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THM CLAVICULA

it arrived yesterday...what can i say...the crankarms are absolutely amazing, one problem though...after almost 3 months of painful wait they shipped the cranks with the wrong BB. called thm and starbike and i was told that they are "investigating the problem"...i told them i want them cups shipped first class next day...it seems that the German seriousness is just a myth

i am complaining becuase i want this blog to contain infos from all points of view . although the product is absolutely amazing, the customer relationship is to me relevant as well. in the case of thm it was very bad, not too happy about starbike either , i did not receive any apologies from neither when my only mistake was to purchase something from them!

i regret now not going through r2-bike.de, but although they were 2 weeks late answering emails they seemed very nice and helpful.

shame on THM and starbike.com, definitely my last order with you! keep investigating!

here a pic



update: today I called thm and this time someone very nice answered the phone. not only he explained clearly what went wrong, he also sent the cups via airmail today.

8160g

everything here minus clavicula!

pictures speak for themselves!

THM Clavicula Dp & Cane Creek Aer Headset!

although it is very hard for me to part with the very beautiful and stiff rotor xc2, the weight weenie inside of me has taken control! i ordered the very expensive crankset from THM!
it will save up to 200gr, bringing the weight down to 7.9xxkg! a barrier that is very difficult and expensive to break with a full susser especially when it is ment for 90kg riders like myself!
the clavicula dp is a 2 chainring crankset and by default it has a weight limit of 85kg! because you can customize the cranks the way you want with thm, i opted for a higher weight limit, bringing it to 90kg!
these cranks have the best weight-stiffness ratio, and therefore they come at a price!
also they have race thoroughbred in them, being ridden by the womens beijing olympic champion Sabine Spiez!

crankarms+spacers+bottombracket =415
ta specialites chinook 42/32 = 60+30= 90
chainring bolts = 6
Total=511g (xc2 720g)

second upgrade brings just 50gr down!
the Cane Creek Aer Headset is only 50gr heavy in the ZS form that i will be using!
it has a lower bearing like any other headset but the upper one is a new thing! In fact it is a teflon bushing, very poshy named Norglide. so instead of a whole bearing you only have this special teflon coated bushing that does the job! of course there are disadvantages, and of course it is only road intended, but i will give it a try!

got all the parts today, frm lockrings work fine, verhuteli ok, zylons not installed yet because there is an incompatibility with the da mech. bcompostes had to be modified cos of the bottlecage mounts...

paduano is now 8240 g light

miscellaneous parts

i have been spending some cash on cool parts lately...r2-bike.de is a nice shop where you can find all kinds of things , especially if you are bike- weight-concerned like myslef(sounds stupid i know) ! the guys at r2-bike.de are really nice and helpful, so check them out!

among various things i will be upgrading the front mech with a dura-ace braze on...you will say, ok but how are you going to install a braze-on front mech without a brze on the frame....easy ! with a carbon-braze-on adapter!

xtr=130gr dura ace =65+5gadapter!....-60g!
cables will be changed aswell with du-ponts...
normal jagwire teflon cables(what i use now) weight around 15gr, the duponts only 2.7!...-24.6g



tune verhuterli stemcap 6.5g...gumgum+stemcap+bolt=16...-9.5g



grand total...94.1g..so almost another 100gr...the paduano will hopefully reach 8.3kg!!!

DT Swiss XRC 1250 Wheelset

time has passed and the paduano has suffered a few modifications....

first of all a new inner seatpost was installed , a kcnc tiprolite and an aluminum seatpostclamp which has brought the weight down another 150gr.



the big news is that i have ordered a set of dt swiss xrc 1250. they usually come at arund 2000e which is outrageous given the fact that you can build similar weight wheels for 900euros, but i have found them in an almost new state at only 925e and bought them. the main reason is that they have a 90kg weight limit due to the carbon rims! they also come with ceramic bearings (190hubs) which is also a very nice asset! you can have slightly lighter wheels built with ztr race rims and tune hubs but you have to be 80 kgs heavy , which i am not and will never be! so, for the little bit heavier fellow the xrc 1250 are ideal...

they have flaws apparently, although the rims are carbon , they are not the stiffest wheelset on the planet and this is nicely said, and they are center lock, which means you have to use an adapter whch comes at 30grams (adapter+lockring). 30x2=60gr. i saw the wheelset on the scale wo the adapters and it had 1210gr. 1210+60= 1270gr complete with adapter which is decent for 90kg! the good news is that the center lock that comes with the wheels has 10gr. the guys from light-bikes.de gave me a good hint meaning that you can replace the dt swiss lockrings with a durace 12t one which shaves 10grams from the wheelset , meaning that you reach 1260gr! NICE!

my current wheelset has on the scale 1480gr...1480-1260=220gr shaved off and i am coming close to 8400g! the target is 8.3kg, when i reach that i will probably stop, although i have wet dreams about the thm clavicula...1000e for a cranskset without chainrings is still too much for my pocket at the moment, maybe in the future!

here are a few pics of the dt swiss xrc 1250