Disc brakes are dead

115mm

pic? and then find me matching inline post.

Ideally I want all ritchey as the bars are ritchey and I like ritchey.

Trivia: The only non american bits on the bike are nokon cables, ultegra cassette, SMP saddle, lifeline bar tape, schwalbe tyres atm.

Don't have one of my own, its this:

I bought it hoping seller had measured wrong and it was 120 but it actually has 115 written on it.
I'm not selling otherwise but if you want it then you can have for 20 quid. I paid just over 25 and used on one ride

I do like the ritchey stems too

ah yeah, had one of those in the past, they are good and graphics come off easily with acetone, I'll hold out for Ritchey eventually I think. Or if @MechaMorgan is selling is inline Masterpiece I'll stick with Thomson.

lol, you’ve got this whole thing completely turned around haven’t you.

You’re going for lightweight components on a Ti frame, despite the fact that Thomson inline posts are basically the stiffest, least comfortable performance posts going. Add to that idiocy you’re insisting on matching your stem which, by your own admission, you don’t like and is an objectively bad design?

Dude, get a carbon post. Canyon inline (not the split one) is about the same price and infinitely more flexible, aka the one thing you should prioritise in a seatpost. Secondly, sack off matching the stem and get something that fits and isn’t likely to slip, aka the two things to prioritise in a stem. The OEM Cannondale branded one on my pinnacle cost me £7 and is lighter, better at clamping and probably (below the limits of human perception but still) more comfortable than the X2.

If you want to build a hillclimb bike, by all means get a Thomson. For anything else they are poorly suited for the task at hand.

Canyon inline

The VCLS with sliding clamp? Thats still set back I think ..

idiocy

Thats the motto now, no sense or logic on this one otherwise I'd have gone for R9100 brakes instead of EE, this is a point of no return.

Ritchey everything will be matchy and be all those things you mentioned :) I use Kalloy on the builds that I want to make sense out of they are lighter than any alloy stem and are £10 and can remove graphics with acetone and clamp mechanism is great.

Canyon inline (not the split one)

Why not the split one? What have I missed about this?

What have I missed about this?

aesthetics

Split one is amazing and by far the most compliant seatpost available. I’m buying one. Just very expensive and aesthetically a bit challenging for a pure road bike like this. Non split one gets you ~80% of the compliance for £100 less and looks normal.

Thank you for clearing that up.

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fucking hell; whats next to your bike?! BOTH SIDES.

Lower Saxony. Possibly NRW.

Your next project?

Amey, Münster.

lets credit card tour Germany!

Why all the X-2 hate? Been using one for ages, the only thing you need to make it work is tighten evenly the 2 bolts. Not the best, sure, but quality and stiff

It's not that they frequently fail, really, although I have seen my friends bars slip a bunch, it's just that the design is so fucking stupid and obviously worse than a simple 4 bolt that they boil my piss.

I use the split one and it’s great. Was a live saver when suffering sciatica. Only problem is it can’t hold a di2 battery.

Sora?

The c260 is lovely

Opportunity missed...

Concur that Cannondale own stem is very light for the money.

Even FWE stem are fine and lighter than Thomson.

But surely Thomson is betterer for the 'gram/Radavist likes?

I heard Paul make stems now...

And seatposts.