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Today is total shite though.

At times likes this what the hell, I'm prepared to be controversial. I like Radcliffe. Not so much Macaroni but he serves a purpose.

Nice. I'll stick with this for now but it's definitely something for the future. I know it isn't necessary but I'd like to change the bolt in the adaptor for a titanium one of the same size. I'm interested in balancing out the extra weight of the f+f if I can and tbh the cheap bolt is horrifically heavy.

Has anyone had one of these? Any experience? How are the new Planet X Holdsworth frames?

CC have that too which is good, I presume the only difference is the caged v sealed bearings. Cheers

decisions.... decided to go for the tange seiki in satin instead of black as I'm not sure how the bottom crown would look with the chrome fork if it was black but just noticed CycleClinic is out of the satin.

Any advice on which 10 speed campag compatible cassette to go for? I'm tempted to go with the veloce or miche primato from somewhere like cycle clinic for now then save up for something better.

Yeah that's super slick. Is that two shims basically? Love the wheels too. I wanted some deeper rims but couldn't afford them right now. I love the small tubes big wheels look, however its always a tossup between finances and desire; one is high the other is low!

True. BLB do this which seems to be pretty good to me. https://www.bricklanebikes.co.uk/blb-brake-cable-outer-housing-hot-pink

Gorgeous bit of kit. Yeah you're right it is hard to get the same shade. I'd love some chris king punch but that's never going to happen. Spray.bike fluro pink is the right colour but not sure what components wouldn't scratch if sprayed.

Yeah fair enough. Its a ti by USE, really nice and I love the seat clamp design. I know what you mean about the silver/white or pink. It feels like its either embrace all the chrome and add as much more as possible or reduce the effect of the chrome slightly by going with another colour. In the flesh I feel like more chrome/silver would be a bit much, especially as I'm going with modern black components. As I say I feel like the flamboyance of the pink goes well with the character of Tommasini. Ultimately I love this frame https://www.flickr.com/photos/theprimela/13556013843 but have never seen another in that colour come up.

Someone local to me has a mxleader for sale at a good price... Really wish I could convince my wife to let get another bike.

Yeah I agree about the pink. I think I'm pleased with it but as you say it's hard to tell until the whole thing is built up. The idea would be to use pink brake cables to carry the theme through to the back, and then pink pulley wheels on the super record derailleur to finish it off. Otherwise it would look a bit front heavy.
Thanks for appreciating the fit on the stem adaptor, I thought it looked agap! Not happy with the bulky headset as stated previously.
Could you explain your point re threadless adaptor in more details? Sounds interesting.

I wanted a black saddle and seatpost but knew I wanted those specific ones and could only get them in the colours they are in. Tempted to polish the post and stain the saddle. Can't decide as the white goes with the seat tube but not necessarily with the bars etc.

I'm building some with kinlin 31ts, record hubs and sapim spokes.

This seems to be all I'm hearing ATM. Whilst I totally appreciate people's views, and that that will be the the widely held view, it would be nice if there was discussion on other parts od the build as well!

Thanks.

Pleased with the progress on this today. I spent a couple of hours making sure the stem adapter fitted snugly and am very pleased with the way it looks. It's much less intrusive, more subtle, than most. I'm thinking of changing the headset for a Seiki in black, so will possibly spray the adaptor so it's fits in.

Just seen this thread. Not necessarily akin in looks to a quill stem but I really like my Thomson X2. Reasonably slim and looks a lot better on an old frame than a lot of stems I looked at.

Anyone with any decent ones to spare?

I want to go with more bright pink to complement the blue, and also feel it fits with the character of tommasini bikes. Some folks weren't too sure it would work

Not expecting much love for this.... But I'm thinking to bold or go home.

The truth doesn't change! I know all the arguments, and I agree with them. But i wanted to go for flat bars and a modern set up and didn't have the cash for another set of bars in 26mm. I looked at the factory 5 titan but didn't have the money for that. Perhaps in the future I'll change. Another thing was I wanted the stem as flat as possible. The x2 is pretty slim and the right angle. But I don't need to explain myself.... I fully back myself and know my own mind. No doubts here.. nono.

So which one is this then?

Cheers.

Not feeling so precious about it now, might try and get something less... bulky.

lol, we did this last year.