Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Current workshop situation.

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Is that your soil pipe running across the ceiling?!

Nice workshop though.

Hmm, it’s from the drain for the washing machine and basin in the room above. So no fecal matter should reach me even if the pipe does burst 😉

Well that's a relief

I’m dithering about colours for the Marino. I think green or aqua blue is going to last better than yellow. Thinking either something like this with green or purple logos:

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Or candy green with yellow logos:

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Candy green pls

Do you already have most parts for this build? Why did you go for 29 instead of 27.5 on this?

Yeah I’ve gathered most of it already. Missing a stem, headset and pedals unless I’ve forgotten something. Went with 29 as I haven’t tried it yet and as I’m tall-ish I expect it won’t feel too big. I have no idea what I’m doing basically but who cares.

Finally got the new to me groupset on the konamuter. Brakes are incredible compared to the juin techs. Praxis cranks look pretty good I think.

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Old setup for comparison

Just received this. Finally getting built!

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I'm guessing Marino doesn't do butted tubes. Anyhow, awesome!

Why? It’s supposed to be Reynolds 520.

Candy green not available 👎🏻

Went for dark blue 01 with egg yellow 03 logos. Couldn’t be arsed thinking about it too much.

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Sorry just that the length of the pipes in the background looked so long, but guessing it's there standard 4130 offering

Mtb flat pedals. Are they all the same and if so why are some of them very expensive? I get the weight thing and should provide reasonable grip but other than that?

Size, profile, ease of service. You may want plastic if you live in cold climate.

Ok thanks. With the zillions of options available I’ll just get a pair of plastic ones and see how I get on then.

pipes in the background

Didn’t notice them at first! Maybe they do plumbing jobs as well?

Yess!!!

If you're going to be riding this a lot, I wouldn't recommend DMR V6s. They're bushing rather than bearing spindles, and I mangled a pair within six months of daily use.

If you're going to be riding this a lot

I hope I will though. Thanks for the warning.

Olympic champ in late response: yeah, live in Åre.
Thank you!

EDIT: just get a pair of raceface chesters in your prefered colour and be done with pedal choice.

Right, frame is done, balance has been paid and now my hope lies with the Peruvian postal service.

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