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I finally fitted the triple->double chainset to this last night. My fears about the BB threads were unfounded, the old one came out easily and the new one went in just fine too. Needs FD still, maybe tonight.
It also has a new fork. The Piolet was around $100 off when I went to finally buy it so any slither of indecision was crushed and I dove in.
It's... blue. It looks satisfyingly robust and is covered in braze-ons, but is very blue.
Most importantly though, the holiest of metrics, the instagram story poll, voted for it over the old chinese carbon.
This means I can do something pretty important - sort out the stem situation. This might mean embracing an unholy amount of spacer stack, but that's okay. I need to dig out every stem and spacer I have for a fair bit of experimentation for this. The 35 degree stem has to go though. Too many angles.
For the mudguards, I ordered some alternative stays which should sit around the tyres a little better, allowing a closer, more even fit. I also made a set of flaps out of potentially-too-thick 3mm rubber, and am trying to figure out how to create holes in the guards for attachment without any real tools.