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Nice place you've got.

Yeah, fizik is a good yellow.

recommendations for bar tape that matches the Flite yellow

Deda Intense Ochre might be worth a look if you need something less lemony than usual

I have a 1" Kona track fork for sale. Believe it's 35mm rake, haz brake hole.
Steerer is kinda short though (21/22cm, dunno if that suffices).
Pm me! Cheers

Looking great (I do like a purple bike). Good shout on the yellow saddle.

Yellow saddle and tape might work if the rest of the build is clean. Id start by destickering the wheels. A nice modern group could work well on this, DA9000 cranks often suit steel frames I think

Thanks for the recc. Y’all. I bought the fizik, I love that tape. In the past I haven’t really got on with the Deda offering (which might have been a better colour match...) will see how it goes. Can always default to black tape and saddle if it’s hideous.

I have some destickered (and better) Mavic wheels that would look good, but they have a Campagnolo freehub. These particular wheels are my brothers.. might remove them anyway I’m sure he’s cool with it.

The only group I have going at the moment is silver sram rival... I could always swap the crank out for a carbon force if the silver becomes a bit too much.

Will a shimano tiagra 9 speed triple front mech work with 4700 tiagra triple STIs ? (I just found a brand new one in the parts bin!)

Can always default to black tape and saddle if it’s hideous.

Been there, done that. Tried to match tape to a green flite which I may or may not have bought from you at some point.

Any thoughts on this yellow saddle? Quite like it as opposed the usual black!

Agreed, looks good.

If it stays, any good recommendations for bar tape that matches the Flite yellow also welcome :) or would that just be total anti / overkill.

It should, it doesn't exist and yes it would.

...if it’s hideous.

It will be.

Yeah! Loving the Ratroller!

Hah, yes you’re probably right. But if I ditch the tape the yellow tyres and chain might not make sense

yellow tyres and chain

Wait what.

Is there a mech that would do a 11-42/46 cassette that will Work with an RS685 11 speed road shifter?

My left shifter is fucked and I’m weighing up the cost of replacing it vs potential 1x.

34/32 and 44/42 are basically the same, would just lose about 20gi at the top end.

Sorry. No. Not good enough. More on this please.

It's made me realise the hole in my collection. I just don't have a red bike.

cheap schwalbe roadcruiser..

RoadLink/TanPan is your cheapest option, no? I don't really do modern Shimano but I don't believe there's one out there that works off the peg. You could also get the MicroShift bar ends and an MTB mech.

Can everyone agree that @MCamb should keep the rad yellow flite but cease and desist any attempts at yellow tape immediately.

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You lot are lagging behind:

I bought the fizik, I love that tape.

...going to need yellow pedals now ;)

That fizik yellow is bright, I tried it once to match to a frame, not a yellow flite, and it didn't quite match, thing is unless the colour match is bang on its going to look hideous. I sacked it off and went black in the end, reckon you'll end up doing the same.

Fizik tape rocks tho, so that in black is fine.