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new tape
So I can put mine back in the parts bin?
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fashionably wide
At the risk of sounding edscoble... a 650b conversion would probably work.
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Not sure if a 300k audax is needed for 12h tt prep. Depends how many hours you have though. If you've time to spare.
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I reckon this is about as spot on a winter bike as you can get. Simple, no fuss, and just enough anti not to be precious about it. Proper good.
One thing did occur to me though (and I don't know if it's been tried and tested before)... would it be possible to add a couple of the plastic mudguard QR clips to the rear mudguard stays? That way you could just ping the mudguard off if you needed to replace a puncture over winter?
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Tape looks gross, was that intentional?
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After doing last winter on my road bike sans mudguards, and the one before than on a brakeless Vigorelli, decided I needed a proper winter bike so picked this up from @furious_tiles yesterday (thanks!)
Nice and sensible, put new tape and Paves on (obviously). Not sure if the Zoncolan will stay, and wheels will get upgraded to something fashionably wide at some point, and I fancy one of those Bigxtop Rando bags for a bit more luggage capacity on long rides. 48/18 for the time being, probably switch to a 19t towards November. Plan is for lots of miles including 300k audax over winter as 12hr TT prep.