S-Works Venge in Bora Team-Colors – that's Lizzie - 6.67kg

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omikronphi
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by omikronphi

I recently switched to a -6 degree Tarmac SL7 stem, much better looking than the -12 degree Venge 'bone' in my opinion.
The transition spacer under the stem is still the Venge version, not a perfect fit but better than expected.

Nice wall at my office's underground car park, but bad image quality, sorry:

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by GS100

Really like this one - which is strange as I'm not a fan of the big S or disc brakes lol! But I can see how clean it makes the front end. It looks rapid, colour scheme is good and kit is all spot on.

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by ryanw

Great looking bike, but we need a scale shot please ;)

Also, Aethos skewers aren't a great fit on these (or SL7). The conical ends are too shallow and dont fill the dropout correctly.
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omikronphi
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by omikronphi

Thanks for the comments!

Yes the cylindrical additions that follow the conical ends are missing with the Aethos axles, but the shape of the conical part is identical.
And these apply the force so I thought the cylindrical additions are only to have the axle ends sit flush on the outside.

But the differece is only 15g, 52g for the Aethos axles and 67g for the Venge ones, so no big deal if I decide to switch back.

And as requested 😉: the 28mm GP5000 that are currently mounted are around 50g heavier than the 25mm version stated in my sheet,
but the Tarmac stem is 48g lighter. Click for original size...

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by omikronphi

I brought my SLR cam to the office so I could take some more photos at the car park:

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by Maddie

Perfection... How's that tarmac spacer doing? Any detailed pics?

omikronphi
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by omikronphi

it's far from perfect, but I can live with it for now. As stated only the stem and stem cap are Tarmac.

I also had my first try with bar tape reverse wrapping. I really like the clean look without electrical tape.

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by wrenegade

This bike is pretty much the dream for me. Well done! I'd love to pick up this frameset and put an SiSL2 on it and the -12° SL7 stem, so I'm glad to see that it sorta works.

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This was my favourite Venge until you did that god awful track wrap on the bars. Such a substandard way to wrap bars and ages awfully compared to a traditional wrap. Allows for water ingress too so stinks and rots if exposed to water / sweat.

You just need to perfect the electrical tape and it looks great :thumbup:
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omikronphi
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by omikronphi

You're right, it's 2 weeks now and I started to dislike it from like day one. I didn't have a rain ride yet but it already shows aging.

It seems that I tend to slip my hands downwards in both upper and lower bar position more than I slip upwards and as a result the exposed tape edges start to show wear.

So it's been my first and last try and will return to traditional wrapping asap.

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by mrfish

Yes I disliked the backwards wrap my bike came with too. I redid it the right way round within a week. If you like the no tape look, you can superglue the last wrap then carefully cut the superglued wrap with a scalpel to get a perfect edge. Just don't cut the bar.

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by omikronphi

back to black - sidewalls :lol:

some updates:
-DA 9270 with Ultegra FD due to availability
faster shifting and less noise from cassette and brakes - eTap brakes constantly sounded like a coffee grinder no matter what pads or discs I used
and I finally got rid of the giant shifter horns

-Light Bicycles AR 55 Flyweight with my favorite Extralite hubs

-Continental 5000s TR 28mm with 26ml RevoSealant per tire
went on without levers and inflated with normal floor pump, although I don't use rimtape as I ordered the AR55 without holes in rimbed

-Merida bottle cages

-back to traditional bar tape wrapping :wink:


I will update my weight list shortly, but weight came down a bit to around 6,50kg without computer

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Best Venge on the forum!

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by omikronphi

Thanks :D

OK I was a little off, it's 6,58kg:

Shifter is dry weight, brake fluid weight is included with the hoses.
500mm for the FD wire is really short, should've better bought 550mm or 600mm.

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by dcj10

Geoff wrote:
Fri Feb 05, 2021 6:18 pm
Ok, that's nice. That livery is really nice.
Exactly my thoughts, word for word.
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