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Heldring
I'm only 30 pages through re-reading the thread. What's the current verdict on riding carbon?
Lightweight tour, the Swindon-Berlin thing - will be away a whole month, up to 3 weeks is cycling. All road, packing as light as possible. KTM saddle bag with minimal clothes, jungle bag and bivvy.
Bike choice is either the Koga Miyata Fullpro Oval (2000? 2001?), or the Cannondale Synapse Carbon (2010 maybe?).
Cannondale has done a half-loaded 100 miler no problem, Swindon-London with a change of clothes and stuff in the saddle bag, but I haven't tried loaded with an extra couple kg.
When climbing hard in training, the Koga's started creaking, and I can feel the flex in the steerer/stem. A little worried about this. Seems to be related to the front end somewhere.
Then again, the Cannondale is carbon...so...