I didnt know you could order direct from Hope, I'll remember that for next time 
A few minor updates to the project:
The black rear hub arrived last week and the orange one shouldn't be far behind
They've come from Singletrack bikes who have been great with communication and are sending the hubs out on next day delivery as soon as they come in to stock. Can't ask for much more than that
I was reading through the light bicycle site and they strongly recommended against building their rims with straight gauge spokes, so the Sapim Leaders I've bought aren't going to be any good
Apparently they're too stiff and increase the risk of cracking the rim at the nipple. Instead I've had to spend a bit more on double butted spokes, this time going for Sapim Race. The leaders were made to order so can't be returned, I'll just have to chalk that one up to experience and throw them in the bottomless spares cupboard along with all the other random 'spare' spokes I seem to have accumulated
Checking the rim status this morning it seems one of the allroad rims is completely finished and the other 3 rims are all finished and awaiting quality checks - I'm hopeful I'll get a photo of them sent over early in the week before they're shipped out
I've asked for an updated shipping estimate, normally the method I'd paid for would take 7-12 days but they quoted double that at the time of ordering due to COVID related backlogs. I've pre-paid the tax, so at least it shouldn't take long to get through customs once they're in the country
I've just ordered some tan wall Schwalbe One TLE's for the aero wheels on the Bianchi
I can then sell the Cosmic's with their nearly new GP5000 TL's still fitted which should aid their sale and means I should have less faffing around cleaning up sealant
A few minor updates to the project:
The black rear hub arrived last week and the orange one shouldn't be far behind
They've come from Singletrack bikes who have been great with communication and are sending the hubs out on next day delivery as soon as they come in to stock. Can't ask for much more than that I was reading through the light bicycle site and they strongly recommended against building their rims with straight gauge spokes, so the Sapim Leaders I've bought aren't going to be any good
Apparently they're too stiff and increase the risk of cracking the rim at the nipple. Instead I've had to spend a bit more on double butted spokes, this time going for Sapim Race. The leaders were made to order so can't be returned, I'll just have to chalk that one up to experience and throw them in the bottomless spares cupboard along with all the other random 'spare' spokes I seem to have accumulated Checking the rim status this morning it seems one of the allroad rims is completely finished and the other 3 rims are all finished and awaiting quality checks - I'm hopeful I'll get a photo of them sent over early in the week before they're shipped out
I've asked for an updated shipping estimate, normally the method I'd paid for would take 7-12 days but they quoted double that at the time of ordering due to COVID related backlogs. I've pre-paid the tax, so at least it shouldn't take long to get through customs once they're in the country I've just ordered some tan wall Schwalbe One TLE's for the aero wheels on the Bianchi
I can then sell the Cosmic's with their nearly new GP5000 TL's still fitted which should aid their sale and means I should have less faffing around cleaning up sealant 
for the committed TL rider
but then on the flats, downhills etc the deep rims come into their own. I think in a perfect world i'd go 40-45mm front and 60mm rear though, nose blowing is off the agenda when it's breezy
Lets hope it doesnt take too long, I'm already getting impatient 
Hopefully whatever is causing the hold up is sorted soon and they can complete their journey - technically they're only a few days travel away now once they're moving again 
