Wheels, tyres and chain on.
5.46kg with pedals!
Just had to at least mock up the build whilst I’m waiting for a lower headset dust cover to replace the huge (and ugly) 20mm OEM dust cover.
Still to do:
– Brake cable inners and outers
– bar tape
– Ceramicspeed headset dust cover
I put an order in on these wheels on the 2nd of October via the Wheelsfar web site. Turns out the Extralite hubs were on backorder, so my wheels weren’t going to be built until end of the month. It’s been a long wait, but the wheels came in today and they were packed well (box was in great condition) and the wheels look great!
Included in the package were some quick release skewers, full set of brake pads and some Extralite hub grease too.
Now I’m just waiting on a Ceramicspeed headset dust cover to come in from R2 Bike (parts in order also on backorder and order was put in on the 30th of September). That’s been shipped though, so once it’s in I can get on with the build!
Specs:
Feder Extralite hub tubeless wheel set 20H/24H
Model Number: Feder 45
Rim finish: 70% UD Matte (Satin Finish)
Sapim Sils Nipples: Black Alloy
Freehub: Shimano 10/11s
Spoke: Sapim cx-super
Amazing ochazuke lunch at Tento.
Curt is in town so I got him to shoot Nanami who’s working on a new piece. Full feature on ZEN Blog soon!
Have been waiting for these to come back in stock. Thought I’d grab 2 of them!
Today I was introduced to Nick Cummins of Electrogusto who convert classic cars to electric, and man they’ve got a lot of wild projects on the go. Visiting his shop in Petersham and meeting his crew brought back huge ZEN Leichhardt memories for me. It’s a grungy space; texture, grit, all juxtaposing against the super clean 356 Porsche tribute speedster and 1973 VW Type 3 squareback wagon found on the lot.
Jumping from project to project it’s evident that Nick is a ‘yes man’. Where my mechanics and I have struggled to fabricate parts to make my cars work, Nick and his crew just get down and make things happen. Whether it’s a 3D printed dashboard, console, custom switches or engine mounts, I get the feeling these guys can literally do anything (and that’s a rare thing!).
Was an absolute pleasure to meet Nick. The man is a unicorn and I feel blessed to have met another real one. I had no intentions of making a feature out of the visit, but I had my Ricoh GR in my pocket so I rattled off a few off-the-cuff shots. Would really love to revisit Nick with Nick (Turner) and shot more photos and some video too so keep an eye out for that. In the meantime check out the AMAZING short film on the Electrogusto web site: https://www.electrogusto.com.au
Live music even!
Thank fuck it wasn’t in my size!
So close but so far. Been looking for some carbon S-WORKS cranks for the SL6, these were a bit too beaten up (a steal for $80 though!).
Campagnolo bits!
This guy is making his own bike packing bags and accessories, follow @olden_monkey__
Celeste man.
Steel is real.
Lovely.
$10!
Also ducked inside to check out their shop. They’re doing God’s work here.
Today I went down the road to check out the Revolve ReCYCLING Wheels & Deals Market. Revolve ReCYCLING recover, recycle and redeploy bikes. They give new life to old rides and give hundreds of free bikes to kids as well as employ people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Was a great day out, great vibes, good people and lots of treasure to dig through (you know what they say, one man’s junk is another man’s treasure!).
For more info in Revolve ReCYCLING visit: https://revolverecycling.net
