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Ok, will be nice wheels I think. I think all black is a great choice, but that's just an opinion. Pink tape can look spot-on or competely off. There's nothing in between. If I were you, I would make this decision when all parts are installed, will give you a much better image of the complete bike.
On the stem: tidy solution in my opinion. As long as there are no spacers involved and the angle of the stem is in line with the toptube, it looks fine and wider range of ahead possibilties > looks. I'm building up a Master where I'll be using a threadless 1" headset (Tange Seiki) in combination with an ahead adapter. Might be an option for you to, but I presume that you'll need to cut your steerer tube than which would be a no-go.
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Yeah I agree about the pink. I think I'm pleased with it but as you say it's hard to tell until the whole thing is built up. The idea would be to use pink brake cables to carry the theme through to the back, and then pink pulley wheels on the super record derailleur to finish it off. Otherwise it would look a bit front heavy.
Thanks for appreciating the fit on the stem adaptor, I thought it looked agap! Not happy with the bulky headset as stated previously.
Could you explain your point re threadless adaptor in more details? Sounds interesting.I wanted a black saddle and seatpost but knew I wanted those specific ones and could only get them in the colours they are in. Tempted to polish the post and stain the saddle. Can't decide as the white goes with the seat tube but not necessarily with the bars etc.
Jw89
I'm building some with kinlin 31ts, record hubs and sapim spokes.