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@ Vesalius, I liked the Vittoria, just didn't feel that nice to ride (since when touring tyres ever do?).

Yeah that's true, I was thinking I might try and compromise on that solid puncture protection for a more supple ride with bonty race lite hardcases.

I'd be tempted to keep the randos but they are a horrible combo with my chrina rims, so hard to mount tyres

radonneur are awesome
they are awesome to me for different reasons than to you though ;)

You bladdy fixie skiddas!

I just got a 3t Palladio seatpost to stop the Doric wearing through all my jeans/lycra.
When it arrived I realised I bought the aluminium version by accident, the Pro one, rather than the LTD one. Then I looked up the price of the LTD and now I don't miss it so much (rrp £200, cheapest online £150). Although may try and get one at trade through work.
I've had to shove the thing in my frame, it must be slightly oversized as it fitted but didn't really want to move. Probably scratched to shit now, but I can't be arsed pulling it back out to see.
Not the quickest thing to adjust and I've never had to read an instruction sheet for a seatpost before, but at least I know my saddle will never rotate in the clamp.
Now I have a spare Doric LTD that's scratched from my allen key and with a good amount of paint missing from my seatpost collar so it's not really worth selling. And if I get the LTD Palladio then I'll have another scratched to shit seatpost hanging around.

The Palladio is the post that the 3T equiped teams use at Roubaix- it's got a sort of roughened surface on the section that goes into the frame, which may be the "slightly oversized" thing you are experiencing.

I quite like them- once you have them adjusted (which can make you want to hit it with a hammer) they are rock solid and make no noise (my old Thomson slipped and creaked all the fucking time, I hated it).

It's certainly not slipping down in the frame. The adjustment is still bugging me. I think it could go half a degree nose up, but it's such a hassle. Not something I want to do on the road side though.

I had to leave mine and come back to it the next day- and adjusted it perfectly in maybe 30 seconds.

it's a fuckin seatpost ladies.

^Palladio virgin right there

DA 7600s on open pro

or

Mavic open4cd on mavic track rear (ignore the awful tyre)

Main reason for the Q is that the braking surface is going to be used on the front but not the rear...

^Palladio virgin right there

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Looks like a dildo, so an appropriate comment.

What exactly is the benefit of this post?

It'l never slip.

I bought it because it has a narrow clamp area, so it won't rub on my jeans.

Stop riding in jean then.

I really like the modulation of the palladio.

I dont think I need the layback though, so will get an inline version soon.

Sumo Forstermann over there :)

Stop riding in jean then.

it does it to my lycra too, but I wear jeans more often. It's just the size of the clamp on the Doric with my narrow saddle. If I used a wider saddle or had it further forward it would be fine, but I can't and I don't.

Sumo Snakehips over there :)

ftfy, maybe. Thigh rub on the seatpost can be wide thighs, but it can equally be a narrow pelvis.

Monolink ftw either way

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I polished the corners off my Thomson clamp/cradle at the front with my mighty thighs/narrow pelvis.

Dammit my bars just arrived, would it be ok one day to borrow your torque wrench? the weaker one.

Sure.

its nothing urgent, and stem is yet to appear, but thanks.

Slam the stem

Question. Should I buy a headset press, considering I may be playing about with several headsets over the coming months with different projects that I have in mind. I also like to own my own tools, and I've considered it for a while.

I'd be getting this from wiggle for £35:

Thing is, my LBS charges anything from £3.50 to £10 depending on how busy he is, how chatty we get at the time etc. He's the type that thinks up a price on the spot for his regulars (below sticker price) and I like to give him my business where I can.

You can make your own for less IMHO.

Say he charges an average of £5 a pop, then it might add up to buy your own if you have several to fit/refit in the near future, but after that it's a tool that you will likely use less than, say, Allen keys or spanners.

How would you remove the headsets? If you already have suitable tools then it makes sense to be able to do the whole operation; if you're just bashing them out with an old screwdriver then a proper press makes less sense.

If your LBS is convenient and always likely to be able to do the job when you need it done, then I would be inclined to stick with him: it's often difficult to justify, on the grounds of loyalty etc., paying over the odds for parts you can get on-line for considerably less, workshop time is the one aspect that your LBS will always beat Wiggle et al and from which he can make a living.

Workshop jobs are often the areas that benefit from experience and Wiggle won't bail you out when you absolutely can't free X, or Y won't fit Z.

Tools are brilliant.

Buy the tool, become the guy that has the tool and lend the tool to others.

I'm fine with handling tools...

#notaeuph