The Look family - Look KG196, KG381 & 695 Aerolight

You can have the option to have it slammed, but you have to ask Canyon for the specific headset.

This one was on my current bike I am riding, but I think I'll use the one that came with the replacement frameset for a little bit of comfort.

#OldFart

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Slammed or GTFO

All I remember is the zero stack headset that I ordered on my first bike, but I didn't really ask about the size. Any ideas?

If this is gonna be a Sunday best/fair weather bike then just do what the pros do...

Bingo!

Will need to hunt down that headset I guess, any help would be greatly appreciated if anyone knows.

On other news, my wheelset has arrived from mainland china and no custom charge, only a minor charge for getting through china (£27) strange but can't really complain too much.

I will need to get some rim tape tonight. Atm I'm looking around for lightweight inner tubes, and thinking just sticking with Conti race 28 lightweight (80mm value). A part of me wants to go and try the supersonic inner tube, but so far mixed reviews, anyone has past experience in using these before?

@6pt
@Dammit
@amey
@Smallfurry
@Dick

Correct me if I am wrong but light butyl innertubes are worst of both worlds .. no advantage of latex albeit slightly more supple than the regular butyl and less puncture protection ..

Are you not going latex because of carbon clinchers?

Yeah after talking to @Smallfurry, just those two combined together is just asking for trouble so I decided to go against it.

But with supersonic it is non-latex and doesn't lose air pressure, the only fault I have read about is that if you have rough roads around you it is probably best not to use them and the other issue is that the inner tube is very fragile when installing and you can easily puncture them just by installing them and getting a pinch flat right away.

What was the lstex/ carbon clincher discussion? (getting old) l ran latex inners, and cooked a set of carbon clinchers on a descent. The rims were toast. But the inner were ok. Install at home, and carry a more robust spare though.

Im a tubular convert. So cant recommend much on inners TBH.

Lightweight butyl tubes puncture easily just by installing them +1

Happened to me twice, bought either latex or normal butyl since then. If I were you I'd just go latex and take the risks for granted. If you're really worried about them popping just get normal butyl and live with the weight gains.

Dat stem!!

All about direct mounting your stem on the bearings - your back, neck and shoulders will love you!

As re:tubes - I just use Specialized Turbo Tubes, but only cos they're the lightest tubes that the shop I work in stocks, used in combination with some nice Veloflex or Vittoria with a full cotton casing of anything above 300TPI and you're not far off the feeling of Tubs.

Il bring you some down when I meet you for the bonts so you can give them a go - how deep is your rim (lol)?

Thanks for all the feedback guys, will have to sleep on to see which one I will go for,
but kind of siding for the Race28 Light just atm because of the puncture aspect and roads in this country isn't perfect, plus I can get a 80mm value whilst the supersonic I will need to get an extender as I will struggle with getting my lezyne pump screw cap on.

In other news, my wheelset are here and wanted to get the wheels with tyres on, but I failed on getting any 18mm rim tape from Condor cycles or Evans, so I had t order and wait till the weekend to see how rad these bad boys will look on the new frame.

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The tube material aside the Race 28's I've had have removal valve cores which can be unscrewed by certain types of pump. There is nothing more frustrating than getting a puncture at the side of the road then having your pump release all the air (and the valve core) once you've spent ages pumping it up to the required pressure, leaving you back at square one.

Get Vittoria Ultralites.

There is nothing more frustrating than getting a puncture at the side of the road then having your pump release all the air (and the valve core)

Pro-tip: press the little black button on the hose to release the pressure between the core and the hose. Hey-presto: no more unwanted valve-core extraction.

Show us your damn wheels! @HoKe

I had the same issue as well, but when I got the valve extender for my 90mm track wheels, it came with small tighten piece that prevent cap coming off.

With the quick search for Vittoria Ultralites, I've only found 51mm valve which isn't enough atm and for this bike I rather don't want the hassle to have the valve extender.

I think @Fox meant the end cap on continental inner tube valves are comes off when you use a lezyne or screw on pump you can unscrew that part when you disengage the pump.

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So rude! Not even a please or thank you! =p

So couldn't resist to get these bad boys out of the box and shoot them:

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Close up details CK R45:

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And it came with the usual parts of brakes pads and skewers. Should I keep the pads or get something for stronger for the crabon?

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Rubbish! Start again

Are they titanium skewers from Planet X?

Looks like it. As long as the keeps the wheel in place, i'm not too fussed.

Going to get the wheels checked and tensioned properly? Have heard chinacarbon wheelbuilding can be a bit iffy

For piece of mind, yes.

Will ask Condor to get these checked out before I turn a pedal.