Disc brakes are dead

Triton?

yep, deposit paid, bike fit booked for Saturday

Any more details on this bike?

On this bike, the owner wanted to stay rackless if I remember.

The irony that a small front rando rack is lighter than that clip-on one.

who is fitting you?

swift (retul)

Why didn't you ride the Canyon on the fens 600? Would have thought saving 7kg of weight would have been worth it over that distance.

wind would've swept me away with those deep section wheels lol

Some ancient greek philosopher once quoted:
"I only know one thing: that I don't know anything"
😉

Just playing with the front-end with these bars

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Obviously I want to get the bag closer to bars and have space to hold the tops .. something I can't do on the genesis at the moment.

Buy the widest bars and a narrowish bag, loads of room on the tops.

good point, bar width, added to the list for bike fit.

Bag is 20(h)x20(d)x35(w)cm

Is it ? I should weight my rack to check the possibility then ;)

Is Triton doing the fork as well ? Are you going for a low trail geometry at the front by the way ?

Yes they are doing the fork, going for low-ish trail yeah.

Dear Amey,

Could I please have a review of the VO bag?
I take it you have used it a bit by now?

Regards,

@Hulsroy the bag is awesome! Get one.

I can't think of one single negative thing to say about it .. worked perfectly on the 600, could easily access while riding, fitted everything and had room for stuff.

I can't think of one single negative thing to say about it

Well maybe the pockets facing you shouldn't be an extra accessory to buy, how do you rate the Ostrich bag?

Thanks man.
Well, I haven't used it in the rain, but I have no hopes for it being weather proof.
It is slightly too small for me and it is too soft for me as well. The elastic and hooks are not very well thought out but I guess that comes with the price level.
The overall layout is ok but you can't really hmget into the big compartment while riding. And also their idea of how it should be mounted without a decaleur is a joke.

Got the fit done yesterday, just playing around with BikeCad ..

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What kind of calipers will it have?

???

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Taking everything from this for now:

I am still not sure about it .. might not get the compass bars .. 115mm reach !

Well, if you got a fit. Looks really long in the picture is all.

Fit just gives me handlebar reach, I need to decide on which bars to get .. I have been happy with neo-classics for quite a few years now, the lure of compass was only because of #audax .. maybe I'll just stick with neo-classics. Which means I can extend the frame reach/stem length by 45mm!