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My question was exactly because I was not able to understand all the technicalities and maybe here someone could help me understand if out of the 2 one could be Better.

From an aesthetic point of view the 2014 seems to be more in line with the rest of the bike while the 6061 matches exactly with the stem.
Apart from this I don't have much more reason why I was asking about the alloy.

Thanks

Hello,
I have a question on handlebars. I have an alloy 2014 installed on my bianchi via nirone 7. I have found another handlebar in my shed, this one being 6061. Which of the 2 is "better" ?
Thanks

New Price drop

Shimano 105 RD-5800 (great condition) £17
Shimano 105 ST-5800 Shifters with some marks £85
Shimano Ultegra 6750 Crankset, 172.5 (50-34) , light use, £93
Shimano Ultegra FD-6700 almost no marks, £14
Shimano Ultregra BR-6000 Rim brakes, plenty of life in the pads, almost no rust, basically perfect £37

Whole set for £225
Prices are excluding PP fees, if paying with PP I need to add those.

I sent the pictures and the video to a carbon frame repair specialist and it looks like I may have a problem here....

"The clamp insert has debonded and/ or cracked inside the seat tube. We have repaired these in the passed by as a design these do fail from time to time so we cannot guarantee the life span of this although the repair is the same as an original bond maybe slightly stronger."

I guess it is time for some repairs. Sadly I will have to strip all the components:(

It Is really small wiggle though. The frame does not look damaged to me.
On my other bike, carbon seatpost and alu frame, there is no movement at all. I'm not entirely sure if a little movement is expected

It looks to me, that with or without the clam, the wiggle is the same. Only difference is that the saddle does not move up/down with the clamp clamped

I've lowered the seatpost since (but I was far above the minumum line).
The whole area has been cleaned and carbon paste regreased already. Obviously torqued to 5Nm. I should have mentioned this probably.

Hello everyone.
I have this Bianchi Oltre XR2. I'm not sure if this has been around from the beginning to be honest but I've noticed that if I try to push the saddlepost forward, there is a small "wiggle".
Now, the saddlepost does not move neither up nor down so I guess the clamp is actually camping.
I wonder if this very very little wiggle is acceptable or I'm risking my life by riding it on road (currently on the turbo trainer).
I've tried to upload a video. wasnt easy to move the saddlepost and keep the phone steady. if you look carefully you'll see it wiggle. Thanks

Hello @rsouth, are the aero bars still available?

Bundled price for everything but the brakes for £200 if interested.

Price drop

Shimano 105 RD-5800 (great condition) £18
Shimano 105 ST-5800 Shifters with some marks £88
Shimano Ultegra 6750 Crankset, 172.5 (50-34) , light use, £95
Shimano Ultegra FD-6700 almost no marks, £15
Shimano Ultregra BR-6000 Rim brakes, plenty of life in the pads, almost no rust, basically perfect £38

Whole set for £230
Prices are excluding PP fees if paying with PP

I think I got it to a point where it is kind of ok

I thought the guy earlier was sarcastic. It is actually true then? XD
Ok so in theory the end bit should be perpendicular with the ground?

I had purchased a chorus 12 for my oltre. I did not want to sell the potenza so I removed the Shimano from there and went full Italian:)

I've moved the hoods up and redone the taping. Today will take better pictures than this (which I don't believe happened after I redid the taping as I don't remember seeing that wrinkle).

All in all, for being my first bike that I rebuild from scratch, I'm very satisfied _

To summarise
Bianchi Via Nirone 7 - 2015
Campagnolo potenza 11 group set
Fulcrum racing 7 alloy rim brake wheels
Reparto corse handlebar (alloy)
Reparto corse stem
Hope carbon seatpost

I guess that's it! I'm really happy with the result. I have just to try it :)

Aaaand it's done! I will probably move slightly up both the hoods but so far I'm really happy with the result _

Shifters and rear mech still available

All pm replied and BB sold

Something I did not mention is that it took me literally hours to remove the old cables from the shifters. I noticed the bike shop used Shimano cables for my campagnolo group set and both brakes and gear heads ended up stuck in the shifters :(

I managed to catch the brake with pliers but the gear was a completely different story. I had to disassemble the shifter and use fire to make the head slightly melt the plastic so I could move it :'(

In the end I did it and then I decided to work on it tonight to catch up on the time wasted.

Started from a naked nirone and now I have a Potenza Nirone7! Next step, cables!

Hello guys, I have a question, hopefully quick to answer.
I have a set of campagnolo chorus 12 shifters (perchased used with 1200miles on them) still to assemble but I have the feeling they will be "hard" as when trying them while unconnected, I struggle to press the thumb lever.
I was thinking about giving them a good clean but I have no idea which grease to use in the moving parts once degreased. Any idea?
Online I find very different opinions and not a shared one. Thanks

I've found all the missing bits on the barrel adjuster! Price stays the same!

I'd like the chain whip please. Sending pm

Quick update. Today I was able to strip all the potenza components from the Oltre XR2. At the same time I have also prepared it for the new groupset/cables by using some sleeves so that I should not have issues in routing the cables in the frame :)

Pm replied :)