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The bolt? If so, I'd probably go for the original Elemnt with a bigger screen. Not too worried about the size of the unit and I guess a bigger screen would be useful for navigation.

Well, the regular Elemnt seems to be £250 everywhere, so will the Bolt actually be sold for £150? If so, I'd probably be keen to get one and get rid of the 510 I'm using at the mo'. The Garmin hardware is fine, but software is dogshit.

I briefly tried the fake carbon one and didn't get on with it, just felt a little too narrow.

I then tried the 'Chaunts' padded fake SMP and got on pretty well with that, got a few of them - one fitted to Brompton, one fitted to my roadie and a spare.

However, I've just bought a 2nd hand SMP Forma from on here and tried it on my road bike. Although it's unpadded I've found it significantly more comfortable than the fake carbon one, it just feels a touch wider and maybe a slightly different shape. Anyway, it feels better for me than the chaunts, especially after 20-30 miles or so.

Have you tried an aliexpress chaunts one? They're great for the money and I think the padding's a bit firmer than the Hell.

Edit: But the pricing of genuine SMPs is ridiculous. I don't really see how they can justify it and I'd be much more willing to try a genuine one if they were priced in line with basically every other saddle in the world. I don't know how a plastic shell, thin layer of leather and steel rails can cost any more than £70 or so new, but I paid more than that 2nd hand.

Got an unused trk if you're in London or herts, but cba to post it...

I wasn't racing either, I was riding to work. But sitting on the wheel of a guy riding a sodding Brompton for over a mile into a headwind and then buggering off without a word of thanks is a shame.

How does a guy on a carbon roadie sleep at night after taking a draft from a guy on a Brompton for the full length of the Embankment cycle lane?

True! Just feels like once a seatpost is fitted and seems to be working, it's less liable to get bashed into things, suffer if you crash and so forth, as bars are.

Carbon bars don't seem to offer much advantage over significantly cheaper alu bars, but potentially introduce some risks.

Sweet! Looking forward to seeing it :)

Not really, I don't know why, but for some reason the idea of carbon bars/stem make me more nervous than Chinese carbon wheels/seatpost...

Only 2kg difference :) I'll let you know if it snaps off and stabs me in the bum.

Edit: Ricky mentioned something about a new old bike? Got a current projects thread yet?

Smashed my mk1 vrs's sump whilst leaving a gated community thing, the little bit the gates join at in the middle. Didn't notice how raised it was until I hit it.

Anyway, I could smell oil within about 20 seconds and pulled over about 5 seconds after the oil light came on, so hopefully the engine's not fucked.

Luckily I was only a bit up the road from the VAG specialist I usually use, so got breakdown recovery to tow it there.

Anyone know roughly how much this is likely to cost me?

I've fished cables out with a little magnet stuck/magnetised onto the end of a screwdriver into the hole. Should pick up the cable and let you pull it through.

Been for a ride with the seatpost, all good. Nice and comfy, saddle didn't shift and it didn't snap. Note that I'm 2m tall and 93kg, so plenty of weight and leverage on it.

Popped it out after the ride and had a look and it all looks fine below and around the clamping area too.

Don't know. Round rails for sure. In the enve tech doc, they mention different rails for oval carbon rails. So I'd assume not.

@negaatio yes, when there's a saddle fitted, the wedges don't sit flush to the sides of the post so the extra length is required.

I bought one of these in 27.2: http://s.aliexpress.com/yAbmyIvE

It turned up today so I fitted it with a bit of carbon paste in the seat tube and grease on the little clamp wedges.

As it appears to be a copy of the enve post, I had a peek at their guidance with regards to torque. Apparently 8-12nm for the saddle rail clamp for the genuine article. I gave it 8nm and it seems to be holding firm, and 4nm for the actual seat clamp (clamp says max 5nm).

Sat on it for a minute or two bouncing up and down and wiggling around and nothing's cracked or snapped yet. First ride on it tomorrow, so I'll let you know if I'm still alive.

I'm sure I've seen TTers up and down the A414 between Harlow and the Gt Amwell roundabout. Not for a while though. I think they used to set off or finish at the layby just up the Hoddesdon turn off.

PS - Fuck riding the A414 along that stretch.

Yep, you're right regarding both weight and aeros, but I'm spending a lot of time spinning wildly on 74" at the moment and barely ever using the 54" gear. Def need them bigger.

New sprockets ordered, anyway. Will stick the 58t on at the weekend if I find a minute...

Looks good! Is that the Deda Zero 100 BOB stem? I need one of those in 120. My shiny old Zero1 looks crap :(

Yeah, something going on, that stretch of embankment closed up to Parliament Square but nothing obvious happening...

Did some drafting on the Brompton, made sure to thank the guys I took a tow from, it's very much appreciated into that sodding headwind.

All good info @edscoble, @spj7 and @BQ, cheers!

Think I'll buy the full replacement set and fit them along with the 58t, see how I get on.

Oh and I've bought 2 folding kojaks for £30ish off ebay for the BWC. Marginal gains etc. :)

Cheers for the SMP @ough, lovely to meet you and a very impressive collection of bikes, that tandem's something special :)

If you're willing to go 2nd hand/oldish, the TDL RTL series are great. My RTL2s are spot on, my mate bought the RTL3s after hearing mine and they're rather good too, with a bit more bass. I got mine for £40 off ebay but they usually tend to go for a bit more.

Why don't you commission Paul to make you a custom groupset to match the brakes?

Condor do one for £150, just FYI :)

Yeah I think I worked out previously that I'd end up with 60" and 80" with the 58t.

Commuted around London on 84" fixed for a few years with no problems, so I think that'd be ok, but I think I'd prefer there to be a bit less of a jump between the gears.

I'll give it a try with the standard ones anyway. Do I need the whole sprocket 'kit' with the black plate thing and spacers (I think, can't tell from the pics online), or do I just need to buy the sprockets themselves and can re-use the rest?

I got cn*carbon wheels from ebay after reading a couple of people's experience on here and they've been fine so far. The general consensus seems to be that they're solid and probably won't explode but they're a bit heavier than the equivalent light bicycle wheels. As a fatty, I'm fine with that 🤗