Salsa Vaya, the Resurrection - TvH's touring stuff

Ooh, what enamel you using?

Ooh, yeah, that would be handy.

One Shot!

Ah yep. Know the stuff.

Interested to see how it turns out

Me too. And also kinda worried...

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every details is outstanding....love those cable routing super clean well done..

Maiden voyage to acquire coffee and pastry.

LBS kindly gave me a spare TL-FC25 (I think the FC stands for fucking crap) so the cranks went on when I got in from work earlier. First impressions - not light, but not slow. Much comf.

Need to dick about with saddle position and stem length. Also obviously needs a front mech. Stupid cloth bar tape is too short. So far I like the shape and all the usable ramp bits of the Noodles, but should be going on a proper ride tomorrow to try it out.

Those brakes + bar ends are such a win

And they work nice and all!

Friction from the full housing is crazy though. Shifts perfectly, but I think I might invest in polymer cables (or bung a load of PTFE lube in there)

Excellent, looks perfect for me, Let me know when I can take delivery?

My only thoughts are that the sar/hood combo looks lengthy and you could do with some flapz

Yeah, have been trying to work out the best way to mount madflapz. Not a lot of tyre clearance! And the way I had them on the last bike wasn't perfect, front one especially

RAW flaps come with some 3M double sided sticky pads which work well and help with clearance

I have a plan to modify my last flaps and do much the same thing, but wrap it around the back of the guard and stick the sides just inside the lip

Looking at the length of those Zeppelins I'd say flaps aren't really needed. You still want to be able to ride off kerbs etc

Truck tarp flaps aren't gonna prevent that. I like riding through puddles with dry feet

Not sure what you're thinking but I've found flaps on the inside of the guards don't work despite looking cleaner. It creates a kind of shelf for crap to build up on and inevitably rubs. If you know this ignore me! Bike looks great as said already.

For sure! Just want it to wrap around the corner a bit to keep its shape better

Front mech yay!

I was going to go for a ride around the broad yesterday, got there, and then remembered I had to go to work, so here is an industrialpiktur of mein fahrrad

You have made awesome.

That's well nice

Really good looking bike you've built!

The rack is built like a brick shithouse. No flex at all, aside from the retrogrouch bars. Waitrose run for reduced booze and fancy single-origin milk, no problemo.

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single-origin milk

Does it tell you the name of the cow on the label?

I would definitely pay extra for that