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That would be sick but £2k frameset is not for me unfortunately

Trek Checkpoint ALR

Don’t like it. Looks dull

repaint it

How often do you actually ride gravel where trendy wide tyres are needed? Could you press the caad12 into commuting duties and just use the mtb for actual off road riding? 29ers can be pretty fast on the road with the sus locked out and tyres pumped up.

I've made do with a road bike, mtb and Brompton for a bit and have most bases covered, but then I have little interest in cx or soft off-roading (soft-roading?).

lols at "soft-roading"
Might be a future marketing buzzword and subsection of cycling when gravel sales drop :)

carbonda
i like the look of the cfr505
they'll do custom stuff, e.g. extra bottle mount under DT is only $20

Yes it is DS = Radial, an aesthetic choice but we figured that 20 spokes 4 cross on the other side of a steel hub will stop any hub wind up ! i'll update next week after i have sorted tyre and integrated shifter on the bike and given it a go.

Vitus Energie CRX looks pretty aggressive, stack reach is similar to Caad12, and has mudguard mounts.

we figured that 20 spokes 4 cross on the other side of a steel hub will stop any hub wind up

The NDS flange is only pressed into the hub shell, so any torque across the shell will spin the NDS flange in the shell.

Fairly rocky gravel path on my commute and also just terrible roads. Bigger is comfier so need or not it’s just nice to have I reckon.
Once the mtb is built I’ll see where it fits in.

thanks for the info - poo ! - only 1 way to find out if my awesome guns or lugging my lardy arse up a hill, will over-power 84 years of corrosion at the joint !

I will be selling my 54cm frameset soon!

how was it in the end? also looking at the 696
54 is too small for me sadly

its amazing, I am just a #buyer who wants something diff

Mason Bokeh

Fairlight (they come in long and low geo)

What would be the added stack by that bar/stem combo? 100mm higher?

@PhilDAS, 2k buys you the whole bike.

I will be selling my 54cm frameset soon

Keen!

How much?

I sold my Arkose and kept my GT grade for this very reason, it's just more agile. Still not a race bike tough, and tire clearance is shit

I was just going by this

https://www.canyon.com/en-us/road/grail/grail-cf-slx-frameset-disc

Weird how the frameset isn't available on both the Dutch as the UK website..

Koga Colmaro

£200 collected but you will have to wait till I get the Triton.