Kinesis Aithein Disc 2021 German/UK/Italian lovechild -7.99kg - target 7.6kg

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welchy
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by welchy

Frame 1650 (to be weighed) inc clamp, thru axles, headset & hanger
Fork: Columbus Extra Lite Custom 438g
Headset: Columbus Compass + Extralite Cap
Seatpost: Tune Gieles 110mm 104g
Seat: Berk Lupina 7x9MM 106g
Stem: Tune Geiles Teil 4.0 110Mm 105g
Bar: : Cinelli Dinamo 40CM 220g
Garmin Mount: Raceware 14g
Cages: Arundel Mandible x2 54g
Brakes: Campag Record Hydro 12 463g
Front derailleur: Campag Record Band 81g
Rear derailleur: Campag Record 201g
Crankset: Campag Record 52/36 170MM 748g
Bottom Bracket: Campag Record 44g
Chainrings: 52/36
Chain: Campag Record 12 220g
Cassette: Campag Super Record 11-32 266g
Wheels: Tune Schwarzbrenner 60MM 1600g
Inntertubes: Vittoria Latex
Tires: Conti GP 5000 28C (TBC)
Pedals: Wahoo Stainless 220g

Current weight 8.08 KGs
Target Weight 7.6 KG
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welchy
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by welchy

Apologies, having some Flickr troubles.

Slamset headset on order to get the front end lower, may go with a -17 120cm Deda to sit me lower further if that doesn't work out. HT is tall as understandable for a 58cm frameset, but I'm used to low and long. We'll see!

Any thoughts on a good Seatpost collar for
34.9 here? Also managed to find a Darimo T2 layback that should be arriving next week
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I'm curious to know what the weight of this thing is.
Can you give us an approximate weight? :)

EDIT: Nice bike. :thumbup:
So how come you went with mechanical and not electronic shifting? (especially since you went with discs)
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welchy
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by welchy

synchronicity wrote:
Tue Apr 27, 2021 12:06 pm
I'm curious to know what the weight of this thing is.
Can you give us an approximate weight? :)

EDIT: Nice bike. :thumbup:
So how come you went with mechanical and not electronic shifting? (especially since you went with discs)
So, the frameset is way lighter than I thought it would be, I'd estimate it's about 7.8-8.2ish at the moment. When I finish work I'm going to track down my scales so hopefully can get a figure up as I'm really keen to know my starting point.

Cane Creek slamset arriving tomorrow and going on, the fork crown I used was a temporary 'split' one as I don't have a crown race tool, but going into the shop next week so the front end will fit lower which I'm needing.

Mechanical as I wanted Campy shifting but didn't want to pay for campy electronic as it is ludicrous! I like the tactile feel of mechanical and also just love the hoods on campy compared to anything else.

montana05
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by montana05

Love it! , purple alu , finally something different compared to all the carbon on here. You trying to blackout the crankset? weird that it spells "CCord" ?. I'm looking at one in size 56 with ekar 1x.

GS100
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by GS100

Gorgeous. Absolute weapon that and the purple really pops.

Have a soft spot for kinesis having owned several. Equipped with campagnolo mechanical, naturally.

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welchy wrote:
Tue Apr 27, 2021 5:38 am
Apologies, having some Flickr troubles.

Slamset headset on order to get the front end lower, may go with a -17 120cm Deda to sit me lower further if that doesn't work out. HT is tall as understandable for a 58cm frameset, but I'm used to low and long. We'll see!
Nice looking bike, how does the ride compare with the Nemo?

Is the frame not a reasonable amount longer than the Nemo?

welchy
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by welchy

montana05 wrote:
Tue Apr 27, 2021 4:18 pm
Love it! , purple alu , finally something different compared to all the carbon on here. You trying to blackout the crankset? weird that it spells "CCord" ?. I'm looking at one in size 56 with ekar 1x.
No, although you have given me thought to black it out now. It spells CCord as I've worn it away with ankle rub!! I have a lot of float (and short cranks for 189cm tall of 170mm) as I have had some pretty heavy knee surgeries, 8 and counting, so short cranks and lots of float helps massively.
GS100 wrote:
Tue Apr 27, 2021 8:25 pm
Gorgeous. Absolute weapon that and the purple really pops.

Have a soft spot for kinesis having owned several. Equipped with campagnolo mechanical, naturally.
Thanks man, absolutely love it but need more time in the saddle. Can't not be campy in today's world.
cjm wrote:
Tue Apr 27, 2021 11:06 pm
welchy wrote:
Tue Apr 27, 2021 5:38 am
Apologies, having some Flickr troubles.

Slamset headset on order to get the front end lower, may go with a -17 120cm Deda to sit me lower further if that doesn't work out. HT is tall as understandable for a 58cm frameset, but I'm used to low and long. We'll see!
Nice looking bike, how does the ride compare with the Nemo?

Is the frame not a reasonable amount longer than the Nemo?
Pretty much the same dimensions but HT is about 8mm higher, It's obviously way way lighter which you can feel as I jumped straight between them and identical build as this is my replacement until the NEMO comes back from warranty in Italy. Faster on the acceleration, less composed over bumps, more skittish on descents but generally feels quicker. The NEMO is kind of the muscle car, this the Caterham and a lightweight carbon a Ferrari to me if I put it in those terms.

Update: Slamset lovely and low, now to chop lots of steerer!
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by reedplayer

Nice build, i like the aithein-frames a lot! the tune stems are available (albeit difficult to get) in various colours, maybe one of those might suit well.
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welchy
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by welchy

reedplayer wrote:
Fri May 07, 2021 6:34 pm
Nice build, i like the aithein-frames a lot! the tune stems are available (albeit difficult to get) in various colours, maybe one of those might suit well.

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I need to get some longer rides in to figure position, so far I think I need about 1cm lower and 1cm longer from the front end. I may end up getting this from some traditional geo bars. If that works out purple stem will be on the horizon.

I had a call from Cinelli to say they will respray the frameset free of charge, it's currently with the UK Distributor and there are issues with them knowing how to send back to Italy and return again due to Brexit. Extremely upsetting the impact Brexit is having on the supply chain for cycling in general in the UK and Europe, particularly as people have been so reliant on the free functional trade for bike components. It makes things far far harder now.

I've been pretty happy with the climbing on this, Darimo post arrives tomorrow. Just had to pay a £50 customs charge and it's stuck in port until the fees are paid, which is fine, although I had no knowledge it was stuck in customs until I followed it all through. Again, damn Brexit.

So until the Cinelli returns (and I'll sell it) the Kinesis remains. At that point it returns I'll sell and I'm thinking of going for a Noah Fast Disc or Helium SLX Disc.

In the meantime I still need to find my damn scales!!! More tune goodies from R2 bike should arrive (Xpanda headset and Seatclamp) should both cut 30-40gs, along with about 150gs for the seatpost . So overall I should make a 200g saving by next week, then i'll slap it on the scales :)
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welchy
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by welchy

So Darimo arrived today, 84.5G on the nose..

The Darimo is 84.5g and the Berk 106g so total should be 190.5g
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welchy wrote:
Thu May 13, 2021 3:08 pm
I wish the idiots who voted to leave could be banished to a deep deep pit so the rest of us who love Europe could get along.
Move to Scotland and wait. With love, from mainland Europe.

JUST KIDDING :mrgreen: :noidea: :arrow:

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