Mash / Cinelli Vigorelli

Not really. And yeah I have wide bars which certainly help, my setup is very comfortable. I've just been advised to get something a bit more grippy and not sure what to get. This was my setup from my last trip off-road.

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GP4000sii in 23mm maybe (they tend to blow up at 25mm).

Second what @edscoble said - I've been using GP4000SII tyres on nearly all my wheels for a few years.

@edscoble @altyris Thanks guys

GP4000SII are quite expensive to skid though.
I settled for Super Sport Plus. Quite heavy but they are on the cheaper side and roll nice.

Conti Ultra Sport at 28 didn't fit my vigorelli. It would rub the fork on the slightest occasion. In the back there's plenty of room with 28s though.

Slick 28s will always struggle in mud before buildup becomes a problem. The answer is new bike time obv

GP4000SII are quite expensive to skid though.

Put it in front and the Suport Sport Plus on rear.

SSP is horrible, but held up well with skidding.

Absolutely. I've never used a GP as a skidding tyre

At least not intentionally...

Ha.

Remind me of commutes last summer.

I decided to 'as the crow flies' over the common one day on my 700c road bike.

(Seemed fine to start on the compacted track)

Ended up knee deep in quagmire with shouldered cake bike.

Returned to punish the same route on my XC at a later date.

There is a tool for every job.

Saw a roe deer mind.

use your MTB?

Do you need your eyes testing?

26c gravel king front and 28c ribmo rear. Sorted.

I want to ride the anything goes race at thundercross, mtb wouldn't work, or be any fun.

Thanks for this, not a bad shout.

Picked up a Bolt 2.0 from a mate and wondering if I can move across my winter geared setup onto it so that I can use my PM. Would mean getting a wolftooth 0r fibre-lyte on 105 cranks - I feel there's some obvious reason the chainline would mean it wouldn't work.

Why do you need a power meter for fixed? Theoretically possible but youd need to respace your hub or get a dished chainring. USE do some nice but pricey ones and I think wolftooth make a dished one designed for CX setups on MTB cranks

PM as I'll be doing some TT training on it and only have a crank PM option.

Yeah, that Wolftooth was the one I was thinking of, although leaning toward getting something with a larger tooth count made up. Not cheap! between spacing either the chainring or the rear sprocket, it should be ok, I hope.

Why are PM so expensive? Is a price fix?

Just a strain gauge ffs.

Getting one of those shimano bolt on hubs from velosolo would be a hell of a lot cheaper and simpler. Would let you use whatever cranks and just space out the cog to fit the chainline

it isn't the end of the world if your chainline isn't 100% bang on. Using a Road chainset for fixed TTs is fine. I disc hub means you can't use cogs small enough

disc hub means you can't use cogs small enough

Good point, didn't consider that. You could also get 3/32 cogs and use 8 speed chains which care about chainline a lot less

First cycling gps computers weren't cheap either, I guess it's just the fact that manufacturers are still struggling to get what you call "just a strain gauge" to work consistently, accurately and to adapt them to too many standards, materials and variables.

Read - 'manufacturers are still coining it' :oP

Guys, I need your help in wheel choice. I can't do that myself and it seriously is giving me all kinds of anxiety. I hate myself for it.
First it was carbon, then Archetype, now R460 DB or RR511 DB. So the last two are the options.
What would you fit on a 2014 Histogram? And how many spokes? Solely for aesthetics.