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@koai
thanks for the nice comments :)
@ bmxconan - yeah i'd love to build up royce hubs, i can almost justify it to myself but then outspoken cycles do a nice wheelset of excellence + goldtec for the same price as the royce hubset so uhmm ahhh uhmm ahh... only 10£ more than if I were to build them up myself as well...
as for the geekhouse, I was about to order one last year but yes 1000£ was a bit steep at the time, so when Henry was selling his I jumped at the chance to own one of these! And I have to say it really really is worth it... even the sound the steel makes from the road / wind is beautiful.
@velo libre: yeah, you're right of course... the stem is a technomatic deluxe (looks identical to the 20£ more expensive pearl) that I chopped down, just not enough. Dunno when I can get time to do another amputation.
@mrlemon: It costs 45£ for blasting & clearcoat @ armourtex. you can choose between a matte lacquer or shiny lacquer, I chose matte.
think the overall feeling is to go box rim / shallow rim, thanks for the input!