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The moral of the story here being that disc brakes are not dead...
No no no, you've got it all wrong. Moral of the story is get a canti on the rear!
Those new forks are pretty sweet, what size tyre is in there in the photo/what size you gonna try and squeeze in?
Edit: Why Surly 2x2? Doesn't look like you're set up dinglespeed or anything? Plans to do so?
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Rode the Ladybower loop today. I say rode there was a lot of walking involved. Thought the Surly was going to be completely outclassed but it held up quite well and only really struggled on some of the more technical/rocky descents. Despite my fears over the robustness of the carbon forks the only problem came when the rear wheel eventually got so clogged up with crap that I had to unhook the brake and complete the last few kms (downhill of course) on the front disc only. The moral of the story here being that disc brakes are not dead and that my mate on his 27.5+ Orbea was obviously much better equipped.
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