Genesis Croix De Fer - amongst other things

Thanks, just waiting on my ankle getting better to ride the bloody thing!!

Love that colour.. my black looks very subdued!! Wonder could you get one down to 10kg without going mad..

very nice. good low weight too.

yeah i thought a lot about that. Loosing the brooks could save a few hundred grams and i have heavy puncture proof 28mm tyres on there as well. Replacing those and swapping out the cheap alloy bars and seatpost for carbon would probably do it. But them i'm loosing all that comfort for the sake of 700 grams.

Might as well just go easy on the donor kebabs instead and shave a few kgs off the waistline. Or buy the ti version of the frameset for the ridiculously priced £1800.

yeah, I doubt it would make much difference on the road, but having it 10kg on the nose would be nice.. mine should be approx 10.5kg but again, you could go mad with seat, stem, bars, seatpost.. I have 30mm tyres on too, so would get some easy weight out of those..

Got to ride this for the first time this morning.. I had to drop the car off at the garage and then ride 10 miles into work.. mostly uphill (500ft), but got on great although I'm in flat pedals at the minute as I can't unclip due to my ligaments in my ankle.... need to straighten the bars a smidge, but it was great.. bring on the ride home..

Have rack mount, use clip-on rack instead.

what light and battery is that?

Ebay jobbie.. £13 includes charger. light output is superb, I have to keep it dimmed through town as it's too bright.. everyone who see the light from asks where I got it.. Battery last both commutes total 1.5hrs, haven't run it down to see how long it would last.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cree-XM-L-U2-2-LED-5000LM-Front-Bicycle-Rechargeable-Bike-Lights-Lamp-Headlight-/262149671927?hash=item3d09568bf7:g:G4IAAOSw7FRWZQO2

I don't want a rack on this bike as I don't really need it, just used it this morning for my lunch and to stop my arse getting a soaking!!

Have mudguard mount, use clip-on rack instead.

Have mudguard mount, use clip-on rack instead.

haha..

flats and light swapped across. Rode the day-one in today (1o mile commute).. loaded up.. This bike it great, such a nice feel to it.. awful headwind so hard work.. have front rack - use clip on rack aswell :-)

Two recommendation;

SRAM S500 levers make the cantis felt very powerful, precise and light.

Massive rubber mudguard, like the Bibia (and more adjustment as the lower part on the front is too close to the wheel, ditto for the back one making it harder to removed wheel);

Cheers, will have a look at those.

More playing last night, although this time it was building up my brothers Fort.. It's a Columbus Ultrafoco, so very light for steel (1.74kg bare frame).. running carbon fork, dura-ace 7700 throughout, deda dinishing kit, Vittoria 32mm aero wheelset. so just the chain to sort tonight and that should be it.. He was meant to sell the frame, but had most of the stuff lying about (inc the dura-ace) so built it up..

excuse crappy phone pic, will take a couple more at the weekend..

Finally got my Stans Alpha wheels back last night after a 2 month wait.. so will get the tubeless tyres on tonight.. Also I was running a 1 x10 setup, but got new shifters off the forum and put them on last night..Got a black paint pen to colour in the braking surface of the rims.. will also lose the stans stickers.

Got the tyres on, front still leaking a bit, but will see if it seals up with a bit of riding. Can't get over how comfy the 30mm tyres are. de-stickered one side of the wheels and used a black marker, but it's a bit purple looking to me!!! might just wipe it off with brake cleaner..

It's 10.3kg in current setup, so prob wasn't far over 10kg when running the single ring up front..

Bike is going great, the comfort and ride quality of the 30mm tubeless tyres in brilliant.. one question about them though.. Which way round are they meant to go? they have directional markings on them, but to me the tread looks like it should be round the other way.. comments? PS, I have been running them back to front going by the direction indicator.

Also bought this.. very original bike, wheels were steel so binned those.. changed the bars and seat.. rear mech broke on the first commute, so swapped that out of one of decathlons finest!!

Love the pug, just repainted my frame and I've got them decals on the way to me.

Beautiful CdF!

Cheers, really enjoying it at the minute..

PS.. anyone know the best way to mount a front guard without having any eyelets on my forks? duh!!

Small update - Fell off last week and broke my elbow!!! Duh.. Anyway bike update - due to having no mudguard eyelets I bought a set of carbon CXR forks from @Vince.. So got them on last night, albeit one handed.. steerer could do with being cut, but will leave that for when I have two hands!! bike weighing in a 10.3kg.. Will keep without guards for summer and stick SKS guards on later this year (Which I have) .
Also keep a single Stans sticker on each wheel other side on rim (3 on each side was way too much)

Forks look great on your bike!

Great looking bikes but I'm a bit puzzled about post #61, did someone hold it, jump out of picture, jump in and catch the bike before ground? Hows it standing?!