Dreamroller

love this.

Not bad so far. I am still dialing in the fit. Thinking of going flat bar, but I flat bar everything and this build started around the record carbon brake levers.

couple half arsed pics

Looks incredible 👌

Nice. Steel stem with carbon steerer though?

Pic 3 is pure levitation!

Nice. Steel stem with carbon steerer though?

Is that bad?

Peak steamroller, looks ace

When Carbon steerers were less ubiquitous, stems were often rated as ‘carbon safe’ - the clamp designed so the load is spread and no sharp edges bite into the carbon. Steel stems aren’t usually optimised for this

Thanks for explaining, I didn't know it was a thing but I wondered about this when I installed a steel Nitto stem on a Columbus Minimal carbon fork carbon steerer. I reassured myself at the time that it was fine, the fabrication tolerances of the stem are good, so no risk of unwelcome movement/friction under load, no sharp edges, the pinching of the street is well distributed, with two bolts... Had the set-up a few years and all good. When I recently swapped a spacer the steerer looked immaculate but to be fair I don't use that bike much...
Are they stories of catastrophic failures?

Sorry for the thread derailing @BassoBry , bike looks excellent!

Such a nice build

Being this stem has a tall stack and two bolt pinch spreading the load out, I am not the least bit worried about it.

Small update...

The drop bar experiment lasted all but a few months. This bike is too fun for drops. Not saying drops can't be fun, but flats are more-so imo. Shame because the Record levers were the centerpiece for this iteration. Oh well, it's so much more fun now and those levers will go into the bin. I've been sitting on this Sim Works Little Nick/Paul Boxcar (van halen edish) cockpit for years and I think it finally found its home. Camera died after 1 pic so this is all for now. Oh and I swapped tyres and seatposts. Pirelli Cinturato H in a 46. The RH 42s were too small. Enve seatpost.

rowdy yet understated.
perfect.

I keep coming back to this thread. Build looks fantastic

God dam that's nice. I love this in every guise.

some updated pics!

The pictures from 5 months ago, is the saddle a stripped flite?

This looks incredible. Making me regret not snapping up the Whisky road+ fork that popped up on here recently but it was between mudguard overlap and mounting a rack onto the steel fork and the latter won. Did you paint the stem yourself?

Yes, it's on my MTB now.

Thx. The stem is from a limited run Paul Components did some years back. It's anodized based on one of Eddie Van Halen's guitars. Paul was a big fan.

Ha, thanks.

Despite already having a ratty old flite lying around I took the plunge on eBay earlier and in a fit of boredom bought a newer generation ratty flite so soon will have a couple to skin alive.

The saddle looks great as does your bike in every one of its evolving dress codes.

Awesome. I can confirm that skinned flites are amazing. It took various of grits of sand paper to get it smooth/rideable. The plastic is coarse underneath the leather, most likely for the adhesive to stick better. This process inherently makes the plastic thinner/more supple, which makes the saddle more compliant imo. I've had this one like this going on 6 or 7 years, and it somehow hasn't cracked. I've got another waiting for the same treatment if it does.

I’ve been perched on a stripped slr for years, not sure that I bothered with sandpaper so the fine shine is down to one thing only.
Flite now degloved, added bonus I managed to confirm my mtb is 27.0 and not 27.2 as I’ve been trying and failing to offer it.

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