Monthly Archives: June 2025

The insane box my custom BRISK wheels came in.

Luxurious AF.

Skinny Minnie.

Berk Lupina Short in bare carbon.

EXS 34cm bars from Panda Podium.

Bang on!

So close to being part of the sub 5 club! Now where can I shave another gram?!

SPECS:

2018 Specialized S-WORKS Women’s (unisex) Tarmac SL6
Size 52 Satin Gloss Monocoat Black/Acid Purple/Rocket Red Fade

Frame: Hopp frame insert (2g)
Seatpost: Hylix 365mm (108g)
Saddle: Berk Lupina Short Carbon Matte (68g)
Stem: Extralite Hyperstem Stealth 100mm -12 degree (76g)
Computer Mount: Alpitude Stelvio (18g)
Headset Dust Cover Cap: Ceramicspeed (4g)
Spacer: Extralite 2.5mm (1g) + Extralite 15mm (2g)
Expander Plug: Extralite UltraStar 4 (5g)
Top Cap/Bolt: Extralite Ahead Top Cap (3g)
Bars: EXS R150 34cm (145g)
Bar Tape: Tesa 51608 (12g)
Bar Ends: Lucendi (1g)
Shifters/Brake Levers: SRAM Red eTap (267g)
Front Derailleur: SRAM Red eTap (164g)
Rear Derailleur: SRAM Red eTap (245g)
Cranks: SRAM Red 167.5 (363g)
Chainrings: Extralite Mid Compact Octaramp 50/34 (93g)
Brakes: Cane Creek eeBrakes for SL6 +adapter (176g)
Brake Cables: Jagwire + black teflon coated inners + hardware (76g)
Pedals: Xpedo Thrust SL Titanium (165g)
Bottle Cage: Celoco + Ti bolts (9g)
Wheelset: Brisk Ultralight custom clincher (877g)
Rim Tape: Schwalbe tubeless rim tape (13g)
Cassette: ZTTO SLR Gen3 11 Speed ​​11-28 (110g)
Cassette Lock Ring: Extralite ExtraBolt 3.6 (3g)
Chain: Dura-Ace/XTR 12-Speed (230g)
QR Skewers: Extralite (29g)
Tyres: Panaracer Agilest Light 25mm (335g)
Tubes: RideNow TPU Road Light (71g)

Weight: 5.00kg

Steel is real.

Is it wrong of me to love a big brand bike amongst so many hand made bikes? Simon Yates is 172cm tall, but chooses to ride a size 48 Cervelo S5 with a long stem, full stack of spacers and a 0 offset seatpost with his saddle pushed all the way forwards.

On paper, SCOPE wheels are the fastest on the market. The 3D printed hubs are insanely light!

Wooden wheels, gold leaf. Less is so much more. We got to meet and chat with the amazing Takashi Iijima from Yokohama Japan based Maruya Cycles.

This PROVA, painted by Steve from Velocraft was art.

Matching helmet? Yes please!

Down, but now out! SO hung over after yesterday’s amazing ZEN EOMM, but Gina got me out of bed and on the bike for a few laps at the park. “It’ll be good for you!”. We then dropped in to SPOKEN 2025 at Carriageworks.

Now with lighter 28C Pirelli tyres on there. I do think they roll a little slower than the Conti GP5000 TT and Aero 111 setup. They sure feel stickier, but I did a 3 lap blat around the park yesterday and my average speed was 30.7kms/hr which I’m happy with. Would the average speed be higher if I had the deeper Roval wheels on? Maybe?! Either way I’m really happy with how these CRW 4045’s make my bike feel so I’m sticking with them!

Custom Brisk wheelset is in!

Took a long time for these wheels to get to me, but god damn am I impressed. The wheels came in an insane hard flight box that far outweighs the wheelset weight! And to my (and Brisk’s) surprise these custom order wheels came it way lighter than expected.

They’re basically their tubular only Ultralight wheelset, but in a clincher version as I didn’t want to much about with tubulars.

Quite determined to now get the SL6 to sub 5kg. I just need some rim tape, then I’ll take more photos and share a ride report soon after.