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Just one bottle cage ?
Dammm thats hot as F...

Thanks dude. Yeah that bottle cage was the only one I had around, so better some drink than no drink ;)

I'm going to get 2 silver ones as those stainless steel Elite ones are shit, they are far too flexy for UK's shit roads and I've had bottles fly out on numerous occasions.

My new Orlowski almost finished and checking how it looks with mudguards on

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Mudguards look great on it.
Imo you could benefit from a little bdhu

This is great! Why no thread?

Def mudguards +1. Where did you get that stem?

Yea the taped fucked the bdhu situation, smh

Thanks! Not sure, just didn't feel like it this time. I got the stem from the Simworks USA. Tempted to try to drill it so the cable can run through.

Wow! This looks great! (Especially with guards)

Cool. René Herse brakes? 🤤

Have you considered a power hanger if you want to de-clutter the headset, and like me don't like crown mounted hanger? I mean, before drilling that lovely stem...

[Edit] that's if fork crown is drilled though...

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Are they TA Carmina cranks?
Looks bloody gorgeous!

Yes!

@MisterMikkel

Also yes! Thanks!

Thanks! That's cool, I didn't know that was a thing. I'll keep it in mind.

Very interesting, didn't know about this.

Oh man that's lovely!

More photos / details would be appreciated by myself and the forum!!

More photos / details

Yes, @Heldring was meant to say this too!

I’d forgotten all about those and I had cannondale force 40s on a bike once. What an asreache to set up, but once done, tidy and effective things with no chatter.

Nice without, but lovely with.

More info pls

I'll make a thread in a bit.

update on the troll as well please if you still have it!

the frame is sitting naked at the moment waiting :)

finally got this thing on the road, rather pleased with the result

Building a new #gravel bike since now almost two years, when it is finished I do not want it probably anymore like the way it is planned, let's see – so since it takes so much time (which is actually great regarding nice parts), I am exchanging parts without even using them, coming closer to a doctors bike without being a doctor nor a doctors salary. So I changed now the axle on the Chris King hub from standard Shimano freewheel body (why am I even doing this) to XDR, and found out that the hub I have bought used, is a Chris King gen 1 hub, but the attached axle adjusting clamp is a gen 2 version and too big, and was even mounted like that. I don't know why/how the previous owner changed/used this hub, but I ordered now a gen 1 adjusting clamp. Good is, that CK exchange parts can A) be ordered and B) are in stock. Not good is the price, £35 for an axle adjusting clamp without shipping.

Well I’ve done it, I’ve had it since before I got the bike. It was the first thing I had to change on a new bike for someone (James) when their bike arrived at the shop. So I kept it as no one wanted it. A year latter and I got the same bike. But shock horror they no longer fitted it. It’s taken about 5 years, but today I changed it over and at the same time I fitted my smart chain breaker. I’ve only had that 4 years so…
Anyway I like it matchy matchy and I don’t care what anyone else thinks, especially you James.

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