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My knee is still fu'ked up, so not much biking going on. I managed to visit the garage after a long time and see how (L)Olmo looks on borrowed wheels. It seems like the conversion turned out good, didn't (over)slacken the angles, nice clearances (pictured with 37c tires) and good fit (58x55.5).
I scored some SL500 Sram bar end shifters locally and have an XT HTII crankset going spare. Chinese NW on the front, X9 with long cage (planing to start with 44T on the front and 11-36 cassette, upgrade with a 42T cog if necessary) and RL520 levers to some Chinese copy of MTB BB7 - what could absolutely go wrong!? I will probably go for 40c G-one on the front and 35c on the back. I get nervous from just looking at those carbon forks...