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if you don't want to shell out for a ti quill you could always source a steel one. Imo itm eclypses are pretty cool, and the 3t pro chrome as well (I'm sure there are more!)
But yeah a black quill could be an idea for a more stealthy vibe...
Or silver quill, seatpost and chain rings to offset the all black of the group...? choices choices :)
Any thoughts on wheels?
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The wheels aren't anything too interesting, just what I had on my old bike. I'm afraid this project is under pretty significant financial constraints - the student loan only goes so far :(.
I've already ordered a crabon seatpost, inspired by @Flandria's Diamant, and there might be a saddle following.
In an ideal world I would go full matching titanium stuff, which I figure would work well with the wheels too. As things stand I've already got the full cockpit from my old bike ready to go, and going for a quill would mean new bars + new bar tape + ballache of rewrapping bars.
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I very nearly bought one of those 1" threadless carbon ones of ebay, but I realized all the associated costs would mount up. It also seems like a shame to get rid of such a pretty fork....
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Epic frame, looks a lot like my olmo minus the chrome. I'm sure it'll look great with black 105!
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Okay, so it's beginning to look more like a bike. There was a hairline crack around the top of the seatstay which I noticed while I was putting the new seatpost in. Since the paint around that area was already pretty ratty I decided to sand it back a little to check it wasn't anything serious - thankfully, I'm pretty confident it was just a paint crack. I asked to LBS too and they said they couldn't be sure without stripping the whole seat cluster back, but that if it was a crack it would make a hell of a lot of noise before it really packs in.
fingers crossed.
Also, I could use some advice on cable routing. Do I need the cable outer to run all the way through the toptube, or is it okay to just have it going into the entrance/exit ports with exposed inner cable running through the tube? Sheldon/Google gave me nothing on this :(
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@%~} and @alialias duly noted (subject to pics)
@PhilDAS yeah looking at it now I'm pretty certain your meant to run out all the way through, which is slightly annoying since it means I need to recable the rear brake :(
Will try and post a piccy of the potential crack tomorrow. In other news I've also kindly been offered a threadless carbon fork. Looming overdraft tells me no, but the scales scream yes. 😬
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for example this one. altough i like it a lot with the original forks, but adapter instead of quill is a big no. why do people see cabling and wrapping bars as something that bad?
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@hma it isn't solely a hatred of cable cutting or bar wrapping, it was more a matter of cost:
Quill stem + bars + bar tape + headset > headset + adapter
I think once I've dialed the fit in and I'm happy with everything else I'll ditch the adapter and try and source a cockpit that resembles this.
In all likelihood I'll keep the fork. The one on offer isn't threaded which would further postpone cockpit plans.
@MCamb So true. These have very nearly been hurled through a window in rage on too many occasions. Whoever gave them 5 stars needs a slap.
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Discovered this via the eBay finds thread and I couldn't say no to that fade. The paint is pretty ratty in places but everything else is absolutely fine. I'm gonna take the easy/obvious allblackeverything route with 105 and outfit it with some carbon goodies from china.
It saddens me to say it will have an adapter rather than a proper rad ti quill, but I might see to rectifying that in the future.
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