New Gravel Build Open Up NOS sage green

[motorapido]

Picked the frameset up for half price, Open Up, size Medium in Sage Green, really nice colour so decided to go to town on the build and spend some time pulling the build together.
I've done several custom shifter mods for Di2 and for this one went for a full custom shift and brake lever set up.
managed to get a set of Red calipers and then realised they need a bespoke banjo fitting. Hopefully got the right bits on the way from Ebay seller in China, so finger crossed they work or a re-think will be required.

Heres the build list, hoping for 7 to 7.5kg for the build.

Frameset Open Up Medium Sage Green Ltd Edition
Headset Open Up supplied
Bars/Stem Carbon integrated colour matched to the frame.
Spacers Aero colour matched to the frame.
Top Cap 3mm Carbon fibre custom
Bar tape Deda tan brown
Seatpost Carbon Inline colour patched to frame and clamps for carbon rail
Saddle Most Catapuma carbon rails
B/ Bracke Gubb BB386 2 piece screw together
Crankset Easton EC90 47/32 chainrings
Pedals XT Spd
Chain YBN DLC coated
Rear Mech GRX Di2
Fr Mech Ultegra Di2
Shifters Custom Di2 with climbing switches, Sram bodies with custom Campag levers
Brakes Sram Red monoblock ,Sram G3CL discs
Wheels Token Roubx, carbon 700C, vittoria inserts, Tufo Thundero tyres
Cassette Ztto 11-34 11 speed
Axles Carbon Ti
Comp mount Custom carbon
Cages Elite

here's the bars and shifter setup.
IMG_20221001_131657_resized_20221001_020156053 by Paul Townsend, on Flickr

[ultimobici]

How do you plan on accommodating the incompatibility of the brakes & levers? Last time I checked Shimano & Campag use mineral oil and Sram uses DOT.


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[motorapido]

The hydraulics is all SRAM, but the brake lever blade is a modified Campagnolo one, for the nicer ergonmic shape. For shifting the SRAM shift lever operates a custom switch unit. I set them up with RH upshift / LH down shift. There is a custom button that handles the front mech shifts.
like thisIMG_20221001_131715_resized_20221001_020306527 by Paul Townsend, on Flickr

[motorapido]

Refresh of the bar tape and a good clean, been running this setup for about 9 months now.
Colour coded seatpost, bars and headset spacers.
Kogel Kollosos cage (chinese copy) remachined the axle pin to screw into the clutch spindle on the GRX mech,

Custom Di2 setup in SRAM brake lever bodies, the brake levers are modified Campagnolo, which have a much more ergonomic shape than the SRAM ones.
Gutted mechanical shifters so that the paddle shifter gives rear mech RH upshift LH downshift. and secondary buttons on the inside ove the brake lever bodies for front mech shifts.
Under bar climbing buttons built into the brake hose shift wire covers.
gutted two SW-R610s for the electronics,
Custom flush top cap in Carbon Fibre, and Carbon Fibre Garmin / light mount.

IMG_20230704_174010_1_resized_20230704_105753672 by Paul Townsend, on Flickr
IMG_20230704_174016_resized_20230704_105753266 by Paul Townsend, on FlickrIMG_20230704_174027_resized_20230704_105754057 by Paul Townsend, on FlickrIMG_20230704_174101_resized_20230704_105824647 by Paul Townsend, on IMG_20230704_174119_resized_20230704_105902467 by Paul Townsend, on FlickrIMG_20230704_174144_resized_20230704_105902803 by Paul Townsend, on FlickrIMG_20230704_174409_resized_20230704_105903377 by Paul Townsend, on Flickr

[Thatsbullshark]

My favorite Open color!!

[tiddytoddy]

Your custom break and shifter setup might be one of the coolest things I've seen on here. Is there a thread where you talk more about this?

[motorapido]

Thanks tiddytoddy, yeah there's a bit more detail here, viewtopic.php?f=3&t=170305
its all retro fit stuff, so that other than the groove for the wires to come out. The SRAM bits could all be returned to mechanical shifting and the standard brake levers if required. if you do a search under my user name there are a few other iterations of this stlye of shifter mod i've done and some Di2 mech hacks, from before Shimano did clutched Di2.

[motorapido]

double post