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Nice! How do you find the Big Apples? I had some Halo Twin Rails on for a week or so but went back to the X-Kings.
I also kind of had the same plans as you, I managed to pick up some Versa Alfine 11 shifters from the forum and was going to get some Salsa Cowchipper bars, instead I've actually just fitted some Jones H-Bar Bend clones by Humpert, they were super cheap and they feel pretty good:
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Great. Roll well, cushion everything and corner on tarmac like nothing else. Perfect on towpaths and solid singletrack, slidy on anything loose as you'd expect however they are so wide that you can drift them over more predictably than any other tyre I've used. They don't just wash out and leave you, you can kinda manage it through the turn which is actually good fun.
Bars wise, thinking the bike may be a touch long now with the extra reach. Think this is the norm on these kind of bikes unless designed with drop bars in mind. Anyway, picking up a shorter stem later this week to see if it helps without hindering handling too much. Will post update with pics.
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It's just about to gain these bits too. Slightly flared drops with the Alfine shifter going on the bar extension. Almost got it done this weekend, before>>>>confessions thread.
Also, planning on DIYing some mudguard flaps as the coverage could be better. A method was posted in the mudguard thread utilising bin liners and an iron. Just need to find the time.