So, after my recent experience trying a 3t Strada (which I’ve decided against, for various reasons) I have decided that I would like to build myself an aero bike. Why? 1 - I’d like an aero bike :grin: 2 - doing it bit by bit will help with budgeting and 3 - I’d actually like to build my own bike. N…

[image] Dinyull: 2nd hand market is equally as crazy, seeing Tiagra alu bikes selling for more than I paid for my 105 hydro disc bike new. I see some good second-hand deals these days, as the season is coming to an end and the “I can’t be seen with a rim brake high-end road bike” trend seems …

Hardest thing I’m finding is locating a full groupset (looking at Ultegra Di2)

where are you based? In the UK, Wiggle and Merlin usually have some deals on, and I’ve seen a fair few on Ebay lately.

USA - I’ve got the Merlin tab perma-refreshed but they’re missing a couple parts. Think I’d be ok picking up bar-end junctions elsewhere but at a minimum want reasonable cranksets / cassettes off the bat.

Well this has all gone a bit wrong. Had the bike in the LBS today to identify an intermittent clicking from the front derailleur/bb area. After some investigation, they have established it is the SRAM chainset bolts brushing the base of the downtube. There is not enough clearance to run the chains…

That sucks. Sorry to hear that. I don’t 100% understand the problem, but I guess this is a evidence of why people were quite cheerful that BB90 was replaced by T47… I know a lot of people jump on the Threaded BB train. Shimano’s standards (BB86 / 386evo) worked quite well for me in the past. But th…

[image] Toby: Do you think some of the 2nd hand purchases are to blame for it (someone sold something because it hadn’t good tolerances?)? I think that’s definitely possible but I’ve no way of proving it, and I suspect I’d have got away with a Shimano groupset (at least for a while). But yea…

Yeah, but I think a manufacturing error (out of tolerances) of this magnitude is very hard to catch even if the seller was completely honest and knowledgeable. But really, what a bummer for you. :frowning:

I’ve not contacted the seller and have no plans to. It’s annoying but I don’t think there was deliberate deception. Consensus from the research I’ve done suggests one of 3 options: Simply change the frame, and sell the Emonda, with the caveat that the frame will only take a Shimano bb/a bb with O…

Why does it have to be a sub-compact? If the chainring bolts are the problem, wouldn’t you need to find something with a different bcd? Or can you go 1x with a direct mount chainring?

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I think that’s definitely possible but I’ve no way of proving it, and I suspect I’d have got away with a Shimano groupset (at least for a while).

But yeah there always a risk buying 2nd hand I suppose.

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