Category Archives: Bike

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

Joining the white helmet, socks and shoes gang.

Have been waiting for these to come back in stock. Thought I’d grab 2 of them!

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

CarbonWorks founder claims Topeak bike bottle cage infringes brand’s own design.

As a designer I know what it feels like to have your work ripped off by others, in this case Topeak, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of cycling accessories, has clearly ripped off the CarbonWorks bottle cage.

So what do you do? You support the OG. At 112,50 € it’s the most expensive water bottle cage I’ll ever buy, but hey, Art isn’t cheap.

Wake up. Coffee. Eat. Shit. Ride.

PS: No. I will not shave my legs.

A while back I spotted this 100mm -12 Extralite stem on FB Marketplace but the seller reduced the price and thought I’d buy it in case the 120mm -6 didn’t work out.

May all the beauty to be blessed. Ah bless the Chinglish! Gotta love it!

My order for the Cadex bars through my LBS got refunded (out of stock) so I found these EXS R175 Road Handlebars on Panda Podium. Bit heavier than the Cadex, but quality looks really good.

Check the weight on these bad boys! Free socks! First time dealing with Panda Podium, and man these bars got to me in 6 days. So quick! Very happy.

We did it guys! The unicorn! The elusive Cane Creek eeBrake adapter for the SL6 Tarmac. Such a tiny little thing for such a massive headfuck!

Test fit. Yes, perfect. Hnnng! So happy!

More goodies for the SL6 came in the mail today. Super close now!