Brother Kepler

Standard. Or Blackburn do summat similar for half the price.

I just need to cable up the gears and wrap the bars. Will get a decent finished shot at the weekend.

Finally got this finished! Had a bit of a faff sorting out the YAW front derailleur so got Cycle PS to set it up properly.

I'm taking it to Dorset tomorrow for a long weekend cycling and walking around the Jurassic Coast

Looks great! Any room for fenders?

Enjoy the weekend jaunt.

Looking lush!
Muddy bar tape?

I've put around 150 miles on this commuting and a trip round Dorset and I'm enjoying it so much more than I expected. It's not that much slower than my road bike, especially on badly surfaced country lanes, and I still felt fresh after a a long weekend ride.

Next up a front rack (probably Pelago) for commuting and light touring and some mudguards before i head to Skye and the Outer Hebrides in May.

One thing is that the mini-v's have gone from razor sharp to super spongy already. Any ideas?

I had a similar experience with regular v's. It seems they just eat up soft rubber brake pads. But I'd rather change brake pads than having them chew through my rims.
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Also, after fitting new pads on mine, I flipped the spacers around so the thickets spacer is inwards - It is supposed to make up for slimmer rims.

Yeah I had the pads set up super close to the rims. Have you tried Swissstop? I'm pretty happy with the performance of the stock pads but not sure I can be bothered to adjust the brakes every two weeks.

In other news, I rode 30 miles of canal paths today (Kingsbury - Coventry) and the bike was great.

I was so surprised when I went through the pads so fast, because I ran an entire year or more on the tektro cantis I had on my bike before. I guess it's a testament to the superior mechanical advantage of v's.

Entered rack life

Decided to do a full rebuild since I have plenty of spare time on my hands.

Had a go at applying Frame saver whilst I had the bike apart and everything that moves is being replaced/regreased/refurbished apart from the headset. I think the Shimano hub's are completely shot so not going to try and regrease - will take to a LBS when things calm down.

Still waiting on a few bits including a Ti Flite as I managed to snap my Cambium.

Brother are also very kindly sending me their last bottle of touch up for this colourway so i can try and repair some of the damage from 3 years of commuting. Will share some before/after pics if i'm semi successful.

Ooo nice

what framesaver did you use?
I treated mine a while back with acf-50
top tip - if anyone uses the same stuff make sure to wear gloves, I didn't and had quite a bad reaction on my hands.

I used ProGold Steel Frame Protector.

Definitely wear gloves, long sleeves and goggles*. I did exactly what it told me not to do about spraying into one of the vent holes and suffered a bit of spray back. I applied two coats about a day apart. Really simple process.

*aliexpress 100% Speedtrap copies with clear lenses

I finished this a few weekends ago - need to sort a few bits out still. Hope you love/hate the bartape

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Love both, the pink cable outers and the bar tape!

The refresh is a winner. Looks great, and bar tape/cables are nice touches.