A large box of Shimano goodness has arrived from Merlin cycles. Ok – I cracked and went for a new groupset. The thought of used components didn’t really thrill me with confidence, and it seemed to make more sense to have everything new at the same time, and know that it’s all compatible. I’m looking forward to the build proper starting!
A very quick update – the purchase of three components has enabled the first assembly step to take place, which feels like quite a big step. I have received an order of a headset, spacers and a stem, which means that I’ve been able to attach the fork to the frame, and the bars to the stem.
Another couple of small but important parts are adaptors for the front hub to allow for the 15mm thru axle and a new axle and adaptors for the rear hub to convert it to a 12mm maxle.
This means that things are (slowly) starting to take shape:
