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Drilling a fork like that is like stepping on a thin ice, you never know if its going to hold or not. Bare in mind that steerer tube on a Genius fork is probably different (thiner walls) than the steerer on an older SL fork.

It's a carbon, aluminum T on a Time Club forks and the steel steerer tube is the same as old SL or whatever: 22.2 inside and the size of the headset outside.

I already had an accident with a steerer tube explosion of so I do not want to bullshit now...

Half way there

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Excellent, I'd leave the hubs as the only red accents though.

Lol obviously, brain spasm on my part. What wheels are you running? How much do they weight? Is ti stem significantly lighter then Aluminium/steel?

Yeah , I’m not so keen on hubs but they’ll be the only colour on there at the moment .

No, I think they look great, just no more red things!

Thoses mismatched clincher wheels a stiff and so so light... Ti stems are far lighter than Steel or Aluminium yes
This Alien Al seat post is dark blue so I leave it even if Alien carbon SP is lighter...

What I'm sure is that I will drill the headset like this or more...

I could do myself again a custom CLB rear brake caliper, it is not excluded...

For a wanton use of the brush script font I must sentence you to no less than... Etc.

Plus leger que mon ridley full-carbon

: ) on the down tube is OK but you'r right on the seat tube it's disgusting.

Even if I gain a little weight I'm going to put some stickers to hide that!

Yes Tom it's light !!!

Which colour should I choose for the bar tape? I'm leaning towards red, but are afraid that it might be too much. Black is boring.

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Grey or purple or tire matchy brown. Then grey or red cable outers.

That’s sick.
Black and white fade or hipster mash tape

@rawmeat: Purple could be a cool colour to try, or something red-brownish maybe? I'm afraid coloured outers would be too much?

@PhilDAS: Thanks! B/W-fade would be cool and I've considered something Mash (Caleido). Tho', for now, I'll probably set it up with Tektro RL340's and a bar-end shifter, until I upgrade it with some brifters in the spring. Doesn't want to spend too much on bar tape (like max 8-10 pounds) at this stage, and the generic brands have neither fades or exotic colourways.

Haha how the hell did I misread the post!

Cheers tester.

This is a good shout. Too bright and it might detract from the paint, but this could work

Dat orange! I think I’m sold on that hue, gotta see if if I find something similar.

Wonderful. What size is it ?

54/54 thanks : )

Just finished the bikes I picked up in France last month ( original photos here: https://www.lfgss.com/comments/14332470/ )

Van Heste 531 into a singlespeed

Gitane Columbus Gara back to its former glory

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That Gitanes a beaut. Love the fork.

Black tyres? Hope you're okay Vince.

There were cheap chinese 700x25mm tyres fitted to the silver wheelset fitted to the Van Heste 531 so since they were here & free, I used them on the Gitane.

The Van Heste 531 is for a friend who paid extra to get Schwalbe Marathons.

No creativity from me for tyres this time...