My New TT Bike is Ready 

Fantastic new bike Ronald! One of the coolest looking TT bikes at the recent Tour de France. I love Tadej TT setup, its an absolute menace. The UAE logos look awesome. Great review as well. Looking forward more of this bike! Enjoy your new ride ❤❤❤

I really appreciate all the work you put into it and especially the effort of sharing everything with us openly!! One thing came to my mind: the cratus chainring is a machined carbon chainring like the old Aerocoach or fibre-lyte rings. Sometimes the chain doesn't run perfectly straight and it tends to split the carbon fiber tooth from above. What you could try is a low friction chainring from digirit. They are special because the narrow wide tooth profile is mouldet and not a cut out, so the fibres can't split up so easily. Also this company has quite a history in track cycling. If you give them the specifications they probably can make a custom super low friction chainring for the cratus crank.

I love the Speeco front end extensions. The company is from my city. I have an older version.

I don't like the hed decals, but this is a very pretty bike. 41kmh at 190W? Wow. Maybe I should get a TT bike after all and get all the koms around me, it's flat where I live :p Well done! Very sexy bike!

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I got a Wove V8 a couple weeks ago and it's seriously the best TT saddle I've ever used. Sorry if I missed it, but what bearings are you using on this bike, still Kogel?

Hi Ronny - I had the same issue with the Wattshop Cratus chainset/chainring that I bought this spring. It's especially bad with the 12 speed Shimano Dura Ace chain. I've used a 12 speed KMC chain which works a bit better. Actually when you apply some power to the chainring and for example set the bike up on a hometrainer it works a better than in the bikestand. What I did was that I had to run the chainring/chain for maybe 10 hours before the chainring was worn enough and matched the chain. At the beginning I also experienced that the chain dropped especially when I was just spinning and didn't apply much power, and thats why I did most of it on the hometrainer. But i guess the best thing is to machine it yourself if you have the ressources to do so. It's a bit dissapointing to buy expensive stuff like this that doesnt work ...

you don't *have* to use synchro shift with a TT bike - I use base bar for front derailleur changes and aerobar buttons for rear - and with the new "Front Shift next" you could add another sprint shifter and get front derailleur control on the aerobars too

What are the laces you are using to secure the rear bottle?

The Cratus crank looks like a track crank. then different chains are used. The manufacturer does not present Cratus with derailleurs.

How is Dura Ace 12-speed installed on a TT-bike? I haven't found information. There only exist the 11-speed tt shifters for now