Cannondale SuperSix Evo kids bike

Spacers need to stick around until I work out how my back is doing, and seatpost will probably be replaced soon, but you're both totally right.

Just the stock one that came with it... expander bung, top-cap and bolt weigh 50g all in. I'll definitely look at that J&L one, thank you!

@miro_o almost definitely. 28 pages in and so far I've purchased... some cables.

I think they are more prone to asplode due to carbon rims not dissipating heat well

Alpine descents and excessive heat ...

Sorry .. Obviously ditching the spacers completely is the lightest option. But what I meant was what do they weigh? A single Chris King 25mm spacer is 21g roughly. A complete set (50mm) of BBB Ultraspace headset spacers is roughly 13g .. Just details. But the small details add up and are sometimes cheap.

all the spacers there are 50g in total, carbon fibre. Hopefully I can loose a couple (plus steerer) in a few weeks, then those BBB ones sound appealing... thanks!

have shit loads of carbon spacers if you're looking for a specific height once chopped.
and likely this post used if you're after a carbon one, would go well with the grey camo: http://www.fullspeedahead.com/products/road/sl-k-sbs-sb-20/#

Shout me if you want a j&l one, I've got one i don't need, £5posted if you want.

And I know everyone rips on them but a spidering will drop a few grams and have a look at other saddles, could find your on a 250gram version when there's one that's 150

Just get the stack above the stem cut down, and leave it as it is.

And if you are using the Cannondale expander, install it as per the instructions...

i'm after an expander that doesn't add any stack to the steerer...
does it have a stopper that sits on the top of the steerer (to stop it sliding down)?

BTW, just notice that the geometry of the Bowman Pilgrims seemed to fit you like a glove.

52cm is tiny bit shorter in reach with a little more stack, idea for a winter bike.

I know the type your talking about, na the best way to compare in that respect would be a star nut. It works by expanding using an 8mm hex and in that hex hole goes the standard m6 bolt from the top cap

are there even any expanders that don't have have a lip on top? The Deda one only adds about 1mm.

Actually it looks like it's a Hope Head Doctor you need.

is this the anti thread?

@edscoble that looks great! I think that would make a perfect winter bike - bit of road, bit of cross. Nice find. Thanks Ed!

@noBlakes your J&L one would be amazing, thanks! PM incoming.

RE: Expander chat - I've actually found the Cannondale expander really decent and easy to use. The top cap is so low profile as to be flat. Would be surprised if it's thicker than 2mm.

@amey take a hike, pal!

Bike is now completely cabled and bartaped, thanks to @spotter for the Yokozuna outer and @SKULLS for getting the gears all set up.

Bike is bang on 7.2kg, including pedals, cages, Garmin mount, Ass saver and exposure light bracket. Now I just have to ride it, which unfortunately is looking like Thursday.

Went for a couple of regents laps last night. My back is worse than it has ever been before. Didn't manage 6k before I was in agony.

Back to the drawing board / physiotherapist.

so so tired of this bullshit

:(

Is that not possibly just because its your first time back on the bike in 6 months?

Probably annoyingly far away for you, but everyone I know who has gone here has nothing but good things to say: http://www.backontrackphysio.co.uk/

1 hour of physio-approved stretching a day for the last year and a half, including the 4 months I've been sans-bike.

If it's slow progress, it's glacially slow.

@Dammit thanks for the recommend. I'm going to go back to the physio I've been seeing (who I really like, and is Scherrit's go-to) but might consider other opinions...

Shit News about the back. Hope a solution can be found.

Also I saw the bike pic from the last page. And sorry. But this is not going to be my favourate episode of 'porn try-outs'........

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cough cough ripoff

After going to see my physio again I've been riding a bit more. Managed to rattle out 60k without pain today which is probably more than I've done in 6 months. Trying out a Romin which I'm enjoying, feels a lot better to sit in to a saddle rather than on my old SLR.

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