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Too quiet lately. Just put the new PDW 55mm fenders on mine... tricky fit on the rear with a 44, the height of the seat tube bolt head was enough to screw with test fitting, so I had to drill that hole right off the bat.
Rode the bike on Tuesday. It rips. There are a few things that I absolutely loved... NEVER EVER ANY TOE HITTING THE FRONT WHEEL. Boom. That was a big win. Disc breaks are amazing. My Voodoo (1998) did not have them so that in itself if a huge win for me. How the bike handles - it loves to be leaned and stays stable. It almost feels like the long wheelbase turns sharper in conjunction with the slack angle/trail/whatever geo they use. Climbing was way better than I expected as was the traction climbing.
I have 44cm bars on with the 50mm stem and strongly considering bumping out to 46cm on the small frame. Anyone else running ultra wide bars on their bike?
It is really stiff as most reviewers note, so on rocky trails you might want a mouthpiece. It's ch ch ch ch chattery, but I'll deal with that any day considering how well it climbs. Just stay clear of trails where suspension is kind of a must.
Yeah thats what I'm thinking hey...with a set of 'road tyres' (read 35mm) I can't see why I couldn't do a stack of road K's on this thing, and then jump the gutter when I feel like itI think this bike with a set of soma cazadero in 50s is a one bike quiver all day everyday... especially with a 42 chainring. If you have two wheelsets all the more merry! You'll be Poppin' wheelies all day everyday. seat post drop and supertuck.
What gravel bikes have HTA as slack as 70? I've seen some 71 deg HTA, but nothing steeper in my preliminary research? What bike did you end up with?I was intrigued by the idea but it was way too slack for me. Great on rough/fast/steep descents but I don't do that more than once a month on my gravel bike. I think 70 degrees is as slack as I like my gravel bikes. Great quality bike, it seemed. Evil does a great job with its frames. I ended up with a pretty classic style gravel bike but I think some mountain bikers will like this one a lot.