• Had my first meeting and written build list for my custom Hartley Cycles audax/paved bikepacking tourer. Frame should be being started in January or February. Will start a thread for it when it's more underway. 8speed, triple, bar end shifters, with disc brakes and restrap #carryeverything kit. Old meets new. Wanted to share my excitement.

  • Hartley Cycles look pretty awesome.

    Have a butcher at compact chainset, like 46/30 but without the cross chaining issues.

  • Been considering a compact. Running a triple on my current set up and do like it, but could be swayed. Been mostly looking at shimano chainsets, was going to go with a 9 speed XT chainset, but shimano don't seem to do any compact equivalents. Unless I get the 10speed XT compact and put my own 8/9 speed rings on it, but have heard of troubles with cross chaining. Any recommendations?

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