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The type of riding? Mostly Road wet dry mud track mulch a lot of leaf mulch all weathers for the commute and then standard issue club rides in the West Country.
That explained it then.
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I would add that I thought I was buying a bicycle not an ornament. The charge plug2 that I used for the same journey the year before still has the original BB & headset working fine. So in comparison to a bike at a quarter of the price I have been very lucky or unlucky depending on your point of view
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The type of riding? Mostly Road wet dry mud track mulch a lot of leaf mulch all weathers for the commute and then standard issue club rides in the West Country. So yeah as I have discovered component shagging conditions
The stock wheels are crap and the tyres were great for dry gravel towpaths (fancy that) but not much else. The saddle not for me.
But I still like it. A bike that tries to do everything is always gonna be a compromise but I've ridden very challenging rocky MTB terrain no problemand not been humiliated to badly in a hill climb event against people with the right kit
It can take mudguards & racks even on the carbon fork, yeah all in all useful as a packhorse.