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TurtleRecall
So I was started putting my new Kinesis 4S disc together at the weekend.

Scuppered by three things:
1. Shimano connecting pin refusing to go in (turns out I'd bought an OEM chain from Ribble which doesn't have the longer connecting pin with the chamfered edge, just a little stumpy choad to push in).
2. No outer gear cable. I thought my RS685 kit came with them, but just came with inners and brake hose. Is Shimano SP41 the one to go for?
3. Wrong disc rotors. Bought centerlock 140mm Avid HSX rotors but I didn't pay attention to the fact that my calipers are IS, not flatmount. So I'll need to use the adaptors supplied with the frame to fit them which means I need 160mm rotors instead. Anyone want to buy some Avid HSX centerlock rotors?
Oh and does it strike anyone else as a bit mean for a £650 frameset not to come with bolts for the bottle cage and rack braze-ons?

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bertocq in reply to @TurtleRecall

Oh and does it strike anyone else as a bit mean for a £650 frameset not to come with bolts >for the bottle cage and rack braze-ons?

Mine came with them, you can see the 4 of them top left of this inner-parts-box picture:

Did you got some Di2 blanking grommets/plugs? I didn't get them, and emailed bruce@upgradebikes.co.uk about still waiting for a response.. Try your luck asking him about those screws.

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TurtleRecall in reply to @bertocq

Hey, unless I've got things really wrong, those four bolts with the white threadlock are for mounting the two disc caliper adapters to the frame. And then the four bolts with red threadlock are for mounting the caliper to the adapter.

No Di2 blanking things for me either. I also think only getting the one little clip on hose clamp is a bit weird, as there are (as far as I can tell) two places for them to clip onto, one on the fork and one on the chainstay. Those are as well as the little bolt on hose clamp.

How's your build coming along, anyway?

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