Originally Posted by
Inpd
Nice. Where did you get the white hoods from?
I ordered my 5800 groupset in silver. Tossing up about the handlebars and seat. I'm leaning towards white.
It is actually getting a little tough to find hoods for the older groups, at least from Shimano. I went with a third party and the fit is great. Found some here:
https://fairwheelbikes.com/far-and-n...ds-p-1174.html
I used some lysol dual action wipes to get them nice and clean after installation. Not so much for the disinfecting but for the scrubbing side of the pad. They've stayed pretty clean looking in everyday use.
LysolŪ Dual Action Disinfecting Wipes | Lysol
I like the white as it makes the somewhat heavy steel bike
look light.
I'm looking to swap out the fork for a custom-painted (all white) Enve next year for the three purposes of:
- being able to run a 25mm tire (earlier posts are right; the clearance is TIGHT!)
- nudging up the handlebars just a bit more w/o going with a more extreme stem angle
- this bike wants an all-white front end--the old ingas spears work best on the top and downtubes IMHO but not so much on the fork
Bonus: lighter!