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Cheers for the heads up, might wait till febuary with planet x just to save a little more money an do this build right, had my head set on the fillet brazed nittos haha

Has now been nearly two weeks since the last update. In that time a lot has happened with this build, my wallet is definitely a lot lighter now and I have spent way more than I ever thought I would on this build. It’s gone from what I first thought would be a quick service and clean jobbie to most components having been swapped out!

First things first the items that have arrived in the post since my last update.

Cane creek 40 Headset

HG 7 Speed 14-32 cassette

New un55 Bottom Bracket

Stx rc cantilever

Raceface turbine cranks (oops!)

Stridsland 38t chainring, extractor bolt and chainring bolts

Purple anodised non quick release seat bolt

Gravelking 26x2.10

Since the last update and having now been sent back home from work. Seeing all these components laying in my front room was too much to bear any longer so I decided to start putting some on the frame.

All of the components from the original build that I’m transferring over and the second hand eBay purchases have now been stripped down and fully cleaned.

I have been fiddling around with the wheels some more, I have repacked them front hub with new balls now and it’s much smoother and the rear has had a lovely clean. They’re both running well but I can see some wear on the rear spokes from the chain falling behind the cassette, then there is the previously mentioned brake surface wear. My plan at the minute is to run these for the time being and potentially use the cyclescheme my work runs to get a new set built up!

Planet X got back to me in the availability of the fillet welded Bullmoose bars and it appears to be February next year so I may have to wait until then to have the build finalised.

At some stage in the future whenever it may be I would love to give it a go at using some friction or indexed thumbies on here instead of the deore lx brake shifter combo I have currently.

Yes, both cartridge bearings, it’s all in the box never been fitted! Only reason the crown race isn’t with it is because I put it on the fork this headset was destined for but it never went ahead and the fork is currently in Brighton.

Another price drop, already lower than I wanted to go. I understand this probably isn’t the best place to sell these but if you are in the market for some powered speakers then these are great for the price!

New rotors looking great. Shame about the original skewers, but the new ones seem fit the colour perfectly.

What great looking build!

Another price drop. Bargain price for these great speakers.

That’s good to know!!

Looks beautiful, where abouts did you get it chased? Thinking of getting my rockhopper neatened up!

Pics?

Bloke on a moped last night in South Kensington pulled up beside asking how much my bike was worth looks shiny and all that, might have been nothing but keep an eye out.

Absolutely beautiful Clydesdale fork mini cargo blasting along to Vauxhall with me around 6:15 this evening!

This is now sold.

Edit: prices adjusted as they were a bit high!

Couple of nice bikes on exhibition road today, yellow steel lovely raw lugs and some fluorescent bar tape, Cinelli grey histogram or parallax can’t remember the difference low pro.

Hello,

Regrettably I am selling my Presonus Eris E5 Active studio monitors as they are just not used enough anymore. These are in great condition never used in a studio, just been sat on my desk since purchase. These will come with both speakers, power cables and 2 XLR jacks. Will try and have a look for the original boxes.

Looking for £100, Pick-up from SE15 only

Also for sale is my Soundcraft Notepad 5. A great analog mixer with usb support, I used this to control the speakers listed above and it worked perfectly, also in great condition but unfortunately I do not have the original box.

Looking for £20 pickup from SE15 Preferred.

If you are looking to purchase both I can do so for £100 but that would be pickup only.

Can upload photos later today if needed, also if you have any questions ask away!

Potentially sold!

Just had a check as I have used the feature a few times before, but you can definitely turn the device off while recording a ride and resume that same ride when turning back on.

In the few years I have had this unit I have never had a ride where the battery has run out, Garmin says 14 hours but i would wager it could last longer, charge once a week for recording commuting rides or evening before a long ride and you'll be good to go.

For sale a Garmin Edge 200 gps in used condition, works great for recording rides to strava without draining your precious phone battery and works well with navigating pre-made routes but doesn’t have a map built in so only shows the route in a line without surrounding roads.

Listing includes Garmin unit and charging cable.

Collection in SE15

£25

Or posted at cost, add PayPal fees

Last update for the week, this has been pretty quick progress on the build, I shall try to upload some more photos going forward along with all the parts I now have.

Today surprisingly on a Sunday my 13mm cone wrench turned up so it was onto giving the hubs a quick service, there was a small amount of pitting in the front wheel, but with some new balls it should be spinning more than smooth enough, even with the original worn down balls and some new grease the wheel feels miles better.

I went over the saddle with some basic leather conditioner/polish and it’s looking a lot smoother and less dry than it was before!

Now for the updated remaining parts list;

ESI Chunky grips
Cane creek 40 Headset (Have one on my other build and it’s been great, the seals worked wonders keeping grit out)
Gear/brake cable
Front canti hanger (Tektro fork mounted)
KMC x8 Chain, gold would have been bling but can’t seem to find one anywhere.
7 Speed 14-32 Cassette
Either Swiss stop or Koolstop brake pads

So not too much now and it’ll be on to the build, still need to overhaul the rear wheel and freehub, give the rear derailleur a good scrub and give it my first go at a wheel true that isn’t just tightening one spoke up.

Here’s some photos for context on the rim wear, having now put a flat edge to them, to my eyes they don’t look as bad as I thought , but maybe I am completely wrong here.

Now onto the wheels! I have just taken the nuts and cone off given it all a clean and degrease looking nice and shiny now and spinning surprisingly smooth. Now my issue is that with the rims (bog standard Araya 559 Rim) there is a definite noticeable concave around it. Now I has hoping that I would be a able to save money by using these wheels as are. But I fear they may be too worn.

Having never built or for that matter majorly trued a wheel before. Would I be able to swap these rims with say a cheapie halo rim keeping the same spokes/nipples, not trying to splash £200 on some new built wheels if at all possible!

@t0-ster has designed and manufactures absolutely beautiful 94 bcd narrow wide chainrings and in some very fitting anodised colours. Give him a shout I think he’s getting a new batch in a couple weeks or so!

Attached is a great example of how good they can look I found on Instagram!

After some thought, I am now the proud owner of a @t0-ster chainring went with the anodised purple in 38t. With my very basic look on a gear inch calculator I have worked out that this paired with a 14-32t cassette I should have a pretty nice range! Now onto waiting for a new cone wrench to arrive so I can tackle repacking the hubs!

Haha I reckon I might go with he black, slightly more understated change it up from the tan walls I have on my tracklocross