Salsa Vaya, the Resurrection - TvH's touring stuff

and on the eBay disc brakes rose again, in accordance with the Scriptures

Like many of you, I thought disc brakes (and drop bars) were dead, but I have seen the light.

Or rather, I found a frame that might actually fit me and is fit for purpose.

Chris King! Noodles! A £150 Exzentriker bottom bracket I don't need! Bargainz

And double thanks to the good people of the eBay finds thread, because what kind of peasant uses cable discs?

Anyway, this project is a resurrection in more ways than one, because dear seller unfortunately ground the cable guides off.

So at some point, with the help of the Norwich Men's Shed (ugh) I will be learning to weld, fixing the unfortunate modification and then it's #sickfadez o'clock

yeehaaa!!!!

Ah nice, was really tempted by this

Welcome to the headtube club.

#sickfadez o'clock

5mm shorter than the Raleigh, actually, but got dat sweet Pegoretti extension

dat sweet Pegoretti extension

I really should put more effort into learning the local dialect.

This feels like the first bike that will be built around DBAD sticker

I think David Lee Roth up there might have a bit of a Pegoretti extension too, by the look of it

It's a good thing I bought four of them

Looks amazing from the get go, subbed!

Name a better front man than Diamond Dave in his prime.....It's unpossible.

Do you wanna swap Noodles for some Nitto Dirt Drop bars?

Also, sweet frame

I've wanted to try Noodles for ages, but if I don't get on with them, sure!

I love me a resurrection thread. It's a thing now.

Subbed.

Cool beans

Ay ay ay! Tamal muey caliente ...

dear seller unfortunately ground the cable guides off.

Just for RD? Surely a way around that .... maybe a way of doubling up on disc guides ... could also look tidy full cable, routed down together.

¡Arriba!

For both, so the front mech poses a bit more of an issue. The newer Vayas run a full housing for both mechs, so I wonder if the bottom bracket guide for those has an integrated cable stop. Can't find any pics.

But for now, yes, I can just run a full housing all the way to the back, probably ziptied to the rear disc routing. I plan to run it as 1x10 initially, possibly with my MTB wheels while I decide quite what I want to do. Quite tempted to make this my first dynamo build

What kind of shit thread would this be without some bikeCAD, anyway

Serotta style sick fades or candy fades? Norwich man shed fades?

Too many spokes...

I preferred this one

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Definitely more of the Serotta nuclear cocktail tropical sunset fades. Which will probably also be shed fades...

I've also really been lusting after the new Chameleon, so I might ape that, but with some on-trend textured/sparkly finish mebbe.

Still my fave .... (crust is also legit)

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