• It does. They are brilliant bike designers.
    Though I think that norse lore thing they got going can be a bit much.

  • True, I'm hoping it's a bit tongue in cheek. Both of those sound like awesome bikes, but the Ulv I could possibly more easily justify. The Ravn would be like a very upgraded version of my drop bar MTB

    One thing I can't get my head around is a dependable gear shifting system for drop bar MTBs. Sti's seem a bit flimsy for back country touring, Gevenalle only work from the hoods, which isn't ideal for dirt drops.... bar ends aren't compatible with the new batch of mtb groupsets as far as I know.

  • Microshift BS-M10 are designed to work with Shimano mtb 10sp components:

    http://www.microshift.com.tw/BS-M10_Shifters.html

  • One thing I can't get my head around is a dependable gear shifting system for drop bar MTBs. Sti's seem a bit flimsy for back country touring, Gevenalle only work from the hoods, which isn't ideal for dirt drops.... bar ends aren't compatible with the new batch of mtb groupsets as far as I know.

    I like the MTB trigger mounted under top of bars approach. Think of it as climber button placement. Probably useless for technical trails, but should be super for back road cruising.

    In fact I have already all necessary components to put 1x10 type 2 setup on the rawland, just need the free time. (will probs wait till after winter tho)

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