The Ever Elusive Talbot Beik

4 years on, and I have still not received anything from @coldharbour for the £3,500 or so that I have paid him for this bike.

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My first new fixed build for a long time. For commuting.

• Talbot path racer - w/ rocker dropouts
  
• ENVE RD Fork adapted for mudguard mounts & dynamo wire routing
  
• Hope headset
  
• Shutter Precision disc brake dynamo hub
  
• Kinlin XC279 rims
  
• Fizik finishing
  
• Alfine Di2 levers
  
• Hope Floating rotor
  
• Rotor Track crankset
  
• Supernova E3 front & rear
  
• PDW mudguards
  
• King Stainless cages
  
• Tubus rear rack
  

Paintjob is TBD, but will probably include glitter, unicorns, and maybe a tiara.

Why the Di2 levers when it's a fixed?

They will be overspecced light switches.

Maybe even overspecced bells.

Or lasers.

Ah, so no hydro brakes then?

Good point - the list was incomplete

• TRP HY/RD caliper & Problemsolvers 2:1 doubler
  

sounds snazzy as fuck!

Are you trying to beat me in the most expensive pathracer competition?

Is that the noise of a gauntlet hitting the deck that I hear?

Why not a rear brake as well?

and why not shimano hydraulic brakes?

I hope so, if tw or you spend more than i can feel less bad about spending an amount even DJ would consider a little bit over the top for a sensible fixed bike.

Alfine levers are not hydraulic it seems.
If he took hydraulic levers he would have two switches to play with. That's too much probably. :D

• Powertap track hub on the rear.
  

I would only need one hydraulic brake, as I've no real need to run a rear brake.

And the Shimano ones are fuuuugly.

^ No real need for one

hylex and use sprint/climber buttons instead for fancy light switches?

my track powertap was cheaper than the phil wood hub i got on my pathracer */cries/*

Possibly

I spoke to Hope about this, they said that there was no way to make two levers operate one caliper in the way in which a problem solver allows two cable brakes to operate one caliper.

I'll just have one as a dummy, most likely.

To make my commute more fun, I'll randomly change which one that is.

bump

Soon...

Bike fit done with @scherrit (and thanks again for the list Scherrit), just need to send Matt & Neil the measurements.

You're a dad soon!

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