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I've lusted after one of these since I first saw one, but could never afford the frame price, let alone the build. Anyway - managed to get one second hand, then strip and sell, well, pretty much everything and then rebuild into what I wanted. First ride was today and it's bloody awesome!
Spec:
Open Cycles Upper Gravel Frame - DT Swiss Ltd edition,
Chris King hubs on Nextie Carbon rims laced with CX-Ray spokes,
Chris King Headset and BB,
Dura Ace R9100 shifters, brakes and front mech,
XTR M9000 Rear mech, cassette and chain (via a Tanpan),
Bontrager XXX Carbon finishing kit,
Hope rotors,
Schwalbe G-One 700*40mm tyres,
Total weight 7.6kg
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Your family look happy with it as well! Very nice!
Very very nice!
Futuristic looking sweet bike
Nice but needs a GRX mech so you can bin that cable contraption 🙂
That's a fantastic looking bike!
GRX mech won’t (according to specs) allow you to run 2*11 on an 11-40 cassette. The XTR M9000 does.
Very nice bike. I think some of your pictures might be wonky though!
GRX mech won’t (according to specs) allow you to run 2*11 on an 11-40 cassette. The XTR M9000 does.
The ultegra RX mech will run 11-40 with a road link type hanger extender but capacity is 39t so you need no more than 10t difference between the front rings.
Lovely bike mind, I hired an UP in France last year. One thing I'd look at is some protection on the dropped chainstay. The one I had was a bit chewed up from chain suck as the clearance was really tight at the chainring but this may be different on the Upper
Oh my.
Oh man, your bikes are always good looking Daffy, I think this might be the best yet. That is sweet, you just be well chuffed
Gets a 👍👍👍👍👍
From me.
Cheers everyone. It really does ride superbly. It replaced a Tripster ATR, so not a budget bike, but it’s so much lighter and yet more solid. It’s truly epic. Every time I step on the cranks feels like it’s being launched. LOVE IT!
That's a smart looking scoot, but....
BIKES ON THE SOFA! - You best make sure your missis never sees that photo or you're a dead man. (Can I have the bike please).
It gets a 👍👍 from me.
Sheesh, that looks slick - nice job!
Welcome to the Open club 🙂
Running mine in 650b mode at the moment for extra giggles.
That is one lovely bike.
Oh yes! That is one fine looking bike.
Please explain your valve dust cap choice
Yeah, that’s lush.
Please explain your valve dust cap choice
Middleburn Bullet caps - a classic. In this case custom faded from red to pink (they don't do a pink) under a UV lamp at work.
There's something very satisfying about a metal valve cap over a crappy plastic one. I have them on all my bikes and as I value them, I never lose of misplace them.
I still have one Middleburn bullet in my toolbox.
Get some [url= https://www.wiggle.co.uk/effetto-mariposa-caffelatex-tubeless-valves-pack-of-2/ ]CaffeLatex[/url] valves if you want nice (redder) caps 🙂