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So the cannondale came and (finally) went
Mostly I was fed up with rim brakes and 25c tyres but it was a lot of fun to ride. I knackered the freehub on the tune wheelset I was using on it so that pretty much sealed the deal so rather than replace those, I'd sell up. It was going into winter anyway
Current line up includes:
CAAD12 that I'm now doing all of my riding on. I had been riding my Genesis as it's winter and this was going to be for summer but since WFH, I haven't needed the dynamo and mudguards so I'd rather take a lighter and quicker bike for group rides
Don't actually have a photo of the genesis but it's an 853 Fugio with the bridges replaced for fenders and drilled for dynamo wiring though I never got around to wiring up the rear light.
Painted in nasty Hammerite silver with a matching painted home made stem, hammered fenders etc
I've got my first home made frame. It was built without a jig, in a workstand having never brazed anything before and it's nowhere near straight but you know what, it rides really nice.
Loss of the aforementioned wheelset and a snapped derailleur meant this is now sat in bits waiting to eventually be fixed up and shipped off to my parents to live out it's days as a spare bike for me when I visit
Ritchey classic finishing kit, Sram rival 22 with (badly) stripped rival 10 speed cranks
Then there's the cursed Exploro which came with a crack in it. I home repaired that and it's held up the very few times I've been able to ride it. But the seatpost will not stay up for love nor money so I have to do something about this when I get around to that.
I think I'm just going to epoxy it in place and wrap the opening in some carbon to make it a full on ISP frame. I'd love to find a post topper to add back some adjustability but the aero shape of the post means that's pretty much not going to exist off the shelf
Still got this which I built, rode for a bit and then put away. It's sat without bridges and needing a new rear disc mount because it's in the wrong place making it somewhere between 140 and 160mm rotor natively. Columbus Life I think. Rides nice. I'm just going to fix it, paint it and sell it very cheap