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Couldn‘t help myself and took some night shots in the nearest Underground car park

Edit: I hope @Glws is happy with the chain color 😮‍💨

Ooff

Thanks 🙏🏼 and #would but budget says no :-((

Awesome af

Can you elaborate on the little chains behind the brake calipers?

Do they clean the tires?🧐

Really nice!

Suits the bike very well

Almost lost two fingies when the pedal snapped but I got round moving the yellow adjustment screws from the donor pair to the saeco pair

Took me 3hrs in total and cost me €40 in donor pedals 🤡

Wow what a service thanks so much!

I have re-adjusted the saddle a little so next photo session I will check whether setback is really necessary

If not it will be S92 some day

Mind blowing!

What did it look like before again?

Both v nice

Jays H1, too 💀💀💀

Wow, I imagine the word machine was created for this thing
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Budget skid-tires
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Would still #refuse 😇

Always funny to see “custom” with a spacer stack to the moon

Funnier when its PLUS positive angle stem.

Funniest when its a “pro custom” with those attributes

Couldve easily picked any frame which fits +/- 3cm here and there 😅

So with the second spare pair I could make use of my previous experience

BUT this model did not use the little fixation screws. Instead, the yellow adjustment screws are just kinda pressed in so you have to remove them using certain force and thereby destroy them.

Now, I need to drill a little hole in each of those adjustment screws in order to use the fixation screws of the first pair.

If this works out, I might have a nice pair of refurbed saeco pedals

Easy, innit 🤠

Despite this fail I secured two take-aways:

1. You can *just*access the little fixation screws holding the plastic adjustment screws when you spread the pedal, ie disassembling is not necessary

2. Once the fixation screws are removed, the adjustment screws can be pulled out easily after putting them in a specific position

I was also able to retain the little fixation screws and the little springs (pic also shows the broken adjustment screws)

Okay buying parts and putting them together is one thing but I also love some fiddling around (provided that I am not under time pressure).

Some time ago I bought (another) pair of LOOK Delta/Team Saeco Cannondale pedals. What I like in particular is, that the blue rear spices up a mostly red/black/yellow saeco build quite a bit (plus i like the little stars).

However, when I unpacked them it turned out that they were missing the yellow rear adjustment screws and the seller just kept quite about it. Fuck him (or her) but as they did not cost me a fortune I just kept them.

NOW as I might have 80% of another classic Saeco build at hand, I remembered this pair and dug them out a few weeks ago. According to my 3h research Delta pedals are not designed to be disassembled (except for the axle). Nevertheless I searched further hours and found two random cheap Delta pedal pairs with yellow adjustment screws, too.

A couple of days ago I experimented with the first pair and TADA broke both adjustment screws within five minutes 🤡

Fucking banging

Love how the black fork tips match the black wheels! 💆🏻‍♂️💆🏻‍♂️

@Glws SP and chain are parts bin so theres some room to maneuvre once budget is available. Even though I hate setback SPs I must admit you got a point there. Either setback SP or a different saddle. Problem is that the only black nitto SP with setback which is aesthetically acceptable is the NJ S72 which is even more costly than the S92 🥴

@kjlem thanks and yea its long enough to mount a decent stem (as seen above) so I am not too worried. Also, other than the LOOK I can imagine to keep it for a longer period of time

@young_gun @elpolo thxxxx

Many thanks for your kind words everyone. I will take some proper photos should there be a point in time in the near future where my kids do not carry any viruses or whatnot home from daycare.

I am considering douple straps and nylon cages plus the nitto S92 seatpost but thats another €200 which I am not willing to spend right now.

Regarding the riding position and riding in general:

The saddle to bar drop looks insane on the photo but it feels very comfortable to me. No stretching at all.

As this frame only exists in 53, 56, 59 I went for the 53 size so I could use a 110mm stem. As said previously, there was only this particular frameset available so I did not have a choice anyway.

Eventually it turned out that it fits perfectly with the stem length.

Riding is a complete dream compared to the LOOK. With the LOOK toe overlap was suicidal and you could barely turn the bars 1-2 degrees before you got stuck in the cages. Here, I can do reasonable 90 degree turns without touching anything. I know that the front wheel/DT gap on this frame does not look toooooo sexed out but taking into account the flexibility it gives me while riding (brakeless), makes it an awesome ride so far.

Wheels are also super smooth; gearing could be a little bit more relaxed so if anyone is selling a 47/49 chainring, HMU

Oh and here’s a picture of the frame when I first saw it. Also much black but still a different level of detail lets say

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Awesome bike by the way - must have missed the final result somehow!

(No idea how that happened with only two kids under 5y 😒)

Just re-read your first post and I this made me lol a little

Now, originally I was planning on keeping the car 100% stock

We need updateZ

Steerer cut

First quick photo

Good nite

Well.. frankly speaking I was hoping to use Hulsroy’s rack bending tool

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TinyTeaser

Steerer needs to be cut

Otherwise cracking

Today, finally the koga cockpit showed up:

• Nitto For Shred non-OS (25.4) bars, 720mm version (instead of standard 650)

• Nitto UI 87 BX CNC stem in 110mm

It took me two weeks to track those to items down in these specs. Just couldnt justify bluelug‘s DHL express shipping for 70€ or UK shops silly 40€ shipping plus taxes.

Seems all the UK shops kicked out Royal Mail and since then, shipping rates are nothing less than a joke.

Apart from that, the sprockets.co.uk was the only shop that had the 110mm stem in stock (shipping plus taxes still 40€)

Yeah well, first world problems, I guess?

Bars from LaChouette (Paris)

@young_gun

I‘d try a silver 7600 when I find one for a good price. For some reason I cannot handle the 7710 chainring design emotionally.

For now I think I will go „parts bin“, ie full black.