Well, we are getting a week long heat wave in the mid west USA, so it’s time to paint!  I’m going to do this in 3 stages: matte clear over carbon (below); base, mid, gloss clear; then stripes and clear.  Here you can see the rough black and white theme though.  More to come. 
The Pathfinder Pro 38’s are finally back in stock in some places, so I was able to snag a set.

still liking the 066 rim brake.   it is still on trainer duty but the weather is getting warmer so it will get taken outside soon.  yes still looking at the disc version as well.  need to finish my gravel build.  i went with the light carbon LCG010.  i hate the cables through the headset so i went with their older version.  still has great clearance and a good stack height for my old back.  hahaha

One thing you could look at doing is getting a longer but steeper stem and then flip it up.  hard to tell from the pics but it looks like your stem is a 6 degree and is angled down.  if you went with a 17 degree stem you could remove a few spacers and have your bars end up in the same spot.

Recommendations are no more than 30-40mm spacers below the stem. For carbon fork and steerer I personally would not go with more than 30mm just to be sure.

The VBR066 is an endurance oriented frame with shorter reach and higher stack compared to race/aero oriented frames. If the right size for you the VBR066 should offer comfortable fit without 55mm spacers.

How tall are you and what inseam measurement do you have? Which frame size did you order? What stem length do you have?
Can you attach a photo of the bike taken from the side so we can see it's set up?

FINALLY received my wheels.  they spent almost a month in Customs.  Super happy with them.  final weight came in at 1340g so pretty happy with that.  I am a big fan of the 3k twill pattern.  have not set them up tubeless yet as I am waiting for the official tires to come in.  but I have some random tires on hand and there them on there.   pics are of a 26mm Vittoria.  I had the 28mm Schwalbe on their and I think I will be good to go for my 30mm tires.  it will be close but should have enough room.  I am surprised that the tire width didn't really change from the 15mm ID rim to the 21mm ID rim.  I was expecting it to be a mm or 2 wider. 

these wheels put my build at 6.75kg with pedals and quad lock mount.  both wheels have regular tubes currently so tubeless should drop a little more.  hopefully I can get it out on real road soon but for now it is back to trainer for this thing.

NERD ALERT post.  Still waiting on the wheels and as soon as they are in i will double check the fit for those waiting on whether a 28C or 30C tire will fit.  I did however get some total nerd parts in.  Some people love weight weenie parts and some don't, i am one who does.  feel free to ignore this post if you are not. 

Elita one seat post came in, 135g which is 60g less than stock velobuild
SRACE 11-28t cassette 195g
Carbon bottle cage x2 - 12.8g vs 45g
titanium bolts a plenty!
 Bottle bolts, seat binder bolts, jockey wheel bolts and brake pad and brake cable clamp bolts  30.1g vs 16g.

Nice! Yes I've used both their integrated bars and the separate bar/stem combo that come with the frames that have full internal wiring. The 066 doesn't come with bars so I would either buy them from VB or source them separately if you're after something more specific since the options they have don't cover everyone.


In terms of ordering I would ask for an extra rear derailleur hanger to be thrown in. That's about it I think. Good luck!