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Like, a lot more snug

huge if true

Thank you, for saving me from it. I was chatting to the guy about wether he’d be in London or would posit it. I think i need more steerer. Everything I’ve read is very positive about the zig zag, so do post when you build it up, sure it’ll be fun

Your mr pink is superb (just did a stalk), what will become of it?

Just seen Galibier are providing the kit for Masaka now? Pretty cool

yeah they did this first time around for me too, some extra sealant in and they will be fine. I've taken off and re-fitted mine a few times and it was only the first time.

I have been wondering what the choice 650b road tyre is outside of rene hearse

Any pictures of it fitted?

Phil wood or Paul?

Some minor tweaks here, and some fever dream crank consideration

Most of my riding has been the boring commute stuff, but drove to Ireland for 4 weeks with my in laws at the height of UK heat wave and brought my Faran so hopefully will get some good rides in here. Before I went I made a few small changes

Saddle
SMP drakon for a conposit (quite a change), this is really comfortable off the bat. Commuted a few times without a chamois inc. one morning with a trip out to deprford to pick up a t shirt and bibs from Albion. I just did 3 hours on crappy tarmac through forest and it was a little sore but so far really like it.

Switched cages
elite Moreo -> king Iris, as I put my Arundel cages on my wife’s bike. Didn’t like the Moreos, I wanted to try a side load and liked the idea of red bits on the bike. Didn’t like putting a bottle in, nor the look. Iris do look good, but I still prefer Arundel do bottle replacement.

Tyres - WTB horizons back on

Stem - I’d been trying 90mm, went back to 80mm - a black Ritchey 4 axis which is actually a lovely stem. I would like a silver version so will post a wanted.

Lastly a wizard works teeny Houdini as the BigXTop roll I have has come undone a few times Just Riding Along, due to the big 650b tube I carry I guess. So far (one ride) it’s great. More space, easier to get a tool out to adjust saddle height, so spills anyway. Matching black camo with my outershell bag.

Pending

• think I have some silver hub Hope 20Fives as I’d like to try 700 again
  
• Need the levers lower (and, in fact, bdhu) and thinking about going back to compact shape, tilted right down again as that was the most comfortable in the drops I’ve ever had. If I can carve out some time I’ll strip some cheap Deda RHM bars I have. They’re 38cm, which were good for me, the Ritchey I’m using are 40, I like the space for the bar bag.
  
• still thinking about a witslinger split half/ full frame bag
  
• Sub compact cranks - I look forward to the day I’m not thinking about this anymore. I’ll put my thoughts in another comment.
  
• Nice silver slim 80mm stem. May bite the billet and go for a Rhonda from fresh tripe.
  
  

I’ve been on the fence about the green seat clamp but am erring on positivity. The silver one was a bit too much like every single other fairlight, plus when I switched to king headset (no regrets, I like it aesthetically so much more) it no longer matched. Wolf tooth is an objectively better design even though I don’t need it’s benefits.

I love this seeing sound jersey, Lachlan Morton fanboy and all

Lastly - Albion cargo bibs. I like them, would like more if they were less shiny, but very comfy. The side load back pocket is genuinely good, I never use the rapha ones. Narrower pad is more comfortable, less like a book spine up my crack.

I see you posting pics of your fairlight on instagram, why no here?

it's the ones with phones in front of their faces for me - a) less peripheral awareness so more likely to interfer with a rider, but more importantly b) the footage will be shite, enjoy the moment and the cosmic connection to the riders, soak it in, feel the overwhelming emotion, it's fleeting

and also c) they look like such wankers on tv putting the phone between them and the race

actually the flags are really worrying as well

whoops, nevermind

pog took a spill on the descent, after jonas had a wobble. jonas waited for him to catch up. team car came up for pog, heated words were had, commentators think he was being told to attack more and he said nah boss

It really did actually

I was thinking that too

I enjoyed Quintana's cheeky moto grab

I picked up the tie dye shirt last week, along with some cargo bibs. That is one lovely tie dye job @Chopsicle

Hoping to get out this weekend to give the bibs a go too

Quite lithe

You ok bun?

ftfy

An organic tapered head tube is really nasty looking imo. A straight ID44 headtube looks great with EC44 (external cup) headset and internal top bit.

Yes, has to be a nice smooth taper with external cups, not the lumpy ones with internal cups. The flush dust cover on the gunnar is also not helping things, nor that whisky fork that looks offset, and certainly not all 44mm headtubes are as awful as that.

and I am really thinking of road/ gravel bikes where the tubes are quite slim

Becuase on many lovely bikes the aesthetic weak point is the 44mm headtube - 1 1/8 steerer transition (that gunnar for example). I think tapered headtubes look really great so wondered why someone like Standert, which cost a few quid, don't use them

If the mitring is difficult that would explain an increase in manufacturing labour cost i assume, so not just penny pinching

Are tapered headtubes really difficult to weld/ source?

talk to @PeteJChurchill

That's my understanding, that the regs require you to pay 'fair market' for it after the hire period, and by 4 years they're saying it's basically worthless

The sizing tool had me on a 56 - my faran is 54T and I really wouldn't want it any larger

Didn't movistar put him back on his bike last year when he had broken or fractured both arms in a crash?

But thank god for newborn screening