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I have gradually been collecting bits and pieces to get underway with the build. Once the wheels are built, I should have pretty much everything I need.
Got some egg beaters and swapped out the spindles with titanium ones from the orient express. I thought it would be a very simple job, but the standard plastic pedal caps on the pedals are awful. I ended up spending several hours cutting them out with a knife, the slot just got mangled immediately, had to buy a servicing kit from crank brothers that comes with some aluminium replacements:
If the original caps weren't made of playdough the cost/weight benefit would have been higher, but the end result still came in as better value than buying spendier pedals off the bat:
The only silver narrow wide 130bcd chainring I could find looks alright, the manufacturer seems to have decided that sharp burrs are a nice feature. The laser etching is also nasty, need to spend more time tidying up, but it'll work:
I still need to get a JIS bottom bracket. If i trust the velobase post it suggests I need 113mm spindle length. But presumably I want to got a bit shorter to bring my chainline more central to the rear cassette?