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Rant time:
Credit for this feat goes to the dropped driveside chainstay, which takes a dramatic detour down around the chainrings to create some extra space. Trek may not have come up with this concept — Open debuted the same idea on the original UP in 2016 — but it’s effective nonetheless.
Have they not heard of mountain bikes? Open UP didn't invent that. MTBs have done this for years so that they could clear a chainring and fat tyre at the same time.
Rumors have been circulating for some time now that Shimano is about to introduce chainring options that are more gravel/adventure-friendly, but it appears they’re not quite ready yet.
How about a derailleur that works with a 42t cassette and drop bar shifters you plonkers? Just look at how popular the RoadLink and TanPan are.
It sort of sounds like they've damned it with faint praise to me but we'll see when there's a proper review I guess
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Have they not heard of mountain bikes? Open UP didn't invent that. MTBs have done this for years so that they could clear a chainring and fat tyre at the same time.
Do the mountain bike work with road chainset with narrower q-factor?
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How about a derailleur that works with a 42t cassette and drop bar shifters you plonkers? Just look at how popular the RoadLink and TanPan are.
It sort of sounds like they've damned it with faint praise to me but we'll see when there's a proper review I guess
What the hell does that have to do with the bike itself? Trek owns Shimano now?
edscoble
Chak
This looks great: https://cyclingtips.com/2018/03/trek-checkpoint-review/