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Started painting in the scratches etc today. White is looking good, blue isn't quite right but with a few coats and sanding it will come out looking smart. Some of the logos etc need work, I'm tempted to free hand paint the lines back in has anyone does this? Also need to find a solution for some chrome issues on the fork. There is a small indentation and the chrome has been worn away around it. Is there anything I can redo the chrome with? Obviously not real chrome but a substitute.

It would be less annoying if the stripes lined up

So what is it that makes these rims better than the Kinlin xr31t? Aesthetics? Durability?

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Yeah that's a good point. It's all a balance! I did think about the archetype. As I say I want mid deep so the xr31t is the deepest in my price range but that isn't the most major issue

Here is a picture of the hub I got. Bought on here. OS? Ive mostly come across him on WW, I'll check out the wheel building thread on here too. Tubulars Vs tubeless is a whole other discussion, it will be my best bike so quite fancy the ideas of giving tubulars a go.

Lovely looking fork

Any offcuts that could be made into a seatmounted mudguard?

I did, but also looked at handbuilt which led me to Malcolm at CycleClinic. He likes and uses the xr31t. However I'd like to learn to build wheels, and have a relative who works in a LBS so he can teach me. Also thought I'd get more for my money going down that route. So basically that's why I wanted to build using xr31t. Definitely happy to change my mind though re using those rims. I'm looking for mid deep stiff wheels. Already have the hubs, yes 9-11 (OS? Original silver?) in silver and will have a budget of about 200-300 to get the rims and spokes etc

They do look pretty smart. I'll check the DBs out

Yeah fair enough

Delivery cost is a bit odd as well..

Why is that; because they are unnecessary, too stiff or is there an inherent disadvantage?

The set I've got are 28h. I can get rays at trade price, still not worth it you think?

Yeah that's my concern! Not knowing enough on how to set it up just right that it soon goes beyond my budget. Hey part of the journey. I'm building the wheels with kinlin xr31t runs, sapim x-ray spokes and record hubs so I'll leave it as it is and experiment if I feel things need to change

That is something I've thought about for the Tommasini in order to improve ride characteristics. Partly why I went for the carbon aero bars was due to stiffness. I don't want stiff responsive wheels and bars with overly soft forks although the Tommasini air forks are supposed to be pretty top drawer.

This is lovely. Did you change to the carbon folks? How do you find the ride difference?

Has anyone got an Italian threaded 111mm Campagnolo Record bottom bracket in good condition for sale? Cheers

Yeah, the 1mii looks better.

Thanks for the wealth of information. Just rang Spacycles and they say the extra boot in this set https://www.spacycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m2b0s173p482 does the job. If the spacer doesn't work I can fashion something

Thanks I noticed that. Thought about the Logitech one but some reviews say it is inconsistent

Actually scrap that. I didn't realise Chromecast audio is wifi. I need Bluetooth as I have no access to wifi

Also looking for a Bluetooth receiver. Just to play podcasts and music from the phone to Hifi. I see this has been discussed recently but in terms of reviews is the Chromecast audio the best for sound quality etc at the price or is there something better? Don't mind spending a bit more

I have a Campagnolo Record Crank arm set, vintage silver ones with the 5th bolt in the back of the crank arm. I'm putting Stronglight Ct2 rings on (which for some reason are 135bcd apart from one hole which is slightly different making them not fit quite right. Anyone know why they would do that?) Obviously with the 5th hole being in the back of the crank arm I need a longer bolt and also a spacer to sit between the rings. Is there a standard way of doing this? How would it have been done originally on the Record crankset?

Cheers guys. I suspected as much but like the old campag record bottom brackets and crank arms so went with them. Managed to get them cheap too, build is limited quite heavily by funds.