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That's not the same frame

40,000th post bookaaaaiiiiii

Is that purple inside the forks?

If so, I'm super out

Ghastly And Yucky

Also, I quite like the red inside the stays - has it been made to work with any builds yet?

Gay entire build IMO

I bought one of these in the last batch and it's really, really good

Catch I've got some black unbranded ones with a 25.4 dia.

Got grips but not chopped - if you PM me your number I can text you a pic. £10 would be grand

Price drops

Lola bullhorns, Bonty saddle and front wheel/tyre still available

Ok, that Land Shark (at first glance) appears to be perfection

Mismatched tyres

zzzzzz

Starting to find it funny just how many mango/create/foffa/etc monstrosities I'm seeing around town

And finding it sad that now I'm on a road bike none of you will ever notice me [/weep]

Sort your saddle position first (fore and aft), then the reach.

Go by feel, if you find your hand moving away from the hood after a while, put shorter stem on.

etc.

Saddle position is fine, am very comfortable - if anything I may raise the nose a couple of mm. It's just a case of sorting the reach now. Forks will come later down the line I think

I put the Cinelli Vai (110mm) on because when I bought it the dude was rocking a 130 and it was too long. A bike fit would indeed be unfeasible, so all I have is my incredibly limited knowledge of bike fitting. I will try a 90 (still 6 deg) and take the remaining spacers from underneath the stem and see how I get on with that.

Its not like the position will be all that different to my old bike. The drop was fairly aggressive on that too, and I've never ridden anything else of the road geometry variety barring my dad's tiny Giant (woi)

Qwerty seem to have the Premium Slice fork available. Not the lightest though.

For that money I'd definitely want much lighter I think - am a student so ultimately I have to get stuff right first time because I can't afford to keep changing it

Nice solid build Ollie, the Saeco colours are my favourite schemes .. I built a CAAD 6 Saeco, which I had to sell as it was too small but with nothing too drastic on it I managed 6.8, so there's some serious potential even though it's not a state of the art frame. Only thing I'd suggest is to be really sure you can ride in the drops with a 17deg stem without spacers before cutting the steerer. Function is greater the form .. "internet bike fit etc"

Thanks. Yeah I haven't had it weighed - wouldn't know how to go about it - but it would be interesting to see how much it loses. I won't be a weight weenie by any measure, but I do very much like the lightness of it, it's something I've never had in a bike before.

Ah yeah I was dreading somebody confirming the fit doubt I already had. I'm 21 and this is my first road bike, so I think I just need to get the 'silly' build out of the way first. I don't ride particularly long distances (not gone beyond 40k yet) as I have much more fun thundering around town, so my thinking was to keep maybe a 20mm spacer, cut the rest, and just keep the 6 degree stem I've got if I want to do longer rides? Or is it not that simple?

After some very brief research it seems many of the alternative forks are longer than 362mm, will the softening in handling be noticeable with a 5/10mm increase in A2C? Or should I look to change the rake to compensate?

Got it today tester, looks great thank you

Ollie - the CAAD7 Alu/carbon fork is a boat anchor. Trouble is nothing else will match the Saeco paint. There is a time carbon fork from the team issue bb30 CAAD7 which will match, but hens teeth and all that.

Thanks man. This is the sort of thing I just wouldn't have any idea about - is there a particular fork that most switched to, or are there a handful of replacements that would suit? I'll enquire about having them sprayed to match the frame so not too much of an issue if they're an odd colour

You were on the other side of a low wall so I only got to see your face and long locks blowing in the wind

Langdale is proper

Hey dudes

My CAAD7 - first road bike so nothing to compare it to, but I absolutely love it. After a 17deg stem the spacers will go and the steerer will be cut, then deep Chinese carbon is on the cards for the summer

My knowledge is gappy to say the least, but I have a thing for Dales, so I think I will be keeping this and adding/changing as I go. Any pointers or obviously weak areas?

Thanks :)

Andy aka Dogtemple close to the Marina today, gave you a thumbs up but don't know if you recognised me in my 'roadie' gear

Guys did these require signing for or just get posted?

I've gotta go out and my housemates have never once awakened for any postman

Edit: Stem too long for me, my bad

I didn't choose it!

But yes, I may have a go

Up I believe

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