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OK so now the most important part: colors
The frame is pretty plain (silver, black, a bit of gold) and I didn't want a boring build, so colored cables were in. Bonus points if it annoys adherents of "the rules" (don't tell me my slavish devotion to the Blue Lug Flickr stream is its own kind of rules because trust me I already know).
Jagwire do loads of colors and it's quality stuff. The "braided"ones were tempting too... but as usual, availability was the deciding factor so I picked up an orange set.
Tyre options were much more limited. Sim Works do some in 26", but most are not tubeless, and I had already splashed for tubeless rims. Rene Herse are committed to 26" and I appreciate that, but they are just too expensive. So Gravel Kings it is. I actually ordered brown sidewalls but due to a mix up with Wiggle I got the black ones instead, and I couldn't be bothered to quibble it (Aside: they should really start sending vegan haribo... it's current year etc etc). Panaracer only do 53mm in the 26", so I had to hope for the best with fender clearance.
I also opted for these Titanium headset spacers. Not because spacers need to be titanium, but because they are the slimmest ones I could find, so they are flush with the bullmoose clamp. Also they are made of Titanium.
For grips, I ordered some Oury V2s in the elusive "Graphite" color. These were super hard to find in the UK, but I think it was worth it. They look much better than black (too much contrast with the bar) and orange (too much color matching).
The next post will be more useful I promise! How to fit V-brakes, fenders, cantilever rack...