GrumpyGregry
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Y'day, courtesy of the Audax - buy and sell group on bookface I took delivery of Stage One of my master plan to build a bike to carry a fat and grumpy old guy up hill and down dale (think AAA) over "proper" Audax distances (think 200km / RRTY attempt) this winter. I took delivery of a pre-loved The Light Blue Robinson in a station car park. Light, lovely, and a nice spec as it stands, which will stand until the end of this month as I intend to use it as-is for Velo South. I have a bike I love, my SRAMpagnolo equipped Genesis Equilibrium 853, but I want to send it off for a repaint and the Campag Record 10-speed loveliness it has fitted at the rear just won't go lower without resorting to expensive 3rd party cassettes and dogtooth type gadgets.
Stage Two(a) - fit SRAM Rival 1 groupset 11-36 cassette and 42 tooth chain ring. Logic, which may be flawed, 1 x 11 is lighter and simpler and loses nothing in the low gear department and does away with high gears I don't use. Chain rings are easily swapped and (relatively) cheap if it needs tuning. I like Hope BB's with the GXP adapters and they have worked well for me over a number of years/miles.
Stage Two(b) - new saddle; I may be daring and stop with the B17's and go cambium, and new bars; Ritchey Venture Max bars I have Evo Max, which I recommend, on my Equilibrium and want to give the Venture's a go. fizik gel will go on under new Tortex tape and the bars will go on when I fit the SRAM levers.
Stage Three - fit 650B wheels and, thus, fatter tyres. Discs make wheel swaps easy. Likely a SON dynohub up front. DCRWheels will be preferred choice but I may well score a set of OTS/OEM non-dyno wheels to prove the concept.
Thoughts, comments?
Stage Two(a) - fit SRAM Rival 1 groupset 11-36 cassette and 42 tooth chain ring. Logic, which may be flawed, 1 x 11 is lighter and simpler and loses nothing in the low gear department and does away with high gears I don't use. Chain rings are easily swapped and (relatively) cheap if it needs tuning. I like Hope BB's with the GXP adapters and they have worked well for me over a number of years/miles.
Stage Two(b) - new saddle; I may be daring and stop with the B17's and go cambium, and new bars; Ritchey Venture Max bars I have Evo Max, which I recommend, on my Equilibrium and want to give the Venture's a go. fizik gel will go on under new Tortex tape and the bars will go on when I fit the SRAM levers.
Stage Three - fit 650B wheels and, thus, fatter tyres. Discs make wheel swaps easy. Likely a SON dynohub up front. DCRWheels will be preferred choice but I may well score a set of OTS/OEM non-dyno wheels to prove the concept.
Thoughts, comments?
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