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Looks like I'll definitely be postponing my tour which means I have some time to think about this build and get it right.
Gearing is on my mind today. On the bike so far is a sram 10speed compact double crank, shimano 10spd brifters, and a shimano 10 speed 11-25 cassette with short cage rear mech.
Any thoughts on increasing the gear range? I'm tempted by a mtb cassette and long cage mech, so my smallest gear will be 34x34, or even 34x36.
When the brifters finally give out i'm tempted to go for DT shifters, so I guess I should stay shimano for all the gear-y bits (other than cranks which I already have). But inter-compatibility between Shimano and Sram is a mystery to me when its 10 speed or above.