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Not anytime soon. Still not sure what wheelset to buy. It's only the bartape, wheelset and chain so not that much anymore.

Thanks btw.

6kgs is ridiculous... what do you weigh!?

I weigh 59kgs, so it's probably easier to remove weight from the bike than myself.

thats saddle looks like it has a comfort rating of 0

It's quite possibly the most comfortable saddle I've owned. I've only put 55 miles into it and need to make a few tweeks to my position but I'm really happy with it.
I've found that with a good set of bibs and a correctly positioned saddle that unpadded saddles don't feel much different than their padded counterparts. Even without padding I don't find it too bad, I stuck the SLR C64 that was on there previously onto my fixed gear and have occasionally ventured out in jeans without discomfort (though I wouldn't be going out for a few hours without padding).

Trimmed steerer tube

Carbon steerer no longer projecting through the stem? Well done, saved 3g and you'll have to readjust your headset every week as the stem walks up the steerer. Still not sure about gumwalls on that build either. Overall, I'd ride it at 6.5kg (Keo pedals, SLR saddle, Corsa CX tyres, proper bottle cages) but at 6.0 it looks more weightweenie project than race bike.

I miss the yellow tyre!! Haters gonna hate...

That looks to be the same chainset that Hilary is selling for £245, either thats a typo on his site or it's a very rare and sought after (by some...) chainset. Hope you still have the inner ring either way!

That looks to be the same chainset that Hilary is selling for £245, either thats a typo on his site or it's a very rare and sought after (by some...) chainset. Hope you still have the inner ring either way!

Hah, you're right.

Hah, you're right.

It's a stronglight 49d and no, no inner ring.

Yeah I just saw the quite glaring difference, still, pretty cool.

Yeah I just saw the quite glaring difference, still, pretty cool.

What would you value this at?

My Baco track bike, freshly resprayed and almost finished:

Crankset + pedals to be replaced asap (borrowed from another bike) and white tires, as soon as they're trashed..

Bike check:

• Baco (known frame builder from Paris) Columbus EL frame and fork.
  
• Campagnolo BB, headset, seatpost crankset, pedals, toe clips and toe straps.
  
• Paul hubs, Mavic Open Pro rims and white Vittoria Zaffiro tires.
  
• Nitto Jaguar stem, Nitto B201aa riser and white Strong-V grips.
  
• San Marco Concor Supercorsa saddle.
  
• Sram chain.
  

all good apart from the white tyres, needs gum walls

and arrospoks

the white tyres looking surprisingly okay on that build, gum walls would be better though.

all good apart from the white tyres, needs gum walls

I agree, i'm thinking of a pair of veloflex master..

Zaffiro tyres of any colour are shit.

It needs something you can skid on if it's to be rideable.

soma everwear with yellow sidewalls.

its quite a relaxed ht and fork angle isn't it

LoL

all good apart from the white tyres, needs gum walls

tannist

track stem and risers again...

If it puts your hands in the right place who gives a shit.

^^

Carbon steerer no longer projecting through the stem? Well done, saved 3g and you'll have to readjust your headset every week as the stem walks up the steerer. Still not sure about gumwalls on that build either. Overall, I'd ride it at 6.5kg (Keo pedals, SLR saddle, Corsa CX tyres, proper bottle cages) but at 6.0 it looks more weightweenie project than race bike.

I've been using those bottle cages for a while now- they're fine, no problems at all.

They don't feel at all flimsy, and hold the bottles nice and securely, plus they release the bottle without a fight.

Overall zero problems- SF is running them as well, with no reported issues.

Crap photo, but this was last weekend- couple of litre bottles on the bike as normal:

My bike is a lot heavier than the Giant mind you.

for a given value of a lot

Almost a kg, that's a lot in % terms.

Just worked it out- 12%.

Although I am dreadful at maths, so that might be wrong.

Changes since last time:

• Ward ti axles for bebop pedals
  
• Smud Carbon saddle, saddle cradle, bottle cages and top cap
  
• Bontrager Race xXx Lite tubes
  
• Alligator iLink and iLink mini cables
  
• Rubber dust cover for headset
  
• Trimmed steerer tube
  
  

Now weighs 6.00kgs (13.22lbs)

Is that the Q6 grade ti? I'm looking to get their "upgrade" for Speedplays