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So struggling to find a bike that fitted my specs I have become ever more tempted to go custom. However I am starting this thread to gather some advice as I dont really know what I am doing..!

I am after a road bike, with space for 28mm tyres, plus mud guards and rear rack mounts that fits me.

I own a caad10 that fits me spot on so I want to try and replicate the reach but with a bit more stack for comfort. One frame I saw that would have been perfect if it was still available was the tokyo fixed wide open.

my caad10 has the following stack/reach:

reach:368mm
stack: 517mm

I copied in the geometry of a 50cm tokyo fixed wide open as much as I could and got this:

reach:346.1mm
stack: 518.8mm

so it looks like I can increase both the reach and stack a bit. Hopefully a slightly longer toptube will help with toe overlap.

One bit where I have no idea what Im doing is designing it so there is enough clearance for tyres.. I copied the chainstay length of a geneis CDF (425mm).

The other decision is wether to go disk or not - disk would solve the tyre clearance issues with rim brakes, although the tokyo fixed wide open seemed to be ok with rim brakes.

its the 48cm

and I want the CDF for the rack mount so I can use it for light touring as well as a winter bike. I cant find anything on the market that comes in 48cm size with this spec.

and yes I have been comparing reach and stack, but also from an aesthetic point I dont want just a few cm of seatpost showing..

I still cant decide to get a genesis CDF for winter or if going custom is the best route. If I went custom I have no idea what im doing so could end up with a totally shit frame.

to get the CDF to fit, I will have 2cm less seatpost than my caad10 & about a 10mm shorter stem.. My caad10 fits perfect but doesnt have masses of seatpost on show as is.

Do-able?

when are you going to get one?

waist bags

bum bag

sounds like your race cape is too small and you should sell it to me ;)

keep getting tempted by the racecape, how does it fit? The pro team jacket is the tightest fitting bit of kit I own so hoping the race cape is less tight to wear over said jacket.

you might want to consider a rear rack as you might struggle to fit a saddle bag for light touring. My 48cm caad10 with probably a little more seatpost showing can only just fit a restrap saddle bag - about 2cm clear of the rear wheel.

rad bike, I want one

I struggle to be arsed enough to pump up my tyres on a monthly basis, let alone daily

my caad10 had a massive spacer stack on top for about a year, it now has 1. I dont think it will kill you (dont quote me)

Id be up for leith hill, I havnt given the others much thought. What are my chances of getting a place if ive never entered a TT or hill climb?

go with one of the groupset options like sram force/red 22

nice

are you on fixed gear? low cadence

the only justification is that you could try dying them black

@mdcc_tester @Emyr

check the vid out, it moves to the left especially. Apols in advance for portrait but I oculdnt hold my phone any other way..

https://sendvid.com/0zee32r9

nah, this issue has only just come about and there is a lot of movement.

I have also checked the preload on the bearings and its not that.

@Emyr it could be this.

my rear wheel has a lot of lateral movement (I only weigh 55kg as well). Going up hill it has recently started rubbing on the brakes. Likely cause/ solution?

They are chris king hubs with a few thousand miles on them since Ive owned them.

low has such a rank logo imo

never entered an open CTT event.. as far as I can gather I can just enter one provided I am part of a affiliated club?

if the deep winter tights are anything like the classics then they are total nut crushers

is tsb meant to be a day delayed from when you actually did the activity? my tsb doesnt add up if you do the sum TSB = CTL - ATL unless you take the TSB of the following day.

seems odd that it would come with a different fork but maybe that is the case

how do you find the clearance on the front fork? I have the same caad10 with some wide rims + 25mm tyres and they don't fit