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Good to hear!

Yeah, the taping around the hoods (which need to move up a bit imo) is shoddy as hell, but I'm a tape perfectionist.

Another roadie is born ;-)

Photos taken out back at the DH?

@TomvanHalen I think perhaps you're seeing the opposite brake lever rather than shoddy taping?

@BareNecessities well spotted - yep, gears for summer and single/fixed for winter training!

@edscoble this one? haha

If your local shop has some to try, worth a test sit, as they're all subtly different.

No need for padded shorts on pro so that's handy.

This doesn't make sense to me. It's written like you can't find wheels cheap enough, but you're thinking of swapping one top-tier group for another.
handbuilt ambrosio hubs + your choice of rims or something from fulcrum.

I've got an m-part one, it's been just fine.

I think perhaps you're seeing the opposite brake lever rather than shoddy taping?

No. Deffo shoddy taping.

Tx buying dvls :)

2nd'd @Scilly.Suffolk

Looks good with the new bars and I really like those itm stems

Bought this on gumtree for a bargain price to use as a beater.

Built it but didn't quite like it so @MrsP wrapped it in camo for me.

Wasn't really into the quality of finish I wanted so I rawed and lacquered it at work.
This is the final form I reckon.

Thanks, this is a completely different bike, I have two orbit frames and this is the beater

Any chance of close up of camo? Really dig.

Here you go @Chak

I liked it, I really did but the vinyl didn't really sit well on the finer contours of the frame no matter how hot I got it.

Also, I rawed @MrsP's Pre Cursa and it looked so good:

I was jealous so I had to do the same to mine.

The camo wrap vinyl isn't expensive. It's about five quid for a metre and a half on eBay. It comes on a roll, 30cm wide. There are loads of other options for pattern too. I bought 4.5 metres and didn't use half of it so I still have some left if you wanna give it a go. Probably enough for a frame. It's yours for nothing if you collect it. You'll need a heat gun or a good hair dryer, a sharp blade for precision cutting and a stand to keep your frame still; it's a ballache otherwise. Drop me a PM.

Link... http://stores.ebay.co.uk/flamingwheelsonline/CAMOUFLAGE-VINYL-AIR-FREE-/_i.html?_fsub=9118060018

Sigh...got two prong chainring bolt tool and it slips. And with that damages the bolts (steel vs ALU...steel wins that fight).

You live you learn :)

So get some of these and get proper hex nuts.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ca/en/race-face-chainring-tab-shims/rp-prod117551

"Life is a struggle."

i already have the record groupset, so selling that to transfer to red would mean breaking even. problem is that with budget X i can afford some nice carbon wheels to match the sram group but it's not enough for a similar campag compatible set.

Sounds weird to me.. what kind of carbon wheels can you afford for sram which aren't campagnolo available? Should be some some carbon equivalent to that budget with a campagnolo body..

i'm talking second hand. market is flooded with shimano body wheelsets but no campag. (would be buying locally, in hungary as postage would kill any deal from the outside..)

Most models have an option of freehubs. Buying a Campag fit freehub and change them over is often easy.

Ended up hacking it, clamped tool with wood clamp, success, result, profit.

They're sugino single bolts, not cheap n nasty one would think...

:)

First world cyclist problems for sure... ^=^

i nkow i know but hungary is far away and postage costs make replacement freehubs expensive (distributors are fleeing the country one by one - very few remain, stocks are very limited).

am i correct in thinking that you advise against sram then? :)