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the different pull ratio thing is a have - Shimano just love to sell people unneeded components...
Think about the huge number of companies that have proprietary brakes (Giant have their 'Aero' bikes released with TRP brakes, Bontrager bits on Treks, various weenie component makers etc.) which are used with shimano brake levers from whichever generation, AND Campagnolo / SRAM etc. too.
Just stick the best quality silver brakes on that you can find, with the best brake pads that you can find. It'll work wonderfully!

YES! DIY job?

Have you allowed for tubeless sealant in your 550g for tyres? That'll add 50-75g if you haven't.

Easy 50g to be saved with a UNO stem... knockoffs can be had for cheap too.
Getting 2/cages down to 20 odd grams is easy as said above with the XXX light knockoffs.
130g Hylix seatpost (use at your own risk).
Plenty of non-boutique saddles at around 100g - stripped carbon SLR for example will be 110 or 115g (they fit me, but YMMV).

Could easily knock a big chunk more off on wheels, but $$$

My bad... i might buy a clamp on that solve the problem ?

No. You'll still need an inline barrel adjuster with a 6800FD (has no ability to adjust cable tension at the derailleur) in order to get the FD indexing correctly. Not a biggie, but I much prefer to avoid the barrel adjusters.

Should definitely go for an R8000 FD... no inline barrel adjuster, and setup is a breeze!

Hang on... wouldn't that double the tension or force able to be applied to the cable, but halve the cable pull? i.e. making the lever somewhat useless with V-Brakes?

Paging @jdmitch
Please, Jedi master - share your wisdom!

Great plan!
FWIW, the specialized balance bikes have a little shelf thing where the little'uns can put there feet which helps when they go over rough stuff.
That's really cool for learning to do jumps, up / down curbs etc.

We got our daughter a Giant Pre, which is more or less the same as the one you got, but I think the specialized ones are probably better (albeit much heavier - made of steel, not aluminum).

should it stay or should it go ?

The wallpaper?

That wall paper is lovely. Proper 'feature wall', that!

Yes! That looks really, really, good!
The new-old paint effect works well.

^^ Wait... is that 105 on a Berk frame? That's an oxymoron if I ever saw one...

getting rid of all the nonsense. 142x12 142x10 m12x1.0 m12x1.5 m12x1.75 163mm 167,7mm 162mm and so on...

FAKE NEWS

Yes, common to those skewers (came standard on a few different sets of wheels).
Apparently there's a hack for it by punching or peening a pin or something, but i opted to replace them with some light skewers and save the hassle.
Honestly; they rattle loud as F, I barely lasted a ride with them!

I strongly suggest you replace the QR skewers on those wheels... the levers rattle like a bastard! Nice wheels though, I've had a set for a few thousand K's. Roll really well. A fair amount of flex out of the saddle - to be expected I guess.

If they did an Allez Sprint Disc, I'd be all over it real fast

I reckon they'd struggle to keep up with demand... that sounds like a winning combo - particularly if they keep it at the current price point.

How does a crown race sit on those?
Edit: Very nice, by the way!

The new ITA threaded HTII BB units don't come with any spacers. cups go straight on to the chased BB Shell. No spacers on the crank spindle either, just like a standard BSA setup.
YMMV, but that's how my parts came, and how my LBS installed it for me.

Odd placement for the cable stops, no? Usually in about the same spot, but under the tube!

Those big 750ml nodder-on-a-sportive bottles are the real crime.

Gotta hydrate though... nothing worse than getting 100k into a ride and realising you've gone too light on the waters...

Unusual semi-clear paint shows the metal underneath. The faux-raw look is bit naff so I'm gonna put hot pink bar tape on it to start with.

I really like that tinted clear coat look / effect! Sharp.
I do agree with hot pink tape too, though

Double Flite's would tick all the boxes!

grim

With barrel adjusters... Otherwise you'll have to run an in-line barrel adjuster on the FD cable outer, which is always a bit shit looking.

if i cant find one when the frame arrive will probably take the stayer

Why? Is the elevator broken?

You've recently become a father, right? Classic dad-joke...

I dunno... not sure 105 = HHS? (this coming from a 105 owner, no snobbery).