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@fizzy.bleach
After much messing around I'm finally about to buy this frame to form the central part of my first geared bike build.
House moves and weak legs got in the way of me putting it together sooner.
The intended use is audax and long weekend rides, possibly with some light touring if I can ever convince my gal that multifuel stoves can offer an interesting porridge experience.
I bought the wheels and groupset off here about 2 years ago but some of that groupset found its way onto other bikes, leaving me with this list of already owned parts:
I reckon I'll get these other parts as well in case I need to steer or stop the bike. Or sit on it:
Now the frame looks like a good'un and was the winner in a long and involved decision process, beating the Surly Pacer and Genesis Equilibrium. It's in 725, comes in black, black or black and comes with a carbon fork for £305 or a steel fork with low-rider eyelets for £355. The geometry is the exact same as Spa Cycles' much-loved titanium audax. This information had to be squeezed out of the Spa Cycles guy by email.
I'm not sure whether to go with the carbon fork or the steel one. Carbon is light and cool and cheaper, steel allows me to fit a front rack. I can always buy the carbon fork separately for £100 later but does anyone run a bike with two separate forks? I've seen lots of audaxers use a little front rack and bag but I've no actual experience of doing this so I dunno if it's worth it.
Advice would be welcome. Once I've made that decision I can buy the frame and the rest of the parts and start building. I'll put pictures of the existing bits up if anyone would like but most are from this bike (not mine).
Special rep to the first person who tells me Sora stuff is rubbish.