Credits: Article and images by Tim Mosso @ Quill & Pad. See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2024/06/12/tim-mosso-builds-a-custom-road-bike-part-iii-the-parts/
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Tim added a Wheels Manufacturing T47 bottom bracket with ceramic bearings to match the Seven 622 XX’s BB shell. When ordered with internal brake hose routing and internal wiring for electronics, the 622 receives a mandatory 47mm threaded bottom bracket for internal clearance; it has all the security and anti-creaking properties of any threaded BB. 228-gram Speedplay Zero stainless steel pedals round out the powerhouse of the bike.
A Garmin Edge 530 bike computer completed my – surprisingly vast – electronics suite. This bike rolls with five onboard batteries – six if you count the phone. My bike requires three separate apps for configuring and customizing the operation of a road computer, shifting system, and power meter. I can check the batteries of my power meter and transmission with my phone.
The Garmin can convey real-time text messages and incoming phone numbers from my iPhone. My Shimano integrated shifters have buttons that I wirelessly linked to shuffle the Garmin’s data displays. It’s a brave new world.
Finishing kit for the bike started with Lizard Skins DSP 2.5mm thick bar tape in “Hyper Green.” This tape is super light, cushy, includes bar plugs, and matches the color scheme. An out-front Garmin mount built specifically for the THM stem came from Carbonworks in Germany, and it weighs only 12 grams.
Two no-name carbon fiber water bottle cages from Fair Wheel Bikes have proved to be shockingly secure considering they have a mass of eight grams apiece.
Bottle cages include aluminum bolts anodized green to match the bike. Finally, an Italian Carbon-Ti X-Clamp seatpost binder in acid green is the $40 part that keeps $1,000 of seatpost and saddle from going bust.
I can imagine that most readers familiar with bike gear are dying to know what all this cost and what it weighs. When combined, the fit, frame, parts, and assembly worked out to around $25,000. I didn’t keep exact receipts because frankly, I don’t want to know the true total.
The 25 grand includes a second set of dedicated climbing wheels built on Tactic TR01 hubs with CX-Ray spokes, Sapim alloy nipples, and Enve SES 2.3 rims; they weigh 1,020 grams.
I’m still waiting for a set of lightweight KCNC lockrings for the Galfer Wave centerlock brake rotors. Once these Tactic/Enves are whole, I’m going to weigh the bike as assembled with its climbing wheels.
Revisit this space for an update in the near future.
The fourth and final installment of this epic will address the acid test of a new bike: the ride!
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Credits: Article and images by Tim Mosso @ Quill & Pad. See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2024/06/12/tim-mosso-builds-a-custom-road-bike-part-iii-the-parts/