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  • I probably need a dedicated audax bike

    It's not about the bike, but if it's going to be a psychological boost then get n+1.

    I've done Audaxes on:

    • A 1990s Colnago Master, 23mm tyres, 40?x26 lowest gear
    • An Aravis Audax, Reynolds 631 steel, 25mm tyres, 30x29 lowest gear
    • A Wilier Izoard, Carbon Fibre, 23mm tyres, 34x26 lowest gear
    • A Condor Tempo, Dedacciai SAT 14.5 steel, 25mm tyres, 46x18 only gear

    It's way more about you and your fitness (both physical and mental) than the bike.

  • Usually I'd be the first person to say that buying multiple bikes for different purposes is unnecessary, but the amount of pain I was in yesterday & this morning suggests I need to set up something a bit different.
    Of course I could probably achieve this just by getting a bigger rear cassette and a longer cage mech + adding in a load of headset spacers, but that wouldn't be nearly as fun...
    And letting some air out of my tyres as well. Though I have not had a single puncture while audaxing this year.

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