My unnecessarily fancy bike is 100% ready to ride: it took much less than expected, but I learned a lot along the way: cut steerer, route cables, shorten brake lines, set up Di2, tubeless tires, more bar tape practice and the list could go on. It was a lot of fun and I feel in complete control and knowledge of what I ride, it’s a good feeling.
As pictured, minus bidons, weighs in at 7,6kg (size 58). Considerably less than 10% of ~~driver~~ rider weight, to put it in perspective. I think I’ll need 160mm rotors at the back: can someone chime in on this? How’s the jump from 140 to 160mm at the back for heavy riders? I have a GRX groupset with 160/160 on my gravel bike and never had issues, maybe road is less demanding.
Customary photos (still practicing with flash fill outdoors + a swarm of mosquitos disrupted any planning I had in mind and had to rush a bit):
Sehr schon!
That's such a clean build - simple and effective! Its definitely a "quiet luxury" bike!
Propping it up by the pedal made me anxious - but it's cool to see it finished.
Spaß haben!