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I meant aesthetically; parallel to the wheel etc.

Moving the brake bridge fwd and adjusting/cutting stays would be my first action ..

Yea. But no. Spending as little time on this as possible.

The hip hop sled guys told me to post my georama here.

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Thanks! I'm planning to build/look for a front wheel for my 1994 Moser, Francesco used on his bike an Ambrosio Alu-Splinter in black but sadly I've never seen one apart from the one on The bike used for the record.
The groupset on mine is a mix of DA 7410/7600 so Campagnolo wheels are out of discussion.
What would be best for a front aero wheel (low spoke count) of that era?

After a good clean front seems to have an even wear, but rear is more worn down on the drive side (non drive side has quite a bit of anodising left). Should I sand it down or leave it as it is? Those older rims should also have thicker side walls due to not being machined, so it should be fine?

What would be best for a front aero wheel (low spoke count) of that era?

By 1994 all the cool kids would have had Zipp 440, the really tarty ones would have mated it with the Hope Ti hub.

Those older rims should also have thicker side walls due to not being machined, so it should be fine?

No, they were extruded with thin walls because they didn't have to allow for the subsequent machining. That's one of the reasons why rims used to be lighter.

I was considering that (or even a Zipp 3000 if that matter).
Better start the hunt then!

Need to be a lots longer to actually stop your feet from getting wet.

It was the best I had laying around. It's an improvement for sure.

after much rebound SMG my project begins to look like a bike

I built this up a few weeks ago, and despite being fine for a few 60km rides, the seatpost begun slipping on this weekend's group ride. This is apparently a known problem with Soloists (S1) as the shape of the aluminium seat tube is a poor fit with the carbon seatpost. This led to many people over tightening the seat clamp and lots of cracked frames. Cervelo attempted to fix the problem by providing a brass shim fill the gap, and later editions of the frame shipped with the shim included.

My frame came with one of these shims (pictured below), and despite torquing everything correctly, and despite liberal amounts of grip paste, my seatpost still slipped, taking the shim with it into the depths of the frame, where I needed a long screwdriver to prise it out again.

As you can see the shim has a rolled top to stop it sliding down inside the seatpost, but clearly this wasn't sufficient to hold it in place. I would like to stop my seatpost slipping, and stop my shim disappearing, and I would like to avoid cracking my frame, does anyone have any suggestions? Add more coke can shims? or maybe try gluing the shim in place inside the seat tube?

Photo 1: Seatpost fitted without shim
Photo 2: Shim
Photo 3: Seatpost fitted with shim

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Sandpapering the lacquer on the seat post sorted out the slippage on my T3

@edscoble

You mudflap fetishists complain too much ;)

(sorry @amey new page fail)

My dry feetness complain too much.

If you like wet feet, by all mean go for it, I rather not have to hung my shoes to dry only for it to be morbidly damp after leaving work, every single time.

this would make a great chillum

^ if you stare at that bloke long enough he winks at you, I'm sure of it.

So I've been riding a 29er Inbred for the last three years - basically everything from the daily commute to bikepacking to spur-of-the-moment XC rides. It's a great practical bike, but it's a bit heavy and burly for 95% of the riding I do on it, and a bit industrial-looking.

Is there a reasonably-priced OTP bike/frameset that'll fulfill the same duties whilst being lighter and looking more civilised? Disc brakes are a must; 45c+ tyres preferable.

I have looked at the Surly Straggler, but the Genesis Vagabond seems to be a better bet (bigger tyres)... but is there anything I'm missing?

Small update on this, went for the original choice. Found a fair priced titanium axle and bought some skf bearings.

Build wise, I don't know what to go for. The '96 Klein catalog shows this exact frame with a campag mirage (or athena) groupset. Looks boring, so some friends suggested that I go the Ringlé/Middleburn way, although it seems much more expensive.. I only found a purple seatpost at a good price.

How would you guys build it?

Any thoughts which way to go?

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yellow and black

yellow/black >>

... although does look a bit like a close up of homer simpsons facial hair...

White is lush

white for sure

hunnet percent white