Category Archives: Bike

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!

Hylix seatpost came in the mail today!

Condor Ti Skewers.

Sexy.

Some more parts for the SL6 came in the mail today. Almost there!

Today I took delivery of a set of SL6 specific Cane Creek eeBrakes which I sourced from Cycling Upgrades in the USA. These have been an object of desire for me for many years (just never had the right bike to put them on!), they’re insanely light and I love how mechanical they look (form follows function!).

I’ve yet to get my hands on an adapter I need to get the rear caliper on the bike, but I have one in transit en-route from Carousell in Singapore.

Frame weight with headset and BB bearings. Looks like my frame is one of those heavier outliers!

Fork weight with cut steerer.

Massive, ugly and heavy conical spacer/dust cover (replacing with a much thinner one).

Seatpost + carbon rail clamp.

I have a Hoff carbon replacement coming to replace this frame bung.

Medium cage, will replace with lighter short cage.

Porky campy calipers.

Brake cable inners and outers were heavier than I thought. Not going to go those weenie link ones though as I absolutely hate how they look.

Extralite 120mm -6. Was on sale so I pulled the trigger on it, but would have preffered a 110mm -12. Will have to see how it fits (and looks).

ZTTO gen 3 11-28 cassette. So light!

Berk Lipa, was also on sale otherwise would have gotten another Lupina short.

Rode in the rain the other day (Allez Sprint) and now I see why so many people seem to have a “winter bike”. The drivetrain is full of sand, and oil from the road has now contaminated my disc brakes (they now make a deafeningly loud squeal!). Spent some good time cleaning up the drivetrain, bought some brake cleaner for the brakes, might avoid riding in the rain from now on.

Weather has been absolutely crap lately (I’m getting anxiety from not being able to go out and ride!). Perfect weather to be building up a bike, except I’m still waiting for so many parts. I thought I’d at least take everything off the frame in preparation.