First rideable version of the build.
- The bars I bought arrived *very* late and were completely smashed, so I couldn't use them. Fortunately I had a pair of Deda DCR bars from a road build that allowed me to use the internally routed stem that I bought from Fire Spider. Gonna fucking suck to disconnect the hoses and remount the brifters when the replacement bars show up, but I gotta have that flare, baby.
- Awaiting a set of pedals, using my Candy 1s for now.
- Awaiting Specialized Mirror clone saddle from Ali that's delayed, using Brooks Cambium c16 for now.
Impressions? Pretty fucking sick, honestly. It rides like butter, is faster and more responsive on pavement than I expected. Doing a longer gravel ride on Saturday ahead of a weekend in Stemboat Springs next weekend so I'll have more hard-nosed feedback to give then.
Some notes:
-- Positive
- LTWOO gRX is pretty tight, exactly what I expected after using the eRX on my road bike.
- The Pirelli Cinturato Gravel RC have an excellent tread for combo riding, really impressed.
- These Kactus rotors are amazing - never had a rotor and caliper combo feel so good, so fast.
- Knockoff RedShift grips are fun, will be really nice on flared bars.
-- To be seen:
- As I've posted in other threads, I had to file down a nylon c-ring to get the spacers to set correctly on the frame, which i'm not super stoked about. I've got an order that should be here shortlyf or a better spacer set that should set on top of one of the aluminum c-rings that I have, but god damnit, I already installed the brake lines, so there's a calculus to be made there about how the existing spacer set up is performing/whether it's worth the effort to essentially full-bleed the brakes (if ya'll have suggestions for un-routing hoses easily, I'll fucking take em.)
- Was able to get to what I think is the best chainline I'm gonna get - but the climbing gear is definitely clunky, just a suboptimal chainline, to be sure - anyone in here running a similar 1x? How did you use spacers to configure the chainline?
- Any recommendations on a plug for the FD port that I'm not using?
- Computer mounts? Having a hard time finding one that will work, since the stem didn't come equipped with under-mounted screws for an out-front mount and the bars are not round. I got a stem-bolt-mounted one but it still doesn't feel/look right. Maybe a cap mount?