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Another project. This time it's a lambo !
Midschoolfool:
OK so quick catch up..
Managed to find a bottle cage.
And the Italian shells. Phew.
I have ordered these. They are Ti.
Also.
Midschoolfool:
I knew I would miss one. I revised the art to be as close as possible.
A few more bits have now arrived at mum's. Namely the stem from China, the seat clamp, forged carbon vinyl and etc. The only thing missing is the bars, but I have this weird feeling they may be on a ship :LolLolLolLol:
I will see about those. I have a stand in ready to order, but would rather get those as I wanted this to be a budget build and the stand ins are not that :LolLolLolLol:
I am not going back over til Thurs, as I have a load to do here.
Midschoolfool:
OK good and bad news.
Good news, I have been so busy I haven't had time for sod all. I got hooked on a book and then spent the whole day yesterday reading and getting numb hands :LolLolLolLol:
Bad news. The carbon bars are on a ship. That means up to two months of waiting. I am also very concerned about the rise. IE, it is not high enough. I can not ride with my arms straight out. Oddly this seems to be the riding position preferred by every one except me. I have osteo in my right shoulder, and I have a fudged elbow from a terrible BMX crash in 2000. Those carbon bars are 3" at best, which is not enough.
I went back to my last proven buy (the Box One 6i) but they are now 169.99 pounds (broken forum, sorry :LolLolLolLol: ) last time I paid 110 which I thought was enough. Thing is? they are perfect. Like, absolutely perfect.
Just one problem even at that price, they are 22.2mm. Meaning I would need to buy another stem and then I would be in at at least 200 quid. This was supposed to be a cheaper budget focussed build (well, not budget, let's say value focussed).
I spent many hours looking around, and happened on these.
They are Litepro "M" bars made from Titanium. They are meant, hilariously, for a Brompton (you know those stupid fuggin things). However, not only are they 6" rise (perfect) but they are also 25.4 (even more perfect) as Bromptons have a 25.4 stem. I added them to my watch list, and got a offer sent for 89 quid. I know, it is a lot, but not for what I got it isn't. That is half of what the Box bars would cost me, and they will work with my 6 quid stem. More importantly though, I am not cutting off my nose to spite my face money wise. IE, I am not going for what was cheap and then being horribly uncomfortable riding.
I can take that.
I also ordered some smalls. First of all I needed this.
You have to have that on a carbon steerer. Basically you torque it up, at which point it reinforces the inside so you can torque the stem onto the outside without crushing the steerer. I would say that is pretty important :LolLolLolLol:
Other smalls. The gold headset cone and spacers* won't work. Well, the spacers would, but the conical spacer will not. Not without making an internal spacer to make it press down on the bearing race. So that is out, and I got these.
Thinking back yellow frame onto gold headset onto gold stem? too much gold. It needs black in the middle to break it up.
I also ordered 4 gold water bottle cage bolts as I have none.
Midschoolfool:
BUGGER BOLLOCKS. :LolLolLolLol:
So I awoke today at 7 odd AM and tracked my Ti bars.
Amazing. I then tracked my carbon bars from China.
Seriously, it's like some sort of fookin sick joke :LolLolLolLol:
Sake. My brother will get those. What was immediately noticeable though is that yeah, they are too low. In 2000 I crashed a NOS 84 gold PK ripper after being in the USA for a week. It was a really terrible crash, with all 14 stones of me landing on my right elbow which proceeded to explode. There was bone damage from it literally grinding along the road after landing with all of my weight on it, and the bone was scraped and damaged. Obviously they can't put back bone, but after two surgeries you would hardly even know it happened.
Apart from the fact that my elbow now hurts every day of my life :LolLolLolLol: I am OK with my arm bent, but if I straighten it out (like, lock it like cyclists like to do) it hurts like you wouldn't believe. It also goes stiff and won't bend back. It is similar to what happens to darts players as they get older.
I also never got any lower light pics of the paint, being in such a rush. But it is very pearly.
It's a wonderful colour tbh.
Midschoolfool:
OK some stickers.
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