• An annoying snag in the build. I'm intending to use a -17 degree stem without any spacers, and went for zipp service course sl. In hindsight it's fairly obvious, but the stem doesn't play nicely with the top part of the headset (or indeed with regular sized spacers). There's minimal lip around the steerer clamp, and the underside of the stem makes a tight bend without much radius, so the stem ends up pinching the top of the headset in one spot instead of making even contact all around. I'd have no problem filing a bevel on a spacer if I were using one, but don't want to do the same on the headset itself. So I'm trying to get a refund / exchange on the stem. I'll probably get the Ritchey C220 as a replacement.

    In other news, I finally got around to disassembling and cleaning the bike. Frame has manufacturing date code "EK" which translates to November 1993, making it a 1994 model I'd imagine. Areas under the downtube bosses are a bit rough, need to mask them somehow, or just pop back the bosses.


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