Beautiful bike.

And nice to see, that other people make the same mistake when cutting the fork as I did ...

Velobuild paints the cover so it fits the frame colour.

Since I always stop before the max torque when doing it by hand, I stopped using a torque wrench after a few years of using one. So, I cannot answer the question.

The plug rather loose but the stem rather tighter.

Short report from me.

Everything is running nicely and after retightening my headset after the first ride I did not have to tighten it again. This all with the standard parts dedivered by Velobuild.

Rode 80 km today and everything is tight. I have hope.

IMHO the headset should be held together by the stem and nut by the plug. So that would be the bad part. In the 90'ies so would remove the starnut and the cover to save weight.

Since I am 1,90 m tall and was allways riding a 58 I went with a 58. Reach is 10 mm more than my old bike so I took a 1 cm shorter stem with 110 mm.

I worked out.

I finished my build yesterday. Everything went fine and it rides well. After the first ride the headset was loose, but I hope it just compressed.

I really like the colors and VB made a really good job for the money with the paint.

Does anyone know if it is possible to install a cable computer?

Thanks for the insight.

If it rides as nice as my beloved Scott CR1 I am happy. I quess if one never rides such a high class bike obe does not get spoiled. :-)

Sine I ordered mine in orange-blue-fade yesterday, what gromets are needed for a Di2 build?

How did it work out with the different position and bib wear?

I can not imagine them because I have not riden different frames in the last years.

There was a huge difference going from aluminium to the CR1, somehow stiffer yet more compliant.

I am curious if the 268 and a different frame would be another wow for me or if I should safe for a more expensive frame. Test rides would be the best way to explore this but that's not so easy.

In your Video you said, that there is a significant difference between this frame and a higher priced frame.
As someone who rides his Scott CR1 in the last 14 years and doesn't ride a lot of different road bikes, I can not imagine what the difference is. Would it be possible to elaborate this?