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edscoble
She's baaaaaack
I decided to tape up all the red areas of the frame, and leave the red forks for now. It's immeasurably better than the last job I did, but still a bit shoddy. I'm fine with that.
Off for cabling up tonight. I could do it myself, but Skulls has a dremel and I'd rather get the Yokozuna reaction stuff cut right first time.
Including the cables, bartape and plugs which are yet to be fitted, the bike is 7240g. That's heavier than I thought, but not the end of the world.
I need to take it for a shake-down, firstly to see that everything is working proper and secondly to see what state my back is in after 4 months of no riding and lots of weightlifting instead...
All being well, or at least moderately improved with my back, then I can start improving the aeros and loosing the weight. 60mm 24mm wide torroidal carbon clinchers with lightweight QRs, latex tubes and GP4000's should loose ~200g off the wheelset*, improve the ride and lose some drag.
The stem is loosing 40g with a Kalloy Uno 7 off eBay and Ti bolts. Ti spindles for the Speedplays are also on the way, and ti bolts and knock-off Bontrager carbon cages are on the list. Gunna swap the chain rings too, because these are much too shiny.
I'm going to try out a Romin, and if I like that, then a carbon railed version and a carbon seatpost should comfy up the rear end and maybe lose a few grams. My current saddle and seatpost is 322g, which ain't bad.
Anyone got any other cheap weight saving tips before I get the credit card / drill out? I'm aiming for under 6.8 because I love CRIME.
*2712 down to 2530, including cassettes and all.