ojwithbikes

Sold my fixie (well, most of it, still have the frameset) out of panic in light of London’s totally fucked housing crisis, got a flat to live in, then serendipitously got a pay rise at work, which has ultimately expedited my descent into my roadie era. Wouldn’t have said that was gonna happen two years ago when I was first getting into bikes.

Need to get some carbon rim specific brake pads as for some reason the previous owner of this bike thought that using cheap shit brake pads for these recently built carbon rims would be a good idea - luckily they have barely ridden it since that so the rims still look barely touched. I haven’t ridden it properly yet cos I don’t wanna use the cheap pads for fear of damage lol. I’ve never used carbon rim brakes so am quite frightened of them.

Road pedals and shoes are on the horizon, but figure I’ll just do the spd shoes for a bit before committing to the spend.

Also really need to take some acetone to that ‘Race Light’ logo. Proper hideous. Like the Stronglight of the road world. If something says it’s strong and light in such a way then it probably isn’t. But I’ll hold out hope as reviews for this Kinesis Aethein are good. Hope the nail varnish remover works…

Excited to get out into the lanes. Any south London folk who do such activities - pls give me a shout I’m new here ♡ ´･ᴗ･ `♡

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