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Just brake a lot so the pads will become thinner ;)

Bike looks rad! Piega bars?

Just picked up my first fixed gear bike for £80 that will be a short project. Would like to run risers instead of drops. Could also do with a few other bits but must save first. For now, has anyone got some seriously cheap and fairly wide 25.4 maybe 26mm risers lying around that they are willing to post?

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Halfords bargain bin for steel risers is often an option.

The bike looks awesome!

I have some 165mm 110bcd sugino gt's if you're interested

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Stunner! Très bien @Gaston_Fr

where to buy Ultegra 6500 9 speed rubber hoods? (black)

sold my gangsta, wasnt really keen on the weight and the excessive stiffness (vertical)

Got low, rych, orlo, pomp and yesterday I picked up a pelago from a warehouse sale. Will slowly build it up as an "adult bike" with silver components + mudguards + rack + clips & straps for sneakers. Might sell the pomp although it serves up as my shitty weather winter bike at the moment, so might keep it, dunno.

pelago mock up with diff wheels as I was interested about the clearance:

You got yourself a great frame, be wary the seat tube is super slack (slacker than the Gangsta even!) so an in-line is needed, if you never run a setback on the Gangsta that is.

Flat or drop?

drops, bb7, cheap tektro hoods, maybe gx 2x10 but as 1x10 setup + 11-36, nw front, cnc-bike has some cheap 105 cranks so maybe those in silver, bar end shifter

Sound like a solid bike that, 1x10 would keep the weight down a little (easier to maintain I reckon).

yeh, too bad novatec 711/712 dont seem to be available in 36h. I've had a pair of kindlin adhns waiting for the right* hubs for years.

*pref under 100e AND under 450g for f&r

If i were building that sort of bike, i'd go for hub dynamo at front.

Kinesis 4S disc with Ultegra 6800, Shimano hydraulic discs and Chinese carbon 50mm wheels with disc hubs. Good idea?

yes.

bang some mudguards on there and you'll have a proper 4 season banger

you'll have a proper 4 season banger

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but you'd find it hard to do better than the above build; would be what I built if I wanted a do-it-all road bike.

http://www.genesisbikes.co.uk/blog/28/06/15/un-gravelling-the-new-datum

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You keep getting rid of them every time there's leaves on the railway line.

Below is my all year round bike. Yes it's old, yes it's a size too big, yes it's 26", yes what are disc brakes? ;)

Dynohubs work very well, and I used them, at the cost of some hub weight/touch of resistance. But if you expect unlit cyclepaths, they're worth it, as it means you don't need to worry about battery life.
And you can charge your phone with them too.

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My thinking exactly. It'd be an upgrade to my Ribble Audax, which is currently used as exactly that - commuter, tourer and day rider, but with fancier gears, fancier frame and disc brakes. Can't really see a downside... Question is, do I go Di2 as well as hyd discs?

If so, worth waiting a while for the price to come down/better stuff to come to market? I don't feel I urgently need this bike, but everything I've wanted in a bike now exists.

there is a 1x force CX hydro groupset on sale on BR

Hmm, I think I'd want a double up front. What's the benefit of 1x?

You're asking the wrong person about Di2, as anyone on this forum will tell you. I am ardently anti wires.

Looking for future parts and future discounts is folly imo, get the best you can afford at present, unless there is something on the horizon which would make your bike redundent. For example, I wasn't going to bother with disc brakes or road thru-axles until the marketplace had decided on a standardised size.