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Seatpost and R7 sold.

The saddle hardware arrived so I threw some bits on the SETA to check the saddle to bar drop. I thought I might be a bit spicy… and it is.

I did day dream about speedy summer audaxes on the SETA; dusty roads, flappy gilets, sneaking into peoples back gardens in the middle of nowhere to fill up your water bottle from the outside tap, that kinda thing. But putting drops and brakes on it for one or two rides a year seems a bit pointless. Although I do have some carbon TRP levers in the parts bin that would work pretty well. We’ll see…

For now, I’m going to build it up as pictured and then swap the stem and bars out for silver Nitto parts. Then I’ll eventually relace the hubs onto some TB14’s. This way, if the urge to put drops and brakes on becomes too much, I can find some silver Nitto bars so everything stays matchey-matchey and the silver rims will stay looking fresher for longer than anodised ones.

I think it’s 30 and guards or 35 without guards. I’ve got 28’s on there now but I used to run 32 on everything. Changed to 28’s as that’s the max my fixed could fit with guards and I wanted to use the same size tyres for these two bikes. Can’t say I’ve noticed any difference.

Not even angry about the thread hijack, tbh.

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Pics.

I'm Edinburgh based so items will need posting.

I'll cover the postage and packaging, you cover the PayPal fees (or gift it if you trust me).

Will do a discount if you collect.

WTB Riddler TCS Light Fast Rolling
Wiggle link here.
700x45
Fitted (with tubes) used for approx 100 miles and removed. Great condition.
£45 pair

Whisky No. 7 Stem
Triton Cycles link here.
110mm long, 31.8 clamp.
A decent enough stem in great, used condition.
£20

Salsa Regulator Titanium Seatpost
£100 SOLD

Salsa Lip Lock Seat Clamp.
£10

Lynskey Ti Seatpost
£80 SOLD

Fizik Arione Saddles
R7 £25 SOLD
R5 £35 SOLD
R5 £35 SOLD

Agreed. Kinda looks like one of those chonky TIME stems and that’s a look I like.

Took the fixed for a spin around the Forth, 100km in total with some spicy headwind.

The new pedals feel lovely. I had to lower my saddle a few mm as I slammed the cleats quite far back on my road shoes, but I think the overall position on my bike feels better now.

Coincidentally, I planned my route around a now disused viewing area that looks over a quarry and later on in the ride I found some binoculars at the roadside. God, is this a message?

@Hulsroy I would agree.

@e54 Thanks. They’re currently on my gravel bike.

@shinkuu_kiss Ahhh, thanks! Glad that you’re back into cycling. You were always such a strong rider and I still have fond memories of riding the Dunwich Dynamo with you.

I ordered an Alpina seatpost from Dolan but it arrived with no clamp hardware (I thought it felt too light to be true before unpacking it!). The bits are on the way so I should have it rolling in one way or another soon.

@Maj Thanks!

@hippy The bike shop that built my Resolution are waiting on a blade for their ‘very expensive tool’ and when it arrives they’ll sort it for me. I wonder if it’s the same tool?

Some of it was Type II but generally it was a blast ✌🏻

I think there’s good logic to both systems.

There’s definitely been times when I’m pushing my bike up short, steep hills at 4am in the morning I’m thankful for the MTB shoes I was wearing.

Forgot to add, these new (to me) pedals are the 4mm longer axle version. While they won’t bring the Q factor in line with a road bike, they will make it a touch wider.

Gabi and I are signed up to do PBP this year. I’m going to be riding fixed, partly for fun and partly because we seem to ride well together over long distance when she’s on a geared bike and I can’t freewheel. (I ascent the hill quicker, she descends it quicker, repeat ad infinitum.)

I’m going to make some small changes to my fixed in the run up to this. I find it very comfortable now, but there’s always room for improvement.

One of the changes I’ll try first is to replace the current Time ATACs with some Dura-Ace SPD-SL pedals. I’ve always been a bit hesitant to use a road pedal system on my fixed as I do most of my bikepacking on my fixed. This inevitably leads to more walking on mud or ground that would be more suited to a MTB shoe.

I doubt I’ll be doing much bikepacking this year as I’m fully booked with qualifying audax events, so putting on road pedals should be fine.

Maybe I’ll even give aero bars a go… 🤔

There seems to be a lot less lever travel before the brake engages compared to my GRX and Gabi’s 105. They certainly felt powerful enough on the descents and there was very little pinging due to heat deformation of the rotor. The hoods feel the most comfortable I’ve ever used.

Interesting, thanks. I’ll bring it up with the shop and see what they say.

The Mason was great. It felt nippy on the flats and the uphills and stable on the descents, even when I had a saddlebag attached. The fit is spot on too, which I’m very pleased with as that was one of the main reasons for parting with my Shand.

Annoyingly there’s a small amount of rear disc rub. I tried to reposition the caliper but it always seems to work its way back to the same place. Perhaps the frame needs more facing on the caliper mount so I’ll book it in with the shop that build it so the can take a look.

I also got the first few chips and scratches on the frame. This is good because now I can focus on riding it and not being overly precious about it.

Also managed to get to the top of Mount Teide.

It’s a 2,200m climb over 35km and it was really fun and beautiful even though the descent was wet and very cold.

We arrived on Monday afternoon, set up the bikes and then ran out of time to do the 30km test ride I had planned. So we rode 4km around the block and then set of on a 200km DIY the next morning.

I’m currently away in Tenerife with Gabi enjoying some sun, hills and possibly too many Dorada.

I still stand by my original comment that this is a heck of a lot of work to attach some aero bars, but I’m in awe of your work!

Anyone get a spot today?

90 hours with an 8pm depart for my girlfriend and me. (Actually, she got an 8:15 depart because by the time I’d registered and then registered for her, all the 8pm spots were gone.)

Sold.

Yeah, check out the thread I just started in Miscellaneous & Meaningless.

Also, my road bike is done. It’s a Mason Resolution with a fairly paint-by-numbers build and I’m very happy with it.

It’s lighter and a bit more sporty feeling compared to my Stooshie which is exactly what I was looking for.

I’ll spend the day getting the fit spot on as I also have some new road shoes to set up and this is the first time I’ve used Shimano pedals.

I’ll also take some proper photos of it at some point. The entrance way to my flat building doesn’t make for a particularly good phone photo, especially when someone has dumped a big American style fridge/freezer there.