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@Hefty
The frame should be underway somewhere in deepest Russia by now, so I've been starting to amass some of the bits.
First to arrive from bike-discount.de (about 20-something% cheaper than Wiggle overall) this week are :
Ritchey Pro Micro v4 spud pedals. Ritchey quote 208g, the kitchen scales agree :
They're dinky.
As recommended on here I've also gone with Ritchey for their Classic stem. Again the scales agree to the gram with what they quoted.
The only thing I didn't like about the stem was the hewge RITCHEY logos, but 2 minutes with some of Mrs Hefty' nail varnish remover had them gone.
Does anyone know how to get a Lumix camera to focus close up? :(
The other bits that have arrived are the 42mm valve Conti GP Supersonic innertubes (55g each including the pointless nut and valve cap) and Wippermann Connex chain (285g, but I'll be losing a fair few links so that will come down).
I think I've made the decision to go with a 42T 90s Dura Ace road chainset and matching brake and seat post. Probably. And probably polished. Probably.
I've also received the EC90 SLX forks from jimjamosullivan on here. They're going to have some cosmetic attention, but happily are 295g, 25g less than Easton quote and a bit more to come off once the steerer is shortened.