The stock fork has been replaced by a Hi-Mod from a Super Six Evo and painted to match the frame which saved about 100g.
I had SR11 on my CAAD8 but never really liked the ergonomics of it due to the limited adjustability. Having my first experience with SRAM Force at the dealer launch at Sea Otter Classics in 2006 I thought it was time to try SRAM again with the launch of the new 2013 Red group.
The wheels are a special blend of Specialized Roval hubs manufactured by DT Swiss. The rear hub have a 2:1 lacing with 16 drive side spokes and 8 non drive side spokes to even out the spoke tension. I found the hub on CRC with a huge discount under the name DT Swiss LF07. As far as I have found out these hubs were produced in 2008 when Quickstep was riding Roval wheels. As you can see it says Prototype on the hub and must have been made for some kind of development work with the team. There are also pictures on the web showing clones of Campagnolo Hyperion rims with these hubs but using a normal lacing pattern.
I found a used font hub on Ebay as I wasn't able to find a new one. It had white flanges and big Roval logos on the carbon shell. I sanded the thick clear coat and logos off keeping the carbon nude and painted the flanges red. The red is not a perfect match to the rear hub, but it's close enough.
The Reynolds Assault rims have also been bought used. They have been sanded and given a layer of matte clear coat. The decals were bought on ebay and the whole package held together by Sapin CX-Ray spokes and Pillar internal nipples. Weight is around 1420g.
There are a few changed on the way. The current Ciamillo Negative G's will be replaced by some GLS. The seatpost collar will be replaced by a Smud carbon and the MKV chainrings will probably be replaced by some Praxis Clover.
