Half-hopping the Nanolight

Also it's not even that heavy, a bit, but hardly arospk

Also I'm currently 68kg when I really ought to be 63kg.

Also it's the hubs that are heavy so the rotational inertia isn't as affected.

Also it's flat round here so aero beats light.

But mainly hip hop points are worth more than weight weenie points and aluminium wheels carry zero hip hop points on a modern frame.

And it seems my new pedals are a full 220g lighter than my old ones.

And I've not even weighed the bottle cages yet, but I bet there's at least 25g there.

Which pedals?

Which Cages?

ftfy.

@hefty this is looking sick, if only my nanolight fitted me I was planning a re-spray.
out of interest, what is your shop?

Carbon rims feel nicer to ride too, they help absorb road buzz. I mean that's at the expense of proper braking, but you know, pros and cons.

Precisely. Who needs brakes?

FSA K light cranks sanded to remove logos and relacquered.

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Cages are standard Lifeline carbon, 19g each.

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I just discovered those guys!! I was getting bummed about not having a good biekshop around after moving here. They're great.

awesome paintjob

Turns out FSA carbon cranks don't work with BBs for FSA alloy cranks. Cue two weeks of dicking on trying to find out what to buy to make them work.

Sorted now.

I've gone for a Velosolo 46T for now. I'll ride around on it and maybe go for a fancy Wolf one once I've decided the optimum tooth count.

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11-34 out back.

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I decided to get a chcarbon stem off Aliexpress for £20.

It's light.

But chode.

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Less chode, -17 Kalloy Uno. Rattle canned satin black.

eBay said from Germany, the two week postage suggests probably not.

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This looks ace.

Although I'm probably still more interested in the 914 and the T2... I grew up with a Wedge (T25 microbus) as the family/dogmobile and desperately want some of that rattling bag of bolts sound in my life again.

This afternoon's job is servicing the bus (with one eye on the telly) ready for a camping trip tomorrow.

It's a bit of a shed, in an endearing way.

I can't find my fishing scales, but by weighing me, then me holding the bike, then doing sums, I get 6.9kg.

Not super light but very acceptable.

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Just read through; congrats on a project well done. I think the paint looks swell, I'll have a go myself I think.

Thanks. I think I'm done. Hopefully it will be a bit less pissy-down tomorrow so I can ride it.

The finished bike:

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looks great!

that cap on the cranks bugs me more than it should..

Is nice.

Thanks. The writing on the cap? I could paint it...

It was sunny tonight so I went for a quick spin. Fast it is.

I need to tweak the indexing a bit, but no sign on chain drop and plenty of gears for round here. Spins up to 40mph fine, just need to find a steep hill to test the low gear.

i meant the carbon(?) thingy on the ds crank arm. i like to see into the crank axles (even though you can't see through this one due to the nds bolt)

Oh that. If it comes off it must screw so that'd leave threads exposed and messy looking. I think it has to stay.

Looking very nice! Did you do a ride last Saturday in the end? Been ill (still ill), else I'd have been in touch.

P.S. I love how enigmatic you're being about your shop!