A Shiny Thing I Built: Look Upon My Works, Ye Mighty...

[Xipe Totec]

Oh wow. That's a funky seatpost indeed.

Is 80 a bit high for 32mms ? I'm running my contis at 50 on the front and 60 on the back. No issues with them in a few years.

80's the max recommended pressure for these but I am a bit on the hefty side - 95kg and then some, after comfort-eating my way through Covid! Could get away with less in the front but the rear distorts a bit under my bulk as it is, & may be prone to exaggerated wear & pinch-flats on the local bomb-cratered roads if I ran it with less.

how are the shifters going ? i can get a set of 10 speed to replace my tiagra for £65 that are looking worse for wear .

Fine so far, still just like new. The rear mech has a very stiff spring compared to Shimano, so that makes the lever action a little heavy after the 6800 Ultegra on my road bike - but I'm sure that won't apply to the Shimano-compatible stuff. I have no complaints at all about the functionality of the Sensah components but I guess durability/reliability remains to be seen.

£65's a big saving over 'proper' Tiagra but might be worth digging around to see if there any reviews & long-term experiences out there. I admit I bought the parts for mine fully expecting them to fall apart in a few months, it's so far a pleasant surprise that they haven't!

 

[Bollo]

I like how you’ve retained the aliexpress aesthetic while building something that isn’t a death trap. I like it. Chapeau.

 

[StuAff]

Francis Cade has been running a 12 speed Sensah group for a while, he's just posted an update on it....

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6vc5BpMpPw&ab_channel=FrancisCade

PS: nice bike!

 

[Xipe Totec]

I like how you’ve retained the aliexpress aesthetic while building something that isn’t a death trap. I like it. Chapeau.

Jury's still out on that one!

 

[Xipe Totec]

Updated update! Small hiccup replacing the rear mech cable, after finding the cable outer had shredded where it fits into the shifter - the fitting's too narrow to accept a ferrule & it looks like the consequence of stiff mech springs & nothing holding the outer together has taken its toll. Bodged at the moment but I'll have to replace the outer & open out the seat in the shifter to accept a ferrule. Bit of a pain in the bum as I'm having to use full-length outers, making the process more of a faff.

Anyway - gratuitous shiny-bike-in-the-sun pic with new bar tape.