E54s Quiver (Cervélo T1 completed)

steerer cut

This actually makes me a bit sad, these frames are pretty rare and now the next owner has to use a stupid positive rise stem with this ultra short steerer.
Nice build though.

his bike-his choices

@Glws SP and chain are parts bin so theres some room to maneuvre once budget is available. Even though I hate setback SPs I must admit you got a point there. Either setback SP or a different saddle. Problem is that the only black nitto SP with setback which is aesthetically acceptable is the NJ S72 which is even more costly than the S92 🥴

@kjlem thanks and yea its long enough to mount a decent stem (as seen above) so I am not too worried. Also, other than the LOOK I can imagine to keep it for a longer period of time

@young_gun @elpolo thxxxx

Okay buying parts and putting them together is one thing but I also love some fiddling around (provided that I am not under time pressure).

Some time ago I bought (another) pair of LOOK Delta/Team Saeco Cannondale pedals. What I like in particular is, that the blue rear spices up a mostly red/black/yellow saeco build quite a bit (plus i like the little stars).

However, when I unpacked them it turned out that they were missing the yellow rear adjustment screws and the seller just kept quite about it. Fuck him (or her) but as they did not cost me a fortune I just kept them.

NOW as I might have 80% of another classic Saeco build at hand, I remembered this pair and dug them out a few weeks ago. According to my 3h research Delta pedals are not designed to be disassembled (except for the axle). Nevertheless I searched further hours and found two random cheap Delta pedal pairs with yellow adjustment screws, too.

A couple of days ago I experimented with the first pair and TADA broke both adjustment screws within five minutes 🤡

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Despite this fail I secured two take-aways:

1. You can *just*access the little fixation screws holding the plastic adjustment screws when you spread the pedal, ie disassembling is not necessary

2. Once the fixation screws are removed, the adjustment screws can be pulled out easily after putting them in a specific position

I was also able to retain the little fixation screws and the little springs (pic also shows the broken adjustment screws)

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So with the second spare pair I could make use of my previous experience

BUT this model did not use the little fixation screws. Instead, the yellow adjustment screws are just kinda pressed in so you have to remove them using certain force and thereby destroy them.

Now, I need to drill a little hole in each of those adjustment screws in order to use the fixation screws of the first pair.

If this works out, I might have a nice pair of refurbed saeco pedals

Easy, innit 🤠

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Seatpost options:

• SimWorks Froggy (S92): https://www.sim.works/products/froggy-seatpost-1?variant=43853526204670

• Nitto S83: https://alexscycle.com/products/nitto-s83-black-seatpost

• SimWorks Beatnik (S65): https://www.sim.works/products/beatnik-post-1?variant=31125440888884

• Nitto S65: https://alexscycle.com/collections/fixie-seatposts/products/nitto-s65-crystal-fellow-seat-post-anodized-1

Wow what a service thanks so much!

I have re-adjusted the saddle a little so next photo session I will check whether setback is really necessary

If not it will be S92 some day

Almost lost two fingies when the pedal snapped but I got round moving the yellow adjustment screws from the donor pair to the saeco pair

Took me 3hrs in total and cost me €40 in donor pedals 🤡

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Couldn‘t help myself and took some night shots in the nearest Underground car park

Edit: I hope @Glws is happy with the chain color 😮‍💨

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Really good

Yes

That chainset is something else.

Absolutely superb mate, gonna keep this one?!

Many thanks for your appreciation yall

Yep I think I won‘t be selling this thing for a while. Can‘t vouch in case of unforeseeable events happening but generally really love it.

I think this frame is really a challenge to build up. Ive seen a few builds online with black parts but none of them attracted me. I think I found one build which was mostly pleasing but I think its very easy to fuck it up.

The colorway and also the geo (super short head tube, super fat dt, dr/front wheel clearance fairly wide) are the reasons for this imho.

Thats Why I really made up my mind to find a good balance in parts (25.4 bar instead of 31.8, low rims/high hubs etc). I think it worked out very well.

Re @Glws setback comment I am still unsure which is best but I will not decide thise before I find some money to buy a nitto post.

Double straps might be a slight upgrade some time in the future and real soyo grips. But as said initially I am about to keep it for a while so I am not in a rush to bring it from 92% to 100%

@Tijs thanks, too. I think with the black chain it looks even meaner than with the gold one. Plus aside from the saddle it was the inly part of the LOOK build which did not sell so I took that as a hint to build something around it.

For therapeutical reasons I went down the basement again today, starting to re-build my pump track bike:

• New narrow-wide ring (took two months from china

• New 8spd LX shifter/brake unit (took me almost a year to find a pair)

• New shimano random BB

• New Easton Cockpit

Still on the list:

• cables

• clean/mount rear brake calipers and RD

• maybe cut steerer🧐

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That's a stunner alright.
And the Cdale's gonna be sick too, love that Easton stem.

That KOGA is something else. Great job!

What's the plastic thing on the back of the stem?

It was meant to help with vibration dampening. Not sure if it helped or not.

What Jay said or I thought some knee/balls protection attempt?

In any case I can tell it does not dampen vibrations too well, because when I think of the finalised build, somethings vibrating in my pants…

Oops wrong forum 😇

Oh and many thanks @vpCogworks and @hollow__legs

In other news, after a prequel taking three or four months, I am fairly optimistic right now, that approx by the end of March I can give a little update on the - well, so far - peak of my back and forth trading and optimisation

Watch this space ☝🏼

Little side project…

Got a free pair of DA 7600 NJS hubs and I had never serviced a hub without sealed bearings before so I thought this would be an appropriate opportunity.

First challenge was to get the cog off without the lever from a wheel/bike to I got the dremel out.

After that I disassembled the hubs themselves; removed a ton of old grease and a lit of rust, too. Further, I spent half an hour for a NEVR DULL (TM) wellness treatment and lastly replaced the most worn-out balls with better ones I had kicking about.

tonight I plan to re-assemble. Front looks much better than the rear but I will still rebuild both for the fun of it

Curious about the end result. Hoping that the front turns out pretty much fine and with the rear one I want to find out what kinda difference (partial) ball replacement makes

PS love the CHILL ZONE rust remover

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Okay, I gathered some experience and they look fine but the rear runs still rough though

Put them up for sale anyway

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Some pics; gonna type stuff laterz

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Moar

Love the bottom DT decal near the BB

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