Today I...

Either way is good. I think I'd prefer silver everything (including rims) personally, looks beasty how it is though

I like all black everything, hence the Jamis!!

It will look great all black, just think I'd personally prefer all silver with it being a classic frame. I do think it'd look better with a black quill stem though ;)

Are you saying you have one?

i have a black quill stem. Would deffo look nicer silver though, keeping with the headset, seatpost and colour of the frame..

I do but it's an old tatty dirt drop stem, probably won't look right with the rest of the build. Kieran has one though ^

Today I...got rid of the Jamis!

The Caminda is going to be the bike for now, going to be sensible and save some spends and decide what is really like to blow it on!

Decision reached as the Caminada looks cool in my opinion and after a ride yesterday I'm loving it!!

Oh cool - looking forward to seeing it on Sunday - and you'll be on steel for the steel ride, so will automatically be quicker!

You know steel is real right?

I'm very well aware!

Would rep

Today i bought myself a new rear light (Cateye £17 from Evans, 5 LED one, seems decent) and some evans bar tape.

Question to everyone, i plan on double wrapping my bars as the tape on there currently aint very comfortable, it looks quite nice, it's like a dark grey fizik looking tape. (don't have a picture handy) And the evens tape is black, should i wrap the black tape over the grey, or other way round?!

TLDR; basically, grey tape or black? On a red bike with black hardware. (Logic dictates i go black, but evans cork tape looks so cheap compared to this fiziky type stuff)

Deda elementi in black is about £4 on CRC, I've always gone with that as I've always found it a bit thicker than say Fizik, get some Cinelli Gel pads if you still want more cushion

TL;DR - black black black!

Good shout Rikki, never used CRC, nor did i even think of looking for other tape, might blag it for a while with the black Evans stuff on top, should in theory be nice and thick.

#needsmoarblack

CRC is great but there delivery process has gone downhill recently. Thinking about it I'm sure you can still get deda tape from DH, works out about the same as CRC+Delivery but with the added bonus if having it immediately and a nice chat about bikes over a good coffee

Haven't been in there yet, nor am i sure where it is, will have to scope it out and take a look.

TL;DR - Use DH, get today and have a coffee!!

I dropped my frame and forks of at DH for some work today, and ended up leaving with agreeing to a new crank set, chain and the potential buy of a aerospoke front wheel...

Think Im going to have a spending problem in there :)

Haha - the DH was an expensive discovery for me also!

Today I realised I want a fixed gear bike again :(

I can't imagine not wanting one!!

I haven't ridden fixed for long time and I really fancy something a bit ridiculous recently. Something to go alongside the Olmo, not replace it

Ridiculous is good! I can see myself collecting a few bikes!!

It'll either be a tarck bike or an mtb, my sensibleness may outweigh my recklessness ..

.. Or probably neither as the Olmo isn't finished

Yeah, I don't know if I'll ever finish a bike!!