Tester's T3

Off - 3T aluminium 60mm risers with 85mm screws, 118g
On - Fibrelyte carbon 55mm risers with 80mm Accuscrews, 82g

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Sufficiently stiff or do I spot a support between the extensions?

(p.s. My natty lock ring and spacers arrived safel... Thank you!)

Sufficiently stiff or do I spot a support between the extensions?

The bridge was there before. I've ridden without it with the stock risers, but they tend to twist about the vertical axis, and it provides a handy mounting point for a front light too. The new stacks are only just over half the width of the stock ones, so the bridge will definitely be staying for now, until I get around to making a combined bridge/Garmin mount which should be stiffer, provide better computer placement (i.e. I'll actually be able to use the buttons) and about 40g lighter than the combination of K-Edge mount + 3T bridge.

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I'm surprised you haven't removed the brake lever housing from the left side. Get the dremel out man!

It's taken me three years to cut the surplus steerer off, and I've just put away the Dremel from doing that, not going to get it out again now.

Off - SLR Flow and X-Lab Sonic Wing, 237g
On - Tritone with luggage rack, 296g

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Does that mean that the "test" Tritone is up for grabs?

#dibs

No, it lives on my RollerFort.

5.5 or 6.5?

That's the kind of weak excuse I'd use. It's warmed up now, you should use it again..

5.5

Good job this thing is never going to be racked in transition

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Off - 177.5mm Zipp Vuma Chrono with hacked Goldtec 53T and ceramic 386EVO BB, 778g
On - nameless 160mm cranks with Stronglight 56T and Token 103mm JIS BB, 905g

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That must hurt ^ :P

Zipp claim about 1s per mile difference between the Vumachrono and an ordinary crank (and they don't come any more ordinary than what I've just fitted). We'll see whether I can get that back and more by switching down to 160mm. Assuming it goes well, there's always Vision Metron to give me aeros and short cranks, and I can even re-use the Zipp BB :-)

I looked for them last year but couldn't find anyone with them so I gave up and got my trusty DA9000s. Still tempted - where are you getting yours from?

where are you getting yours from?

I've yet to see anybody carrying stock in 160mm, the Vision site doesn't even list the 155 and 160 any more, so who knows. The other option, which isn't just vapourware, is Rotor 3D+. Bike24 have them at a good price if you want 172.5 or 175, but if you wanted those lengths you could still have Vumachronos from Totalcycling (although their stock control software might be Totalbullshit)

170mm Metron in stock in Aus even cheaper http://www.pushys.com.au/vision-metron-carbon-tt-bb386evo-170mm-53-39t-10-speed-crankset.html

Nice find though I'd want the 160s.

55T ring in action. It's another Stronglight Zicral CH3, no idea why they used such a different design from the 56T

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you take terrible, terrible photos. just sayin

I didn't take that picture. Or maybe you mean I'm not photogenic, which is harsh but fair.

Yellow booties are soooo last year.

No. All your pictures.

Turn a light on! Turn the flash off.
Adjust the WB.

Yellow booties are soooo last year.

Wasn't actually wearing them those are yellow Mavic shoes.