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A little progress this week - this has to be the first bike I've owned that I've struggled to get on with.
I pulled off the original cranks and front mech and tried out my Midleburn mtb cranks - I just bunged on an old 44t ring I had lying around but between the chainline and wider stance they just had to go. I guess I could reduce the Q a little with a slightly shorter bb but think I'll just bite the bullet and sell them. I've put on some Ultegra 6700 cranks with a 39t ring to try for a bit. I was 100% sure this was going to be 1x but I've been wavering a bit today and starting to wonder about putting a compact double on it.
The other change I've made is swapping the 120mm stem for a 110 and putting a spacer under it. It's just relaxed the fit a tiny bit compared to my road bike but it has transformed the bike. It suddenly feels sharper and snappier so it maybe isn't going to the classifieds just yet.
Next up is getting rid of the Apex for an Ultegra/XT mix, I've tried to like it but just cannot be doing with DoubleTap.