Impending Seven Delivery...twitching

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Still no word...should be in the coming week. But the bummer is that my specific mechanicals may not be available anytime soon. Shimano Ultegra Di2 with hydro brakes comes as a package deal and is thus far only being put on full factory bikes...groups intended for custom builds is the thing Shimano isn't able to keep up with. So I may have to wait until pretty much all 2015 models have rolled off the assembly lines before there will be available parts for my bike. So sad that I may not have my bike fully assembled and ridable until late in the CX season and may not have it to do any gravel races, either, or for the JDRF ride in Death Valley.

Any chance you can transfer the components from your Redline until the new group set arrives? What wheels are you building for it? :-) That way, you could be riding it in the first cross races and then feel the upgrade to the new components.

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Any chance you can transfer the components from your Redline until the new group set arrives? What wheels are you building for it? :-) That way, you could be riding it in the first cross races and then feel the upgrade to the new components.

Nope. Totally non-compatible...going from SRAM rim-brake set-up with quick-release wheels to a hydro disc thru-axle set-up with Shimano Di2. Everything Shimano is producing is essentially for mass-produced bikes, at this point. Custom customers are pretty much SOL for a few months. Bummer. Had we known this we would have gotten my order in months earlier than we did. It may be a Christmas present, at this point.

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Oh, that is a total bummer. I can see you riding in the snow on Xmas, if it takes that long to get the parts.

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Oh, that is a total bummer. I can see you riding in the snow on Xmas, if it takes that long to get the parts.

I have studded tires!

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Starting to come together, courtesy of those 2 awesomesauce dudes in the background!

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You got the components?! Are those tubulars?