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Not surprised, that tubing is only very, very slightly better than literal gas pipe as far as I can tell. Interesting to see them take the time to shape it. I'm guessing they didn't sell many of these.

I've never seen one of these before. Pretty cool tube shapes, and the most important thing on any 'aero' bike - mudguard mounts.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264765042631

It's absurd really. The Fat Lad/Lass at the Back thing is interesting as it's more body positive, but there's still that element of shaming/making a thing of it. The machines for freedom stuff highlights how it can be done well, in a more positive way.

I have a friend who works in a senior position for a well respected outdoors brand and she said it's a reality that brands can't afford to offer as wide a range as they'd like to, because it just isn't profitable. Whether it's a chicken and egg thing, I don't know.

There's a long way to go until cycling is in any way representative of society as a whole, but even among all the other brands being restrictive about how and to who they market their products, La Passione stick out as absolutely fucking terrible. If their instagram is anything to go by, they also don't seem to have got the gist that people might find their current campaign a bit absurd. I would imagine most brands would respond more quickly with an amendment/apology/'We'll do better'.

It's definitely influenced my decision about where I buy my next jersey from.

That's great.

This has gone through multiple readings and processes and no one has at any stage thought 'huh, maybe this isn't ok'.

I asked them on Instagram when the men's 'figure shaping' shorts would be available but they deleted the comment (edit: and have now blocked me). Must not want to ruin the big 'drop'.

To be fair, I haven't checked the men's section recently so it may also feature shorts designed to 'shape your figure'

Holy wow, la passione. The 70s called, they want their sexist marketing back.

https://uk.lapassione.cc/pages/feel-women-collection

perfectly working condition with some paint scratches

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293590921274

That's fucked, right?

Yeah. Same one I (and everyone else apparently) am after.

There was one on eBay a little while back, but I didn't have the funds. They have a £300 purple tax, unfortunately.

If I ever see a 56 purple one I'm definitely getting it. Hen's teeth.

Likewise a supersix HM team one - the black and green one before they went ugly

Garden shot because it's too windy to try and prop it up in a cool urban environment.

It's been a productive and expensive lockdown.

If the buyer of Dammit's Saeco would like some Red aerolink calipers for it (because why would you build it with anything else?) I have some to sell.

Those cupboards and floor look familiar. The amount of times I've considered buying this back...

Is 28 gp5000 on this a good bet then? Assuming it measures very slightly larger than a 25 gp4000 according to other places. It's an AR56 rim so 23mm internal, 30mm external. Front is ar46 so 21/28.

At the moment I'm thinking 28 front and back as the roads are shit round here.

Yeah, couldn't stretch to matte pink Chris king so purple hope had to do!

All sorted now, just trying to work out what tyres to go with.

Basically, gp5000 tl or latex tubes and 28/28 28/25 or 25/25.

Gp4000 25c look like this on the rear - you can just about see the rim slightly proud of the tyre - , so I think (may be wrong) that a gp5000 25c may be too narrow.

Thanks for all the help folks, I spoke to Koko and it's definitely b! Makes total sense when I look at it again. I'm not sure it's made a difference, but they were fine on yesterday's ride.

I'm concerned about tension as it seems low on the TM 1, about 80/115 on front and closer figures on the rear. The spokes seem tight, and they're even, but they're definitely on the low end of the range. I'm going with my gut at the moment as I don't fully trust the calibration on the meter, and I'm terrified of pulling a spoke through as I've done in the past.

Spoke this hole on > that side of the hub

Suddenly it makes sense! Yeah, that's the rear! Thankfully rebuilding the front should be less hassle.

First picture is correct then, so the spoke should come out from centre in the same direction as the arrow? See, I had thought it would be the other way round, that the spoke should be in line with the arrow. The manual wasn't very clear but maybe I'm just being dense.

So which of these is right, just to clarify? you're saying b, I think @danstuff

Yeah, they're not asymmetric in the sense that they go left/right, which is what threw me!

I've just done my second shakedown of the LB rims I built yesterday, and realised (upon reading the manual in the box) that they're meant to be built in a certain way according to stickers on the rim. Now, typically, both wheels are built differently as in my rush to build them I didn't really think about what the spoke direction sticker meant. I've done 70 miles on them and they're fine, front went out of true by 0.5mm, rear stayed perfect.

Does anyone which way is the 'correct' way? And is it that big a deal that I need to re build one of the wheels? Nipples are polyax so have a rounded head anyway.

Thanks, happy with it! Heavier than it was with the c zero wheels but rides really nicely even up steep stuff. I'd forgotten how much fun deep wheels are.

AR56/ar46 built up. Feel lovely.

That's great, thanks.

That's what got me. When I actually measured it it became clear what it was, but I hadn't clocked it when I ordered the rims. Luckily I waited for them to arrive before ordering spokes!