant looks great..

Yes, PM'd.. sorry for the delay..

How long between coats?

Faclon pro-line 501 framed singlespeed bicycle.

Reynolds 501 56cm frame
Suntour crank
New bars & stem
Shimano R500 wheels
New Schwalbe Lugano tyres & tubes
New Tekro brake levers and calipers
New bottle cages and bell

Pedals not included.. nice fast bike.. Good paintwork with only some minors marks.. Comes with all original items off the bike if needed.. £250
Bike is located in Belfast (Northern Ireland) so will prob need shipped at approx £25

Great, thanks..

Awesome, did you sell the genesis?

OK, I now have a rack but need a good sized bag.. basically it's for commuting so needs to be big enough for shoes at the base, cloths on top then lunch and snacks on top of that.. looked at the chrome duffle 40, but not sure it would fit between a set of drop bars.. so something slightly smaller would do the trick.. any suggestions?