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That hub is also really bluntly machined with tiny rads on all those cutouts. I would have at least wanted those edges to have heavy radii or to to be knife-edged on both sides, especially since the thing has been CNC machined so there’s no excuse there. Narrow hub flanges is good in principle but all those sharp edges chopping up the airflow. And get those fricking spoke heads flush. I mean, bro, do you even boundary layer?

Edit: but I do like how skinny they’ve made the axle ends outboard of the hub flanges. Still be eds a rad where it meets the flange but good effort there.

I feel I should apologise for my work colleagues’ behaviour, since it is them to blame for all this weight scaremongering. I feel partly to blame.

That said, I’d get your scales calibrated anyway. All those femtogrammes add up and you might find yourself quids-in if it has been over-reading.

Got an almost unused Arione with manganese rails. Mint except for where the paint has chipped where it clamps on the rails. Was thinking £55 + postage or can collect from Teddington.

You’re right, it was Brazil. I had a feeling I’d mixed that one up.

Looks exciting, I likes a bit of street circuit.

My first thought was which one is getting biffed off. A couple of the teams were keen to dump Mexico (edit: should be Brazil) because they kept getting held up and robbed during the event. I heard Mercedes got properly done over last year, one of their buses got held up at gunpoint and they lost a lot of belongings and cash. But then I saw Liberty want 25 races...

Added some bars to post 4

M520 pedals sold. Added some Cane Creek Crosstops to post 2

Blue frame now with @forbetterliving - thanks for picking up!

Just the Rudy left.

Could maybe put a bit of waxoyl on

Don't do this! I've got Waxoyl in my frame at the moment (as framesaver) and the fricking seat post won't stay put. Grease is fine, but Waxoyl is too slippery.

@pizzarat I rode one of those round my local Decathlon store. I was also quite impressed.

@ffm I think the centre hinge doesn't help. My home made Twenty isn't particularly flexy in the frame at all. The only real difference is I didn't put a hinge in when I welded the frame. On the Bickerton it's because the frame box is aluminium and you've got a monster amount of leverage with the ape hangers!

Stem sold to detective @countrybiker for length inspection!

Indeed, it’s 115mm. No idea where I got 150mm from!

I'll now take £10 delivered for the stem.

I didn't see if the Renault works team failure was engine related or something else.

Man, that is some wild geometry!

Was the Renault DNF an engine failure or something else?

Put me down for a medium grey / E4 with delivery. Cheers.

@alialias I know it was a while back - I didn't see your reply. Did you still want these pedals?

Ok, black frame is going to @photoman as per original second dibs

Blue frame back up for grabs.

Rudy still available.

Blue Vitus is sold

@Kingswann2013 you in for the black one? Be quick because I’m thinking of keeping it!

Last 2 pages have given me a massive HHSB-on

Vittoria Freedom

That's them. I don't know if I'd recommend them because, although I still think they look great and were lovely and smooth to ride, they delaminated something chronic. Not just at the skinwall either, the tread was completely peeling off in places.

@photoman

Coolio, emailed you direct.

the new Shiv Tri

Where to start on that. The gap between the seatpost and that rear sail for a truly horrible aero transition on quite a big aero surface. The fat ED209-shaped brake levers followed by clunky bar tape that doesn't line up, followed by a step at the back. uncovered holes in the aero bars. I know it folds, but the fricking frontal size of that base bar. What's going on with the gussets on the underside of the aerobar mount? Why are the arm rests so fat with everything filled in? Flat back on the downtube all the way down. At least tape some of those gaps up so it looks a bit more aero. The whole thing is a fucking mess and would bring some of my F1 colleagues out in a cold sweat.