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I've got an Inbred at the moment. It's a 14" and a couple of inches too small to be an effective 'road' bike. I'd like 700cc wheels too but running large vol road tires.
I was over there at Christmas. TBH, a Road-rat with a light build would be perfect... expensive though. and that's why a 'retro' resprayed frame appeals.
I've just been online creating a list of components for a build and quickly realised the problems with brakes / hubs and it also meant more expensive carbon rigid forks for disc mounts. I hate the idea of being under-braked (hence a HOPE M4s & 205mm floating rotors on my xc bike).
Any suggestions for 1" - 26mm clamp stems and 1" steerer forks.
Which powerful road brakes? What about Dura Ace 7700 for £40? Can you use road canti brakes with mtb type brake levers? If so which levers? I want to use flat bars.
For the wheelset I was going to have Ultegra hubs, Mavic Open Sport rims and use a SS kit (spacers for 9 speed to 1 speed and a tensioner that bolts into the hanger). Is that the best way and a resonable wheelset for about £90 + £20 for SS kit?
Are road BBs the same as MTB BBs? If not, where's a good place for a cheap SS chainset and BB? Pref silver.
Thanks for the replies so far.