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That the 35mm tyre?

Yeah on paper but they don't come up as wide .. the rims are 21mm internal .. velocity aileron

Also black with red is kinda tacky

Indeed.
I've been thinking about starting a thread about this. About how hard it is to avoid buying shit that's black with red details. And about how fucking geeky it looks.

Start a tumblr

More angsty teen than geeky

In any case, proper badass.

Needs more LED fans

@amey want an Exotic super light Carbon seatpost to take away the buzz from those skinny tyres?

@amey What's your fork clearance like?

I thought on the link you showed me there weren't any rack mounts. Are you going to put a rack on it?

Clearance is quite good, i think it can take 40c and mudguards and those are mudguard mounts.

Maybe you were right and that's what I should have been buying.

Can I have the link again? It's a Carbonda isn't it? Did the forks come looking like that?

Nah i got bored on Friday and had some red reflective sheet. It's 'carbonda, i have been talking to them on alibaba .. someone called Adam, let me dig his address. I will ride it to central next week you are welcome to have a look. On phone atm but google 'carbonda gravel bike'.

Er how does that work?

http://www.carbonda.com/road/gravel/cfr505.html

Yep this.

@umop3pisdn with this adapter:

So it's not a rack mount? Or is it both?

its NOT a rack mount. Although you could try ;)

Go back few pages, they mounted a WTB horizon with mudguards in the factory, took a photo and sent it to me.

Bit the bullet and ordered some of these last week https://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/8117218076.html?orderId=78400189727482

Shipped today so will report back. Seller assured me that they'd be sent with Oakley branding so I'll see what turns up. I wonder if I can open a dispute if they're differently branded seeing as it's illegal and all.

So nice Amey!

A lot of stuff disappearing the Thompson seatpost post has now gone.
And can anyone point me towards a vcls seatpost and smp saddle.
From well reviewed source. Time to start aliexpressing.

I've found this as well. I'm looking for an ENVE seatpost but with the dark letters, not the shouty white ones. Alternatively a superlogic post.

Also looking for an SMP saddle.

So depressing it's time to hit the trigger and I can't find anything :-( don't tell me the golden age of Chinese cloning is behind us?
May be another website?
I've checked dhgate but again I'm struggling.

(and @dglshrn )
You want this?
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Italy-2015-new-full-carbon-fiber-mountain-road-seat-saddle-bike-saddle-seat-saddle-bicycle-accessories/32722032194.html
or
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2016-new-fashion-hollow-titanium-rail-breathable-leather-EVA-sponge-racing-road-bike-saddle/32602485282.html

vcls:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Bicycle-Seat-Post-Carbon-Fiber-Setback-Black-Seatpost-Road-Bike-Cycling-244g/32653629957.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.11.3dKPud&ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_0,searchweb201602_2_10057_10065_10056_10068_10037_10055_10054_10069_301_10059_10033_10058_418_10073_10017_10071_10070_10060_10061_10052_10062_10053_10050_10051,searchweb201603_4&btsid=30b4eb9f-5b72-463f-a951-8ed3ca745426

The Gub GS seatpost is more or less the same design as the Thomson:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hight-Quality-GUB-GS-Ultra-Light-Weight-Aluminium-Bike-Bicycle-Seat-Post-27-2MM-LB-SS/32488621953.html?ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_7,searchweb201602_1_10065_10068_112_10069_110_111_418_10017_109_108_9972_10060_10061_10062_10057_10056_10055_10054_301_10059_10032_10058_10073_10070_10052_10053_10050_10051,searchweb201603_3&btsid=11d14161-48ed-4f31-bf2e-79d2b3e7c6a7

Review here:

https://2lo8.wordpress.com/2016/05/04/gub-seatpost/