Colm89’s Bike Stable - Genesis Volare 931 / Boardman TT / Canyon Stoic

Is the 105 logo etched or printed? If the latter, break out the nail polish remover, and crack on.

I did this exact thing

Beautiful frame!

It'll acetone off? I'd assumed it had been etched on.

Any pics of yours?

It does, but it also removes the gloss off the paint (oh the gloss!) and the paint on the derailleur is thin. So:
1) I wouldn't recommend it, which leads me to
2) I'm not going to post a picture of mine

That's when you reach for the autosol, and start buffing.

Dura Ace shifters and mechs and more prosaic cranks is a cognoscenti move, and the bike is excellent. Do keep the tubs though.

I thought that stuff was for haemorrhoids

Stainless bottle cages from condor to round out the build.

Have put up about 300km on it in the past 2 weeks and loving it!

Watching a few nicer pedal sets on ebay to ditch the cheapo spds. Stem will be replaced with matching PRO one once i settle on 110mm or 120mm.

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It looks lovely

yeah, that looks brilliant

Another vote for keeping the tubs. @amey used to roll around Kent on Zipp tubs at 18mph, never had any issues (on the one ride I saw him do this).

Panic bought clinchers

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Wow, nearly 2 years since I built this, so many change!

4iiii pm disintegrated, and because they don’t make them anymore I got a refund rather than a replacement, and have had to make do with an ugly old 5700 chainset since then. Sold the mavics because tubs. Alu clinchers died last June and needed rebuilding so I bought hunt crabonz to keep me moving (got alu clinchers rebuilt for winter*), and now that stocks of shimano have been replenished, I ordered a full 9100 groupset which should be here next week, which has promoted me to reflect back on this build thread.

*ironically my bike didn’t leave the turbo trainer all winter

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Nice to finally have a matching groupset! Carbon wheels will be back on when racing starts next month!

Ordered a set of pdw guards but I’ll probably hold off and fit them and the 10s dura ace to a winter bike whenever I find a cheap frame!

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Updated the thread title to be more in line with other bike stable musings threads.

Bought a cheap carbon Scott xc bike for a few xc races middle of last year. Hasn’t changed a drastic amount aside from throwing a nicer set of tyres on it and a hope carbon seatpost. I did briefly have a dropper post fitted but the extra cable made the handlebars a right mess, so I ditched it for a carbon post. Must investigate building a bike around the dropper soon.

Short term plan is to get a set of hunt xc wheels, but I’d eventually like a nicer brake set and shimano groupset too. I’d also love a SID fork.

Might have been cheaper to buy a frame and build it up…

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Carbon loveliness…

Going to eventually get the same for the genesis.

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That looks good. I can see how tempting it'd be to start heading down the weight weenie path though

My body is not weight weenie so that’s not the priority but a wheel upgrade will definitely shave 750g off so that’s an easy win!

Also, I like Ardents, but a Crossmark or Ikon on the rear would definitely get you a little extra free speed :-)

Rock garden in the last xc race I rode ripped open a 3 ride old ardent so I won’t be going any lighter!

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I don't think they're much lighter really, but definitely faster rolling

No idea what type of courses you're racing though

I’d also love a SID fork.

make sure it blue

Blue forks look shit. SID comes in black, as it should be.

Blue SIDs are for gravel bikes. Pro XC riders use the black ones