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No worries, I didn‘t take it as criticism :) I actually wanted aluminium rims because of the brake performance and general reliability. To me it’s pretty much perfect as it stands - as in, I don’t see much room/need for changes at this point. Only needs to be ridden more regularly. As for the stem, I didn’t like it initially but it‘s beautifully designed from a technical point of view - so I came to appreciate it over time. And Can totally relate to your saddle dilemma, re-wrapping a mint red one would be a shame and it looked really nice on the de rosa. If I changed the saddle on the Time, it would be a flite - as on almost all of my other bikes :) red saddle doesn‘t look too bad either:
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I hear you and thank you as well - the whole ‘young-timer neo-retro future-classic’ thing is an itch I can’t scratch hard enough… I guess my inclination for the Campagnolo crank is that it’s carbon, and paired with the rear mech and callipers defines a rule I want to achieve myself, all metal things metal, all carbon things carbon… no paint, no anodising etc…
I’ve got the leather ready for a recovering of a carbon SLR but annoyingly when it arrived from eBay my bright red saddle was almost pristine and it felt daft to strip a near new saddle… big fan of the pop of silver on the brakes… I’ve been keeping an eye out for some silver R45 in a lower spoke drilling to pair with shallow carbon rims…
I actually really like the Time stem, my comments for ‘improvement’ aren’t meant as any criticism, they’re the niggling bits I’d be swapping in and out over the course of months chasing an aesthetic result which has very little effect on the enjoyment of any actual bike ride I could be going on, as you say the habit of the project is often stronger than the compulsion to get out in the lanes