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Hehe yeah I wish it was a bit bigger ;,)

It’s even got the fake Chris King headset @Hulsroy sold me.

amazing

What size is it?

Found some nice second hand forks and decided to build a mainly parts bin functional bike.

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I was planning to buy some 650b wheels and 47mm tyres, but I think I'll leave it like this for now.
Still need to find a way to make the pizzarack a bit better...

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Also have these forks and am stumped about best pizza rack fitting. Was contemplating making the attachment.

Yes unfortunately the forks are just a bit too wide for the rack... otherwise we could've fitted the mounting plates on the inside of the rack.

Longer bolts with spacers?

Prepping for the Trans-Cambrian Way this weekend.

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fantastic bike. looks even better with the fatter rubber.

Yep, this is really really good.

Love the hubs and the Klampers.

Quite the page

still got plenty to do but the first test ride round the corner went ok

the only thing is the chain ticks a lot when it comes on to the ring, this is my first time doing both 1x and hot wax so i don't know why... i think it's just too much wax and it will be ok if i clean it off/ride more?
or did i fuck something else up?

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No idea but that’s v cool. If you put it in a stand can you not see where it’s ticking?

thanks

it ticks as the chain comes onto the top of the ring (only under load)

there's way more wax flaking off than i was lead to believe hence my too much wax theory... or maybe the chainring is just shit 🤷

In my experience it takes about ten minutes of riding to shed the excess wax.

That's superb, what is it?!

EDIT: oops, that was for @shinkuu_kiss

@Tijmen
👍 i will try pedalling better for more time

@jono84
it's an older felt that i stripped the paint off
(can't remember the model as i bought it a while ago)

i was looking for an allez sprint but couldn't find one in my size where i am, the geo on this looked good for me and the price was very very reasonable

That chainring is a narrow/wide? If so is the chain lined up with it right?

Really like this bike

Yeah and yes, double checked now but unfortunately it was not just me being stupid

I'll just ride it and hope it goes away

the only thing is the chain ticks a lot when it comes on to the ring, this is my first time doing both 1x and hot wax so i don't know why... i think it's just too much wax and it will be ok if i clean it off/ride more?

I find some narrow/wide chainrings are just really noisy. Not sure I'd call it a "ticking" noise, but the chain/chainring makes a lot more noise than a 2x ring.

It'll all wear into each other soon and the noise will go away...

Deserves its own thread. Does this normally have a dynamo front wheel? Looks like a SON light at the back.

Thanks! I might set up a thread for it.

It's got a full SON setup - Dynamo and both lights fitted. And a Sinewave usb charger for touring, that I haven't used yet.